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City news releases

May 19, 2026 - Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility marks milestone with first installations in Bryant Neighborhood
March 17, 2026 - Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility selects first vendors as customer launch nears
Feb. 24, 2026 - Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility invites residents to express interest in local, renewable energy
Nov. 4, 2025 - Ann Arbor City Council votes unanimously to accept $11 million for district geothermal System
Sept. 29, 2025 - Ann Arbor awarded $250,000 grant to advance Sustainable Energy Utility
July 16, 2025 - Ann Arbor introduces first executive director of Sustainable Energy Utility
Nov. 7, 2024 - Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) authorized in the City of Ann Arbor

News coverage

Free solar panels and home batteries? Ann Arbor's trying it out (Marketplace, Aug. 13, 2026)
Podcast and transcript: One City's Unique Approach to the Energy Transition (Resources for the Future Resources Radio, July 14, 2026 - runtime ~30 minutes)
Ann Arbor sets $600 flat yearly rate for new electricity alternative to DTE Energy (Mlive, May 20, 2026)
Ann Arbor is rolling out city-owned solar and batteries at homes. It can help lower electric bills (Fast Company, April 30, 2026)
Ann Arbor's first-of-its-kind sustainable energy pilot program approaches implementation (WEMU, April 29, 2026)
City of Ann Arbor budget's main priority is SEU implementation (WEMU, April 21, 2026)
Ann Arbor to generate its own renewable power through new Sustainable Energy Utility (Concentrate, April 8, 2026)
Ann Arbor making big purchases to launch new sustainable energy utility (Mlive, March 18, 2026)
How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility (Grist, March 17, 2026)
Affordable clean energy in Ann Arbor: Can a city-created utility deliver? (Planet Detroit, Jan. 28, 2026)
New Ann Arbor energy utility may offer customers flat-rate billing for solar (Mlive, Dec. 12, 2025)
Ann Arbor is reinventing the power company (Fast Company, Sept. 2, 2025)
Ann Arbor wants to build its own renewable-energy grid (The New York Times - subscription only)
Ann Arbor’s sustainable energy utility aims to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one (The Conversation, March 10, 2025)
A Michigan city’s ‘sustainable energy utility’ got the green light from voters. What now? (SmartCitiesDIve, Dec. 10,2024)
Voters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, create a local clean energy utility (Canary Media, Nov. 20, 2024)

A2SEU newsletters

A2SEU Newsletter August 28, 2026 (PDF)

Welcome to our 70 new subscribers to the newsletter this month! As summer reaches its tail end, here are our highlights from the past few weeks.

We currently have 77 Bryant customers officially signed up and 36 systems installed, making progress toward our goal of 100 customers this year.

Relive the July 23rd Bryant neighborhood celebratory walking tour through this video, which showcased some of the homes that have received upgrades including weatherization, appliance electrification, new roofs and A2SEU solar + battery storage systems.

What does the future of solar look like? Join Shoshannah Lenski, our Executive Director, and Dr. Rohini Chandran from the U-M Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Science Cafés Series to learn more. Open to the public. September 23rd at 5:30pm at Conor O'Neill's: 318 S. Main St., Ann Arbor.

On August 10, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell visited the Bryant neighborhood to learn about all the progress the SEU has made and how community advocacy has paid off! Head to this article to read more or watch a short recap video.
The A2SEU made national radio! Hear A2SEU customers Bruce, Myles, and Monica speak about their experiences with the SEU pilot and hopes for its progress, reported by Caleigh Wells on NPR’s Marketplace!

Are you or do you know an energy/utility professional who is excited to help build the A2SEU as our first Strategy & Operations Manager? Read more on this link and apply.

All your burning questions now answered - check it out.

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