Electricity rates — Michigan

What a typical bill in Michigan costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 9 generally available plans here run from $1,915.77 on Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 to $2,931.00 on Residential Service Secondary Non-Transmitting Meter Rate (RSM), with a median of $2,853.36.

Effective rates span 16.0¢ to 24.4¢ per kWh at that usage.

What households in Michigan pay, by EIA's count

Michigan's residential electricity averaged 20.7¢ per kWh over the 12 months to June 2026, the 14th-highest of the 50 states and DC and 16% above the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Pennsylvania (20.5¢) and Maryland (21.8¢).

EIA lists 30 utilities serving homes in Michigan. By homes served, the largest 5 are DTE Electric Company (2,067,779), Consumers Energy Co - (MI) (1,657,843), Great Lakes Energy Coop (120,645), Indiana Michigan Power Co (112,600), and City of Lansing - (MI) (87,301). Member-owned cooperatives supply about 6% of its households.

Over five years they rose 22.8%, well behind the US's 34.7%.

Michigan homes used the most electricity in July and the least in April (2021–2025): a summer peak, 1.6 times the lightest month. July's bills were the highest, averaging $159; April's the lowest, $97. September was the dearest month per kWh, 8% above January.

The utilities with a ranked plan on this page serve about 82% of Michigan's households: DTE Electric (2,067,779), Consumers Energy Co (1,657,843). Their median plan at 1,000 kWh a month works out to 23.8¢ per kWh, 15% above EIA's average, which is why this page compares that median with other states'.

Chart of this for reuse (PNG), free to republish under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WattClear. Suggested alt text: “Bar chart. Michigan's average home electricity price, July 2025 to June 2026, was 6.4% higher than the 12 months before, the 25th-largest rise of the 50 states. Washington, DC: +24.9%. United States average: +6.7%. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.”

In the guides: Summer and winter bills, state by state

How Michigan compares

At 1,000 kWh a month the median plan in Michigan costs $2,853.36 a year: the 10th-highest of the 30 states whose indexed plans stand for them, and 24% more than their median of $2,303.60. It sits between Vermont ($2,817.63) and Maryland ($2,854.53).

Its cheapest open plan, Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 from DTE Electric at $1,915.77, is the 14th-lowest of the 30 states' cheapest plans.

The largest fixed charge on any plan here is $15.61 a month, the 6th-smallest such charge of the 30 states.

In the guides: What published electricity plans cost, state by state · What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour

What each provider in Michigan costs

2 utilities serve customers across Michigan in this data. At 1,000 kWh a month the cheapest of them is DTE Electric at $1,915.77 a year on Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2; the dearest is Consumers Energy Co at $2,879.50.

That is $963.73 a year between the best each provider offers.

Cheapest available plan by provider: DTE Electric $1,915.77; Consumers Energy Co $2,879.50.

Which plan in Michigan is cheapest as use rises

Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 is cheapest at every level tested — $1,016.39 a year at 500 kWh a month, $3,714.58 at 2,000 kWh.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $486.55 a year at 500 kWh against $2,171.38 at 2,000 kWh.

How Michigan's plans are structured

Of 65 priceable plans: 10 tiered, 21 time-of-use, 3 priced by season, 34 flat-rate.

Fixed monthly charges run from $0.93 to $15.61.

Who provides Michigan's plans

These plans come from 7 utilities: Consumers Energy Co, DTE Electric, Detroit Edison Co, Indiana Michigan Power Co (Michigan), Northern States Power Co - Wisconsin (Michigan), Wisconsin Electric Power Co (Michigan), Wisconsin Public Service Corp (Michigan).

The largest saving among Michigan's plans

Moving from Residential Service Secondary Non-Transmitting Meter Rate (RSM) to Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 saves $1,015.23 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What the Michigan figures do not cover

21 of these plans price by the hour; their figures assume the typical hourly pattern of homes in Michigan, not this household's own hours.