19.5¢per kWh, customer-weighted average19% higher than the U.S. average
$120average monthly bill
2utilities with a pending rate case
Michigan is a retail-choice state
Your utility delivers the power and its rate cases set the delivery charges. The supply portion comes from the supplier you choose, or the default rate if you never chose. Both move independently.
About +$8/month on a typical bill. Less than three months after its last order, Consumers Energy filed on June 2, 2026 for about $456 million more per year (9.8% for residential customers), plus a $25 million 12-month surcharge, $52 million over three years for storm restoration and an expanded Investment Recovery Mechanism. The company says a home with a $155 monthly bill would pay about $13 more per month. The Attorney General intervened; the MPSC must rule by April 2027.
About +$12/month on a typical bill. DTE Electric filed its next case in late April 2026 seeking about $474.3 million more per year (a 10.25% ROE) for a March 2027-Feb 2028 test year, plus an expanded Infrastructure Recovery Mechanism surcharge of $154-318 million a year in 2028-2030 for distribution reliability work. DTE says the average residential bill would rise $11.06 (9.96%) per month; the Attorney General and Oakland and Macomb counties intervened. The MPSC's 10-month deadline puts a decision around February 2027 with rates in March 2027.
About +$8/month on a typical bill. Consumers Energy asked the MPSC in 2025 for about $436 million more per year plus a $24.3 million surcharge (about 13% for residential customers) for its Reliability Action Plan, including burying lines, stronger poles and five-year tree trimming. The March 27, 2026 order approved $276.6 million at a 9.9% ROE, raising residential rates 8.9%; a 500 kWh customer pays $6.46 (6.1%) more per month from May 1, 2026, which scales to about $12.92 at 1,000 kWh.
About +$6/month on a typical bill. DTE Electric asked the MPSC in April 2025 for $574.1 million more per year (about 11% for residential customers), later trimmed to $561.7 million, mainly for distribution reliability investments. The Feb. 19, 2026 order authorized $242.4 million with ROE held at 9.9%; a 500 kWh residential customer pays $4.93 (4.6%) more per month from March 5, 2026, which scales to about $9.86 at 1,000 kWh.
About +$3/month on a typical bill. Consumers Energy's 2024 electric case asked for about $325 million ($303 million in rates plus a $22 million surcharge, an 8.2% residential increase) mainly for distribution reliability work. On March 21, 2025 the MPSC approved $153.8 million, a 2.8% residential increase, with new rates in spring 2025; the per-customer dollar figure was not stated in the source.