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The Metro: When the power goes out, people call the mayor 12%
By Robyn Vincent0%
7/20/2026, 6:52:54 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 25.3% saturation with 77 hits. Analysis detected 132 faulty-reasoning hits from 304 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 29.1% and a BS Rank of 12% (18,686 of 21,230 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 88.00% of the article peer group.
What does accountability look like for Michigan’s utilities after over half a million residents lost power earlier this month?
Last week, the state opened an investigation into DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, and Indiana Michigan Power Co. for their response to the outages, which stretched on for multiple days for some residents in 90 degree heat.
In Farmington Hills, at a senior living home, where some residents rely on oxygen machines, staff were dressing people in the dark.
The Michigan Public Service Commission is demanding that utilities explain by August how they deployed crews, how they guarded downed wires, and why their restoration estimates kept moving.
Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich joined Robyn Vincent on The Metro to discuss how her residents were affected by the outages and how she believes the utilities should be held accountable.
Hear the full conversation using the media player above.
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