State electricity profile · EIA monthly through May 2026
Michigan Electricity
As of May 2026, residential electricity in Michigan costs 22.01¢ per kWh (+8.8% vs May 2025). EIA publishes these figures monthly and this page follows them. Michigan's 2025 annual residential electricity rate is 20.01¢/kWh, 15.7% above the US average. Both figures point the same way: an above-average rate and only 12% of generation from renewables. The fuel-by-fuel and sector detail is below.
- 22.01¢
- May 2026 rate
- +8.8%
- year over year
- 20.01¢/kWh
- Residential rate
- +15.7%
- vs US average
- 12%
- Renewable
- 4.6M
- Customers
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20.01¢/kWh residential, 14.48¢/kWh commercial
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2025 annual-frequency retail-sales series, Michigan's residential average revenue per kWh is 20.01¢/kWh, with a commercial average of 14.48¢/kWh and an industrial average of 8.59¢/kWh; a separate EIA generation series for 2025 reports 12% of the state's generation from renewables.
- 15.7% above the US average vs national residential average
- 12% renewable generation
The verdict · 2025
Michigan's residential electricity runs 20.01¢/kWh - 15.7% above the 17.30¢/kWh national average, pricier than 76% of other states, with 12% of its power from renewables.
This is EIA state average revenue per kWh across 4.6M reported residential customers, a benchmark for comparing states, not the tariff on any single bill. Source: EIA retail-sales API, annual frequency.
Annual rate change
What changed in the 2025 annual EIA period
- Michigan's industrial average rose from 8.26¢/kWh to 8.59¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +4.0%.
- Michigan's residential average rose from 19.30¢/kWh to 20.01¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +3.7%.
- Michigan's commercial average rose from 14.01¢/kWh to 14.48¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +3.4%.
Where Michigan's residential rate sits nationally
2025 average revenue per kWh across every reporting state
20.01¢/kWh 24th affordability percentile More affordable than 24% of 50 other states
all reporting states, equal-width bands
Each bar spans 5¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more states; the dashed marker locates this state. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.
Source U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · 2025 annual frequency
How Michigan compares
Average revenue per kWh, EIA retail-sales API. Pick a benchmark above to compare Michigan against the US average or a peer state.
What Michigan's Electricity Data Tells Us
Residential customers in Michigan pay 20.01¢/kWh in 2025, across 4.6M metered households, placing the state 15.7% above the national residential average of 17.30¢/kWh. Commercial rates sit at 14.48¢/kWh while industrial buyers pay 8.59¢/kWh. These sector averages describe recorded revenue per kWh; this dataset alone does not establish why they differ. Annual residential sales total 34.5M MWh on roughly $6.9B in utility revenue. Sales and revenue are reported retail-series measures and should not be treated as a local load forecast.
Industry pays comparatively more here than households do: Michigan ranks 25 of 51 on industrial power against 13 on residential, one of only a handful of states where the industrial ranking sits that far above the residential one. No single fuel reaches half of Michigan's in-state generation. Natural gas leads at 42.0%, with coal at 23.2% close enough behind that the mix reads as a balance rather than a clear lead. It is the leading fuel in 26 states. Renewable fuels (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass) account for 11.7% of Michigan's electricity output. These shares describe in-state generation, not a utility-specific customer bill.
Looking back across EIA records, residential prices in Michigan moved from 15.22¢/kWh in 2016 to 20.01¢/kWh in 2025, a 31.5% shift over that window. States charging a similar rate include Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, a useful peer set for a sanity check. Because gas sets the price of the marginal megawatt-hour on a grid built around it, Michigan's residential rate tracks the fuel market with a lag: a gas-price winter shows up on bills months later, and a cheap gas year works its way through the same way. Above-average does not mean uniformly expensive. The figure blends every utility in Michigan, and in a state priced at this level the difference between its cheapest and dearest service territories usually matters more to a given bill than the state's rank does.
