Joe Buczek is manager of digital content and promotion at CBS Detroit. He previously worked at WWTV, the Grand Traverse Insider, the Leader and the Kalkaskian, the Oakland Press and the Morning Sun.

DETROIT, MI - Michigan’s largest electric utility offers a half-dozen ways to pay a power bill, from dialing up a hotline to flipping open an app on a smartphone. But for a subset of its customers, ...

An audit of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, the two largest utility companies in Michigan, scrutinized both companies' response times to power outages, highlighted outdated and potentially unsafe ...

Ice forms on utility lines as temperatures hover around freezing in Detroit, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power as crews worked to restore ...