Paid to be in the dark

What happens when a $242 million rate hike meets a 70-mile-per-hour wind gust? For nearly 95,000 Metro Detroiters, the answer was a weekend of darkness and rising water. As Governor Whitmer kicks off Severe Weather Awareness Week, we’re asking if a personal "plan" is enough to combat a failing regional grid. Nicholas Schroeck, Dean of University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, joins host Robyn Vincent to dissect the collision between volatile climate shifts and the fragile systems we pay for but can't always rely on.

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