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Abdul El-Sayed: “Number One, do not increase our electrical rates.”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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Michigan Matters: Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed on the issues

Published | Video Starts at 03:52

When it comes to data centers, we propose what we call terms of engagement. If they're going to come here, they've got to follow the following terms. Number One, do not increase our electrical rates. Number two, you need to improve our liabilities. We talk about folks literally living under five days of darkness now because dte can't figure out how to keep the lights on. (03:52–03:55)

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Asserts a condition for data centers not to raise electrical rates.

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