Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday announced her office had filed a challenge with the Michigan Court of Appeals aimed at invalidating state energy regulators’ decision to approve contracts allowing DTE Energy to supply power to a controversial data center under development in Saline Township.
After the Michigan Public Service Commission gave its conditional approval to the contracts in December, Nessel filed motions asking the regulatory body to reopen the case and reconsider the contracts. She questioned the commission’s ability to give its approval without a contested case proceeding, which allows outside bodies like the Attorney General’s office to intervene, conduct legal discovery on the contracts, and file testimony with the commission.
However, the body’s three commissioners unanimously rejected Nessel’s requests at its March 27 meeting, prompting Nessel’s appeal…