IN DETROIT. LOOKING FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. PATIENCE RUNNING THIN TONIGHT FOR THOUSANDS OF
METRO DETROITERS AS THEY FACE
ANOTHER NIGHT WITHOUT POWER. DTE
ENERGY CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO
GET POWER BACK ON TO ALL ITS
CUSTOMERS. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US TONIGHT. I’M KIMBERLY GILL
DEVIN SCILLIAN. LAST WEEK’S ICE
STORM CAUSED WIDESPREAD OUTAGES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. OF
COURSE, CHECK 97% OF CUSTOMERS
HAVE POWER TONIGHT. SO THAT
LEAVES ABOUT 49,000. STILL IN
THE DARK TONIGHT DT IS OFFERING
A $35 CREDIT FOR CUSTOMERS WHO
HAVE BEEN WITHOUT POWER FOR MORE
THAN 96 HOURS. THEY SAID.
THERE’S NO NEED TO APPLY THE
CREDIT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
APPROACH APPLIED TO CUSTOMERS
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT. WE’LL
SEE HOW THAT GOES OVER WITH
THOSE CUSTOMERS. BUT THE
MEANTIME, IT’S PROVIDING LITTLE
CONSOLATION FOR MANY YEARS.
STILL WAITING LIKE THIS WOMAN IN
WESTLAND. SHE SPENT THE LAST
FIVE DAYS WITHOUT POWER AFTER
THAT STORM YOU’LL HEAR FROM HER
AND OTHERS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT THE
FRUSTRATION LEVEL IS GROWING
SIMPLY BECAUSE THESE MASS POWER
OUTAGES, WHICH LASTS FOR DAYS,
ARE NOT UNCOMMON RIGHT NOW, BUT
IN 2021, IT WAS WIND. SAME IN
2019, 2017, AND PATIENCE HAS RUN
OUT WITH CUSTOMERS. BUT ELECTED
LEADERS TO MARA MACDONALD LIVE
DOWNTOWN AT DTS HEADQUARTERS.
NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE WE’RE
SITTING RIGHT HERE IN OUR
STUDIOS. WHAT NOW, MARA? SO
DEVIN IMMEDIATELY YOU KNOW THAT
THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION HAS AN ONGOING AUDIT
INTO DTS INFRASTRUCTURE, AND
IT’S PRETTY CLEAR BY HOW VOCAL
LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN THAT
HEARINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN
TWO D. T S RESPONSE TO THE
STORM. LET ME SHOW YOU DTE IS
DEFENDING ITS PERFORMANCE SINCE
LAST WEDNESDAY. WE’RE DEALING
WITH A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM. UH
THE LARGEST STORM LARGEST ICE
STORM, UH, IN OUR COMPANY’S
HISTORY AND THE SECOND LARGEST
IN OVER 120 YEARS. WE’VE BEEN
ALL OVER METRO DETROIT SINCE THE
STORM HIT, AND I CAN TELL YOU
THE CUSTOMERS CRITIQUE OF THIS
PERFORMANCE IS FRUSTRATION ON
THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM.
TO OUTRIGHT RAGE ON THE UPPER
THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
THEMSELVES. THERE’S NO EXCUSE
FOR THIS. THE UTILITY SAYS IT’S
GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY GIVE $35
CREDITS TO CUSTOMERS WHO LOST
POWER FOR MORE THAN 96 HOURS.
SOMETHING EDGY DANA NESSEL
CALLED ON DTE TO DO EARLIER
TODAY BUT NESTLE MEMBERS OF OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AS
WELL AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE
SAY THIS PERFORMANCE BY DT IS
UNACCEPTABLE. AND IT NEEDS TO
CHANGE ITS TIME THAT THEY
FINALLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE. AND
JUST INVEST IN A SERIOUS WAY TO
UPGRADE THE GRID TO BURY THE
LINES AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY’RE
BEING TRANSPARENT WITH CUSTOMERS
. THE UTILITY SAYS IT INVESTED A
BILLION DOLLARS IN THE GRID,
WHICH TRANSLATED TO 21% FEWER
POWER INTERRUPTIONS IN 2022 THAT
SAID DTS RELIABILITY IS STILL
RATED POORLY BY THIRD PARTIES.
