LANSING, MI - An extended power outage as summer temperatures climbed into the 90s pushed state Rep. Donavan McKinney to seek refuge with his pregnant wife and young boys at a Days Inn.

The Detroit Democrat says recent experiences like those in his community motivate plans to introduce a slew of bills dubbed the “Michigan Ratepayer Bill of Rights” — pitched as an antidote to unreliable service and high power rates from the state’s two dominant for-profit utilities, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy.

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