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The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners took up the issue of funding the organization Barrier Busters during Wednesday night's meeting. Barrier Busters is a group of more than 100 social service agencies that provide emergency funding to Washtenaw County residents in need. WEMU's Josh Hakala explains.

More than 230 environmental organizations and public interest groups have signed on to a petition asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the utility industry for harming the public by putting up barriers to rooftop solar and renewable energy expansion. WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak, took a deeper dive into the effort to reign in the power of America’s utility industry with Matt Kasper. Matt is deputy director at the Energy and Policy Institute.

Advocates for municipal or community power utilities in Ann Arbor believe that moving away from a centralized, privately held utility provider to one that is owned and operated by the local government or another state body will provide a better service to the public. It is part of a larger energy conversation being held around the state and country. WEMU’s David Fair checked in with 53rd District State House Representative Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor) to see what movement is being made locally and in state government.

Washtenaw Community College has announced it plans to run 100% on renewable energies by the year 2029. In part, it plans to get there by signing on to DTE…

A series of "energy freedom" bills, which would allow customers to diversify energy generation and usage is before the Michigan Legislature. For this…

According to the Association of Oil Pipelines, pipelines are energy “lifelines." They create jobs, keep costs down, and are the safest way to transport…

Utilities shouldn’t be able to penalize customers for keeping old versions of their meters. That’s the intent of legislation in Lansing up for committee…

Recent, extremely, hot weather means high energy bills and stress on local utilities. Here's what can be done to lower costs and avoid any heat-related…

Ann Arbor's city council approved a $370 million budget for the 2017 fiscal year. Find out how it will affect you.Utility rates will go up starting July…

Ann Arbor residents could soon see utility rates increase.The idea is to increase water, sewer, and stormwater rates to generate about $3 million to…