BACK HERE LIVE ALSO IMPORTANT TO
POINT OUT. THE DTE WENT TO THE
MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION LAST YEAR LOOKING FOR
A $388 MILLION RATE INCREASE. IT
GOT A PORTION A SMALL PORTION OF
WHAT IT WAS LOOKING FOR TO THE
TUNE OF $30 MILLION. THAT’S WHY
IT IS BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR IN
FRONT OF THE M P S C LOOKING FOR
600. AND $22 MILLION. WE’RE LIVE
DOWNTOWN TONIGHT AT DT
HEADQUARTERS. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 TIMING IS
TOUGH. ALL RIGHT, MARA REALLY IS
WELL, TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING FROM
MORE FRUSTRATED METRO DETROITERS
ARE SAID TO SPEND ANOTHER NIGHT
IN THE DARK. ONE WOMAN WAS GIVEN
FALSE HOPE WHEN DTE SAID HER
POWER WAS ACTUALLY RESTORED, BUT
IT WASN’T PAMELA OSBORNE JOINS
US LIVE IN WESTLAND WITH MORE ON
HER STORY, PAMELA. WELL
KIMBERLY, THIS IS LINK STREET IN
WESTLAND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
AND YOU CAN HEAR A GENERATOR
BUZZING WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE.
YOU COULD SMELL WOOD BURNING OF
FIRE. HOW SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO
KEEP WARM OVER ON THIS SIDE OF
THE STREET. YOU CAN SEE THEY
HAVE POWER. THAT, OF COURSE,
ADDED TO THE OPTIMISM OF THE
REST OF THE NEIGHBORS HERE IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEIR
POWER WOULD BE RESTORED. BUT AS
YOU CAN SEE, IT’S STILL DARK
OVER HERE AS THESE FOLKS GO ON
TODAY, SIX NOW WITHOUT POWER
AFTER A WEEK. OF ABSOLUTE.
SUFFERING THIS HAS BEEN A
NIGHTMARE. IT’S BEEN UNHEALTHY
FOR KAREN LINUX. IT’S GOING ON
DAY SIX. WITHOUT POWER WITHOUT
HEAT. WE HAVE NO RELIEF. IT’S A
IT’S MISERABLE. WE MET HER
OUTSIDE OF HER WESTLAND HOME,
WHICH HAS BEEN WITHOUT POWER
SINCE WEDNESDAY’S ICE STORM, THE
LIGHT SHE WORE AROUND HER NECK.
THE WINTER COAT AND THAT SCARF
IS WHAT SHE SAYS SHE’S BEEN
WEARING INSIDE HER HOME TO STAY
WARM. WHILE SHE WAITS FOR HER
SERVICE TO BE RESTORED. THERE’S
NO EXCUSE FOR DTE TO NOT BE ABLE
TO GET THE POWER BACK AFTER THIS
LONG. SHE BECAME EVEN MORE
FRUSTRATED AFTER THE LATEST
UPDATE FROM D T E. I RECEIVED AN
EMAIL COMMUNICATION INDICATING
THAT MY POWER HAD BEEN RESTORED
, BUT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO
READ MY METER AND WHILE OF
COURSE, THE REASON FOR THAT WAS
BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN RESTORED.
NEWS SAYS SHE HAD TO RE REPORT
THAT OUTAGE TO DT AND WHEN I SEE
UM INTERVIEWS WITH THE T E. THEY
TALK ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC THEY’RE
DOING, BUT THEY SEEM TO HAVE
FORGOTTEN. ABOUT THE LAST SO
MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THE
60,000 UM, THAT ARE OUT, WANTS
ANSWERS AND SAYS SHE AND HER
NEIGHBORS DESERVE BETTER. THIS
WAS ONE ICE STORM. YES, IT WAS A
BAD ICE STORM. BUT WHY ARE WEAK
LATER? CAN YOU STILL BE IN THE
DARK IN THE COLD IN THE WINTER?
AND SHE MENTIONED THAT $35
CREDIT THAT DTE IS OFFERING TO
ITS CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BEEN
WITHOUT POWER FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME. IT’S SIMPLY NOT
GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER $35. SHE’S
SAYING IT’S NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO
GET A HOTEL ROOM. MAYBE IT WILL
COVER A MEAL. BUT THEN IT’S BEEN
SEVERAL DAYS THAT SHE HASN’T
BEEN ABLE TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING
INSIDE OF HER OWN HOUSE, WHICH
SHE SAYS IS THAT 40 DEGREES WE
DID REACH OUT TO DTE ON HER
BEHALF TO SEE WHEN THEY MAY HAVE
THEIR POWER RESTORED. WE’RE
STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FOR
NOW REPORTING LIVE IN WESTLAND
AND PAMELA OSBORNE LOCAL 4
FRUSTRATING AND UNHEALTHY AS SHE
SAID 40 DEGREES IN HER HOUSE
RIGHT NOW, PAM, WE APPRECIATE
IT. THE E P A HAS HALTED ALL
SHIPMENTS OF TOXIC WASTE FROM
THE EAST PALESTINE TRAIN TRAIN
DERAILMENT THAT WILL PUT AN END
TO THE MASSIVE SHIPMENTS THAT
HAVE ALREADY ENDED UP AT
REPUBLIC SERVICES IN ROMULUS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS RAISED THE ALARM
LAST WEEK, SAYING THEY HAD NO
NOTICE THAT WASTE WAS BEING
BROUGHT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THE WASTE THAT IS PUT
UNDERGROUND WATER TO TREAT COULD
NOW END UP SPREADING TO OTHER
PLACES, MOVES SO IT NOT ONLY
STAYS IN DRAMA THAT GOES ON OVER
THE TAYLOR AND GOES OVER TO
WESTLAND, IT GOES. YOU KNOW?
