DTE Asks Michigan for 2 Gas Plants — 2,100 MW of New M-U Demand

When we covered DTE Energy's second quarter results in July, we grumbled that the company was throwing $10 billion at unreliable renewables and only $2.5 billion at a single new gas plant to replace a retiring coal fleet (see DTE Energy 2Q: Coal Exit by 2032 Means New Gas Plant and M-U Demand). Turns out we were counting low. On Tuesday, August 25, DTE Electric filed a "Filing Announcement" with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) — a required 30-day heads-up before a big filing lands — telling regulators it will ask for Certificates of Necessity for two new combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants: one at roughly 700 megawatts (MW) and one at roughly 1,400 MW. That's 2,100 MW of new gas-fired generation in a state that produces almost no gas of its own. Guess where the molecules come from.

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