+15.7%
More expensive vs the US residential average
24%
of states have higher rates — Above-average cost
12%
Low renewable share — below the 25% US mix
4.6M
residential customers served
Market Overview
Residential Revenue
$6.9B
Commercial Revenue
$5.4B
Residential Sales
34.5M MWh
Residential Customers
4.6M
Residential Price History
Michigan residential average revenue per kWh moved from 15.22¢/kWh in 2016 to 20.01¢/kWh in 2025 (31.5% over the window).
- Michigan residential avg
- 20.01¢/kWh 31.5% since 2016
- 2016 → 2025
- Michigan residential: 2016, 15.2¢
- Michigan residential: 2017, 15.4¢
- Michigan residential: 2018, 15.5¢
- Michigan residential: 2019, 15.7¢
- Michigan residential: 2020, 16.3¢
- Michigan residential: 2021, 17.5¢
- Michigan residential: 2022, 17.9¢
- Michigan residential: 2023, 18.8¢
- Michigan residential: 2024, 19.3¢
- Michigan residential: 2025, 20¢
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · annual frequency. Michigan full trend →
Michigan Average Price by Sector and Year (¢/kWh)
The chart above tracks households only. In 2025, Michigan households paid 20.01¢/kWh while businesses paid 14.48¢/kWh, a 38.2% residential premium, a wider household-versus-business gap than most states. Every year EIA has published is below, so a single year can be read across all three sectors rather than assembled from three separate EIA queries.
| Year | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.01¢/kWh | 14.48¢/kWh | 8.59¢/kWh |
| 2024 | 19.30¢/kWh | 14.01¢/kWh | 8.26¢/kWh |
| 2023 | 18.84¢/kWh | 13.40¢/kWh | 8.16¢/kWh |
| 2022 | 17.86¢/kWh | 12.55¢/kWh | 8.33¢/kWh |
| 2021 | 17.54¢/kWh | 12.31¢/kWh | 7.69¢/kWh |
| 2020 | 16.26¢/kWh | 11.71¢/kWh | 7.24¢/kWh |
| 2019 | 15.74¢/kWh | 11.39¢/kWh | 7.07¢/kWh |
| 2018 | 15.45¢/kWh | 11.15¢/kWh | 7.10¢/kWh |
| 2017 | 15.40¢/kWh | 11.00¢/kWh | 7.19¢/kWh |
| 2016 | 15.22¢/kWh | 10.64¢/kWh | 6.91¢/kWh |
Average revenue per kilowatt-hour, U.S. Energy Information Administration annual-frequency retail-sales series. Revenue per kWh is what customers in each sector actually paid on average, not an advertised tariff rate. Years with no EIA figure for a sector show —.
Who generates Michigan's electricity
Michigan has 736 operable generating units on EIA's inventory totalling 32,745 MW of net summer capacity. The largest single plant is Monroe (MI) , a conventional steam coal station operated by DTE Electric Company , rated 3,080 MW.
Balancing authorities keep supply and demand matched on the grid; the largest here by capacity are Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. and PJM Interconnection, LLC.
Showing the 16 largest of 275 operable plants in Michigan by net summer capacity.
| Plant | Operator | Technology | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe (MI) | DTE Electric Company | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 3,080 |
| Ludington | Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | – | 2,180 |
| Donald C Cook | Indiana Michigan Power Co | Nuclear | – | 2,177 |
| New Covert Generating Facility | Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 1,586 |
| Belle River | DTE Electric Company | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 1,508 |
| Midland Cogeneration Venture | Midland Cogeneration Venture | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 1,479 |
| J H Campbell | Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 1,331 |
| Dan E Karn | Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 1,200 |
| Fermi | DTE Electric Company | Nuclear | – | 1,192 |
| Blue Water Energy Center | DTE Electric Company | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 1,146 |
| Indeck Niles Energy Center | Indeck Niles, LLC | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 1,082 |
| Greenwood (MI) | DTE Electric Company | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 1,009 |
| Zeeland Generating Station | Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 843 |
| Dearborn Industrial Generation | Dearborn Industrial Gen Inc | Other Gases | – | 739 |
| Renaissance Power Plant | DTE Electric Company | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | – | 652 |
| Jackson Generating Station | Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 534 |
| Operating company | Plants | Net summer MW |
|---|---|---|
| DTE Electric Company | 41 | 11,592 |
| Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | 29 | 8,839 |
| Indiana Michigan Power Co | 6 | 2,189 |
| Midland Cogeneration Venture | 1 | 1,479 |
| Indeck Niles, LLC | 1 | 1,082 |
| Wolverine Power Supply Coop | 7 | 870 |
| Dearborn Industrial Gen Inc | 1 | 739 |
| Invenergy Services LLC | 2 | 310 |
| Lansing Board of Water and Light | 2 | 299 |
| Upper Michigan Energy Resources Company | 3 | 288 |
Operable units only, from EIA's generator inventory as reported for 2026-05. Capacity is net summer rating, which is what a unit can reliably deliver in peak conditions rather than its nameplate figure. Ownership and operatorship can differ; the company shown is the one EIA records as operating the unit.
