A group pushing for a publicly-owned power utility in Ann Arbor says it will take that issue to the ballot.
Ann Arbor for Public Power has announced that it intends to collect petition signatures to put the issue before voters in November 2026. The ballot proposal would create a public electric utility and a board to govern it, with the eventual goal of taking over service from DTE Energy and buying power from only renewable energy sources.
DTE Energy, the city’s current electricity provider, has said it’s pursuing net-zero carbon emissions, but still plans to use natural gas to generate power while offsetting its emissions in other ways…