Big fines, record earnings, and higher rates. Who's accountable for Michigan's utilities?

It was a remarkable week for Michigan utilities. A federal judge fined DTE Energy $100 million for Clean Air Act violations at its Zug Island facility — then state regulators approved another $242.4 million rate hike for DTE, which posted over $1.5 billion in operating earnings.

So today we ask: who's in charge of utility costs and safety in Michigan — and when things go wrong, who's accountable? To get some answers, Nick Schroeck, Dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and a former special assistant prosecutor during the Flint Water Crisis, joins Robyn Vincent on The Metro.

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