Energy Generation Mix (2025)
How Michigan generates its electricity, from the EIA generation series for 2025 (separate from the 2025 retail-sales price figures above). Renewable sources account for 11.7% of generation.
- Natural Gas42.0%
- Coal23.2%
- Nuclear21.7%
- Windrenewable8.0%
- Solarrenewable2.6%
- Petroleum1.4%
- Hydrorenewable1.1%
- Other0.1%
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States with Similar Electricity Prices
Other states led by natural gas
These grids also report natural gas as their largest generation share in the latest EIA mix — a different peer set from the price neighbors above.
Using Michigan's numbers
With renewables still a small share of generation here, the figures above describe a mix that has further to travel than most. Watch what Michigan builds when its existing thermal capacity retires, because that is the decision the next decade of rates is made of.
- Michigan sits 15.7% above the national average, see exactly where it lands among all 50 states. See the rankings
- Check the multi-year trend before you judge the rate, a low price rising fast can cost more over a decade than a steady one. Michigan price trend
- Compare Michigan side by side with the US average and peer states using the tool above, then estimate your own bill from your monthly kWh. Cost calculator
Figures are EIA state averages by sector, computed as revenue divided by sales, so delivery and taxes are inside them but not broken out. Your actual rate depends on your utility, plan, and usage, see our disclaimer.
Read with Michigan: why energy prices vary
Where Michigan's figures come from
Every price and generation figure on this page is drawn from the EIA series below, and from nothing else.
Utilities serving Michigan
The 31 utilities that reported bundled residential service in Michigan to EIA Form 861 (2024), largest first. Entity prices below are Form 861 averages for that release, not the same survey as the 2025 retail-sales statewide average above, and not a household tariff. What an individual household pays depends on which of these serves its address.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTE Electric Company | Investor Owned | 2.1M | 20.13¢ |
| Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Investor Owned | 1.7M | 19.11¢ |
| Great Lakes Energy Coop | Cooperative | 120.6K | 19.17¢ |
| Indiana Michigan Power Co | Investor Owned | 112.6K | 17.00¢ |
| City of Lansing - (MI) | Municipal | 87.3K | 19.78¢ |
| Upper Peninsula Power Company | Investor Owned | 47.7K | 27.64¢ |
| Cloverland Electric Co-op | Cooperative | 36.1K | 14.37¢ |
| Cherryland Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 35.1K | 16.36¢ |
| Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. | Investor Owned | 33.3K | 14.76¢ |
| Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop | Cooperative | 32.4K | 20.99¢ |
| Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI) | Cooperative | 29.3K | 19.91¢ |
| City of Holland | Municipal | 26.6K | 11.68¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) | Cooperative | 23.0K | 18.04¢ |
| City of Bay City - (MI) | Municipal | 18.0K | 15.35¢ |
| City of Marquette - (MI) | Municipal | 15.0K | 16.96¢ |
Showing the 15 largest of 31 reporting utilities. The 4 serving 100.0K+ residential customers link to a full profile. Presence in EIA Form 861 is not evidence that a utility is available at a given address or that a customer may choose it.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Statewide prices use the EIA retail-sales annual series (2025). Generation mix uses a separate EIA generation series (2025). Utility rows use Form EIA-861 (2024) and are not averaged into the statewide retail-sales figure. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.