Electricity rates — DTE Electric

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 5 generally available plans here run from $1,908.21 on Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 to $2,853.36 on Residential Service Rate - (Full Service) - D1, with a median of $2,554.69.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, span 15.9¢ to 23.8¢ per kWh at that usage.

What DTE Electric's customers were billed in 2024

At 610 kWh a month, DTE Electric's median open plan comes to 21.9¢ per kWh, 9% above the 20.1¢ its customers were billed in 2024, riders included. Rates set since 2024 account for some of that.

How it compares

Among the 109 utilities indexed, DTE Electric's cheapest open plan is the 32nd-highest, 16% more than their median of $1,649.16. It sits between Indianapolis Power & Light Co ($1,876.32) and Consolidated Edison Co-NY Inc ($1,951.41).

No other utility indexed in Michigan has a cheaper open plan; the other one starts higher.

Its fixed charge, $9.75 a month on Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2, is lower than on the cheapest plan of 87 of the other 108 utilities.

Residential Service Rate - (Retail Access Service) - D1 is tiered: past 17 kWh a month, each kWh costs 1.3¢ more. Of the 51 utilities whose plans step, that is the 19th-smallest step.

Residential Time of Day (Full Service) - D1.2 changes price with the season: a kWh costs 0.2¢ more in June to October than in November to May, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $218.29 in its dearest month against $208.64 in its cheapest.

In the guides: What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour · The price that changes once the meter passes a line · The price that changes with the month

How the answer changes with usage

Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 is cheapest at every level tested — $1,012.61 a year at 500 kWh a month, $3,699.42 at 2,000 kWh.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $471.19 a year at 500 kWh against $1,892.82 at 2,000 kWh.

6 plans on file, at 1,000 kWh a month

RESIDENTIAL SERVICE RATE-(Retail Access Service)-D1 Low Income Rate — $740.52 a year, 6.2¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $0.93 monthly standing charge. In effect since September 2017. Too old to quote as a current price.

Residential Time of Day Retail Service — $819.72 a year, 6.8¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $8.43 monthly standing charge. In effect since September 2017. Too old to quote as a current price.

Water Heating Service Rate D5 (Delivery Charge Commercial) — $884.16 a year, 7.4¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $3.20 monthly standing charge. In effect since April 2026. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential Time of Use Pilot 1 (Full Service)- D1-A (CLOSED RATE) — $939.24 a year, 7.8¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $9.37 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Residential Time of Use Pilot 2 (Full Service)- D1-B (CLOSED RATE) — $939.24 a year, 7.8¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $9.37 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Restricted: delivery charges only.

Water Heating Service Rate D5 (Delivery Charge Residential) — $1,250.88 a year, 10.4¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $3.20 monthly standing charge. In effect since April 2026. Restricted: delivery charges only.

How these plans are structured

Of 30 priceable plans: 5 tiered, 7 time-of-use, 2 priced by season, 18 flat-rate.

Fixed monthly charges run from $0.93 to $9.75.

Who provides these plans

EIA-861 lists DTE Electric serving homes in Michigan and in no other state, which is how its plans are placed there. 30 of its 30 published residential schedules can be priced.

The largest saving available here

Moving from Residential Service Rate - (Full Service) - D1 to Residential Time of Day (Retail Service) - D1.2 saves $945.15 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What this does not cover

7 of these plans price by the hour, so their figures are marked lower confidence.