Hello from the A2SEU! September has been one of our busiest months yet, and we couldn’t be happier to share our many updates with all our readers. (Below for text-only, or PDF attached.)
History and Resources
A2SEU in the news
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
2026
- Let the sun shine in: Ann Arbor utility lets residents embrace solar (Detroit News - Video, Sept. 17, 2026)
- Ann Arbor solar program brings power to the people (Detroit News, image gallery, Sept. 17, 2026)
- As energy prices rise, Ann Arbor bets on itself to generate power (Detroit News - subscription only, Sept. 17, 2026)
- 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)
2025
- 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)
2024
- 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)
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