FROM US ♪
♪ >> Tati: WE ARE KICKING OFF A
WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION OF EARTH
DAY.
DAY. 50 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE TOOK TO THE
STREETS TO CALL ATTENTION TO
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND EARTH
DAY WAS BORN.
THIS YEAR, EARTH DAY IS
OFFICIALLY VERY WEDNESDAY, AND
WE ARE KICKING OFF A WEEK-LONG
CELEBRATION WITH TREVOR LAUER.
PRESIDENT AND COO OF OUR SPONSOR
DTE ENERGY.
DTE ENERGY. >> HELLO, TATI, HOW ARE YOU?
>> Tati: I’M GOOD.
START OFF WITH YOUR HUGE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. >> WE’RE PARTNERING WITH GENERAL
MOTORS AND THEY’RE SIGNING UP
100% OF THEIR ELECTRICITY USAGE
IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY UNDER THE MI
GREEN POWER.
GREEN POWER. >> Tati: WHAT KIND OF IMPACT
DOES THIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT
HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
>> A CUSTOMER THE SIZE OF
GENERAL MOTORS MAKING THIS TYPE
OF COMMITMENT IS LUGE
A -- IS HUGE.
IT’S EQUIVALENT TO 100,000 HOMES
GOING 100% RENEWABLE.
IT’S LIKE USING 63 MILLION
GALLONS OF GAS ANNUALLY, AND
TAKING THAT 63 MILLION GALLONS
OUT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
ANNUALLY, IT’S A HUGE MOVE BY
GENERAL MOTORS TO SIGN UP.
>> Tati: HUGE INDEED.
WHICH GM FACILITIES ARE
INVOLVED?
INVOLVED? >> GENERAL MOTORS HEADQUARTERS,
THE PROVING GROUND, THEIR
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES WHICH I
FOUND REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE
THE ORION FACILITY PRODUCES THE
VOLT AND THE HAMTRAMCK FACILITY
WILL BE PRODUCING THE NEW
ELECTRIC VEHICLE LINE.
SO REALLY EXCITING THAT ALL OF
THEIR FACILITIES HERE IN
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WILL BE
RECEIVING 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY
UNDER THE PROGRAM.
>> Tati: HOW CAN VIEWERS DO
THEIR PART?
THEIR PART? >> ALL DTE ENERGY CUSTOMERS
RECEIVE 10% RENEWABLE ENERGY
FROM THE COMPANY TODAY.
ANY CUSTOMER CAN SIGNED UP,
WHETHER YOU’RE RESIDENTIAL OR
COMMERCIAL, GO TO
MIGREENPOWER.COM AND IT’S EASY
TO SIGN UP, IN INCREMENTS OF 5%
UP TO 100%.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO SIGN UP FOR
ANOTHER 5% OF RENEWABLE ENERGY,
IT’S NO MORE THAN A DOLLAR A
MONTH TO SIGN UP FOR ADDITIONAL
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
RENEWABLE ENERGY. WE DON’T COME OUT AND DO
ANYTHING TO YOUR HOME.
THERE ARE NO MODIFICATIONS.
WE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS EASY FOR
CUSTOMERS AS POSSIBLE.
>> Tati: SO WHEN PEOPLE GO TO
THE WEBSITE TO SIGN UP, WILL IT
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE THAT THIS
WILL MAKE ON OUR ENVIRONMENT?
>> YEAH, THERE’S A REALLY COOL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CALCULATOR
THAT WE CREATED ON THE WEBSITE
THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND,
IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS,
THE IMPACT YOU’RE HAVING ON THE
ENVIRONMENT BY GOING WITH MORE
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
RENEWABLE ENERGY. SO WE’VE TRIED TO MAKE IT SO
IT’S COMBIESING TO CUSTOMERS.
EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC
SITUATION, WE’RE HAVING 40-50
CUSTOMERS A DAY SIGN UP.
SO IT’S BEEN OVERWHELMING THE
RECEPTION WE’VE GOTTEN FROM OUR
CUSTOMERS.
CUSTOMERS. >> Tati: THIS IS WONDERFUL!
I’M GONNA CHECK IT OUT FOR MY
SEVERAL.
SEVERAL. AGAIN, TO SUPPORT RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND HOW IT CAN HELP WITH
THE ENVIRONMENT, VISIT