Monday, March 27, 2023

DTE - How long have you been in business?


The Detroit Free Press reports that Michigan's two largest electricity providers, DTE and Consumers Energy, are among the worst-performing utilities in the country at how long it takes them to get the lights back on after a power outage, a review of reliability data shows. Despite that, Michiganders pay more for electricity than their neighbors around the Great Lakes. 

Michigan lawmakers and the MPSC are holding Town Hall Meetings so that residents can express their frustrations. https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/michigan-lawmakers-hosting-town-to-discuss-recent-widespread-dte-power-outages

I just have a couple of questions that I never hear asked by the media, residents or lawmakers:

D    DTE - 
1)     How long have you been in business?
2)     How long have you been having storms/weather issues in your area of responsibility?
3)     How many chances/times have you had the opportunity to have an example/test data of the problems you face?
4)     How come you have not figured it out yet?

According to Wikipedia DTE has been in business over 100 years. I think it’s time they figured it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTE_Energy

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

No wonder so many teachers are leaving the profession. Weingartener the Kindergartener

 I’m sick and tired of hearing people scream and rant and have meltdowns over what they believe to the only point of view on a certain subject and everyone else should be condemned.

The latest is Randi Weingarten https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/stuart-varney-randi-weingarten-s-student-debt-meltdown-proves-she-s-out-of-touch/ar-AA186cq5 . She should change her last name to kindergarten on how she acts. No, that would be a disservice to the Kindergarteners. Why doesn’t she scream at the colleges and banks that are really the cause of the problem. https://qualityg.blogspot.com/2022/05/student-debt-what-is-cause.html

I recently had dinner with two teachers (Different occasions) whom I hold I hold in the deepest respect for their dedication, talent and commitment to the teaching profession. I have worked and mentored these people for the past 20 years. Both are leaving the profession of teaching in the classroom. They still want to stay in education but in a supportive role within a private company or administrative role within a school.

I have worked within a Union over my career where the leaders act live fools and should have no role in authority or decision making. Most certainly they never represented me with their noncompromising attitudes on all subjects that relate to “Them versus Us”.