LANSING ? The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved an expanded gas main replacement program and pipeline integrity program, as well as the recovery of the costs of those programs and the ongoing meter move out program for DTE Gas Company, formerly known as Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.
As a result, a residential customer using 100 ccf of natural gas per month will see an increase of 27 cents on their monthly bill beginning in May, the commission said.
“The Commission takes very seriously its obligation to assure safe and reliable utility service and finds that the programs approved today are of critical importance to achieve this,” said MPSC Chairman John D. Quackenbush in a statement. “These programs, coupled with funding from the infrastructure recovery mechanism, will permit DTE Gas Company to accelerate the replacement or retirement of those pipelines most likely to endanger public safety.”
The plan would expand the company’s main replacement program from 33 to 66 miles of main replacement per year. Additionally, the commission approved an infrastructure recovery mechanism to recover the capital investments in the expanded by pipeline amounting to $46.9 million per year; $22.7 million per year for the meter move-out program; and $7.82 million per year for costs associated with the pipeline integrity program.
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