FIVE SHIPMENTS WERE HEADING TO
MICHIGAN, BUT THEY WERE ORDERED
TO TURN AROUND. THE MAN CHARGED
THE ATTACK THAT KILLED WWJ. A
NEWS ANCHOR JIM MATTHEWS IS
HEADED TO TRIAL. ARTHUR
WILLIAMSON IS ACCUSED OF
ATTACKING MATTHEWS, HIS
GIRLFRIEND AND THEIR TWO
CHILDREN. IT HAPPENED LAST
SEPTEMBER IN MATTHEW’S
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP HOME.
PROSECUTORS BELIEVE WILLIAMSON
WAS A GUEST IN THE HOME AND HAVE
DESCRIBED HIM EVEN AS A FAMILY
FRIEND. MATTHEWS DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES. HIS GIRLFRIEND AND TWO
CHILDREN SURVIVED. WILLIAMSON
FACES SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING
FIRST DEGREE MURDER. 11 DETROIT
POLICE ARREST A MAN WHO THEY SAY
SHOT AT OFFICERS WE’VE LEARNED
TYLER HOOD WAS ARRESTED TONIGHT
IN NOVI POLICE BELIEVE HOOD GOT
INTO A CAR WITH A WEAPON NEAR
LYNDON AND BRAMBLES. THIS WAS
SATURDAY NIGHT. WHEN THEY TRIED
TO PULL THE CAR OVER. OFFICERS
SAY HE FIRED SHOTS AT OFFICERS
AFTER A SHORT CHASE. POLICE SAY,
HOOD GOT OUT AND RAN. UM WE WILL
HAVE AN UPDATE ON POSSIBLE
CHARGES SOON AND AS WE GET THAT
WE’LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
CONGRESSMAN ELISSA SLOTKIN SAYS
SHE PLANS TO RUN FOR THE OPEN.
STATE SENATE ARE NOT STATE
SENATE. BUT SENATE SEAT IN
MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT WAS FIRST
ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 2018.
THERE’S A LOT OF SPECULATION
ABOUT OTHER HIGH PROFILE
CANDIDATES WHO MIGHT RUN BUT THE
ONLY OTHER PERSON TO FORMALLY
ANNOUNCED SO FAR IS REPUBLICAN
NIKKI SNYDER STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION MEMBER, SENATOR DEBBIE
STABENOW, OF COURSE, LAST
ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH SHE WOULD
NOT BE SEEKING 1/5 TERM IN THE
U. S. SENATE ON EMOTIONAL
EVENING TONIGHT ON THE CAMPUS OF
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,
LIGHTING THE BEAUMONT TOWER IN
GREEN FOR THE VICTIMS IN THE
CAMPUS SHOOTING TWO WEEKS AGO.
ARTIM PAMPLIN WAS THERE FOR THE
TRIBUTE. A COUPLE DOZEN PEOPLE
MADE THEIR WAY TO THE BOW.
MONTELLA ON THE CAMPUS OF
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, TWO
WEEKS TO THE MINUTE OF THAT
AWFUL EVENING HERE ON CAMPUS AS
THE CLOCK TICKED 15 SHADOWS. THE
UNIVERSITY HIM PLAYED OUT FOR
THE BELL TOWER. AND THEN AT 8 18
PRECISELY. EIGHT BELLS TOLLED
AROUND THE CAMPUS FOR BRIAN.
ARIEL. AND ALEXANDRIA. FIVE MORE
TOLD FOR THOSE HOSPITALIZED
AFTER THE SHOOTINGS.
AND THEN THE TOWER WAS BATHED.
AND GREEN. THEY’RE STAYING SPOT
AND STRONG. THAT IS THE SCENE ON
CAMPUS TONIGHT IN EAST LANSING,
TIM PAMPLIN. APPOINTMENT SHOT