DTE-Funded Group Sues Ann Arbor After It Approves November Ballot Question for City-Owned Utility

DTE-funded group sues Ann Arbor after it approves November ballot question for city-owned utility

Bryant Community Center in south Ann Arbor runs on solar power. If Ann Arbor residents vote to create a sustainable energy utility in November, the center could become part of that utility and provide renewable energy to nearby residents as well. (Elinor Epperson)A DTE-funded group, the Ann Arbor Responsible Energy Coalition, is suing the city of Ann Arbor and its clerk, Jacqueline Beaudry, over Beaudry's certification of petitions which could r…

DTE-Backed Group Sues Ann Arbor to Prevent Voter Choice in November

Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 14, 2026.  On August 10, the Ann Arbor Responsible Energy Coalition (A2REC), a ballot question committee bankrolled almost entirely by DTE Energ y , filed a lawsuit against City Clerk Jacqueline Beaudry and the City of Ann Arbor. The suit came six days after Beaudry certified petitions with over 5,000 valid voter signatures, qualifying a public power city charter amendment for the November 3 election ballot.