Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 31 utilities reporting residential rates in Michigan, DTE Electric Company comes 26th of 31. The state's range runs from City of Zeeland - (MI) at 10.12¢ to Palmetto Solar, LLC at 31.21¢, so where a household sits inside Michigan depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 6 other investor owned utilities reporting in Michigan, whose customer-weighted average is 19.09¢, DTE Electric Company is close to its own ownership class within the state (+5.4%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

DTE Electric Company reported 2.1M residential customers, ranking 1st of 31 utilities in Michigan by customers served and covering 46.6% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,318 kWh per customer per year - +8.7% against the Michigan median of 6,732 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,473.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Michigan

All 31 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Michigan, largest first, with DTE Electric Company marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Michigan.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Michigan, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to DTE Electric Company in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about DTE Electric Company rates

How much does DTE Electric Company charge per kWh?

DTE Electric Company reported an average residential price of 20.13¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is DTE Electric Company expensive compared with the rest of Michigan?

Its average residential price is close to the Michigan customer-weighted average of 19.43¢ per kWh, a difference of +3.6%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 31 utilities reporting residential service in Michigan.

What is the average electricity bill for DTE Electric Company customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,318 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,473 a year, or about $123 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns DTE Electric Company?

EIA classifies DTE Electric Company as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.