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Author Archives: Eleanore Catolico, Nina Ignaczak

Nina Ignaczak is the founder and editor of Planet Detroit. Eleanore Catolico is Planet Detroit's Environmental Journalism Fellow, in partnership with Midwest Energy News.
Posted inAccountability

Metro Detroit energy activists push for legislation to hold utilities accountable during power outages

by Eleanore Catolico, Nina Ignaczak

When Michelle Jones lost electricity for three days last summer, the $200 worth of food she had just bought to feed herself, her daughter, and her granddaughter got spoiled in the fridge and then thrown into the garbage.  After she couldn’t salvage her groceries, she was denied a $25 reimbursement credit for her troubles. It […]