Every month, your utility bill goes up. And every year, the companies sending those bills post record profits.

Here’s how it works: utility companies in Michigan are monopolies. You can’t shop around. The only thing standing between you and unlimited rate hikes is the state – and the utilities have figured out that the cheapest investment they can make is in the politicians who oversee them. Roughly 80% of Michigan’s Legislature has taken money from utility companies. Then we act surprised when the rate hikes keep getting approved.

Since 2020, regulators have signed off on nearly $800 million in annual rate increases for Consumers Energy alone. This spring, residential electric rates jumped another 8.9%. Seven days – seven days – after that increase was approved, Consumers filed for another $456 million.

In West Michigan, we live our values. That’s why I don’t take corporate money. Not from utilities, not from anyone. When I’m your State Representative, I answer to exactly one group of people: you.

My plan:

This November, there are two easy things you can do to lower your energy bill:

Vote YES on the Money Out of Politics ballot initiative: the citizen-led proposal that bans utility monopolies from bankrolling Michigan politicians. Over 562,000 of your neighbors signed to put it on the ballot.

And vote for me.