LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — Winter has barely settled in, and Michigan’s heating bills may be climbing again. It’s a move Attorney General Dana Nessel says Consumers Energy shouldn’t rush.

Nessel is objecting to Consumers Energy’s plan to raise natural-gas rates again in December, arguing the utility is moving ahead with another increase barely weeks after its last one was approved.

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Consumers filed its required notice with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) on Oct. 16, less than a month after regulators signed off on a $157.5 million natural-gas rate hike.

“We cannot keep allowing these utilities to treat these hikes as business as usual while their customers struggle to pay their bills,” Nessel said in a statement. She added that Michigan’s major utilities “must be held accountable” as they continue seeking increases.

Consumers Energy said more details on its new request will be available before it files a full case in December.