@SaraFimm: There is always that (federal?) "Unclaimed Funds" website that shows you if a company has tried to refund you $$ for any reason but couldn't find you.

(let's see... Consumer's Energy's customer (showing possession) customer's energy (showing possession again)... looks good!)

@ovalseven: Alpena and Traverse City? lol

@ovalseven: ^How'd my reply to a different comment end up in this thread. Weird.

Right. Consumers Engergy doesn't serve the whole state. Aside from DTE, you've also got regional services like Alpena Power or Cherryland Electic (Traverse City) at the north end.

@SaraFimm: Exactly, this is just like those class action settlments where people actually recover a small percentage of the actual settlement.

They should build a rule into these settlements that unrecovered amounts need to be paid to a charity or given to low income customers in the form of free power.

Would explain why my budget plan jumped $21/month last year, though.

The refund will be on an American Express Gift Card.

Of course the card will cost you $5.00 outright along with balance check fees, atm withdrawl fees, monthly maintenance fees, a fee to pay for all the accountants creating these fees etc.