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The average electric bill in Michigan

Michigan households paid $127.17 a month for electricity in 2025, at 20.03¢ per kilowatt-hour for 635 kWh a month. That is 14% below the national median, and ranks #36 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$127.17
US median $147.18
Price
20.03¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
635
kWh per month
Households
4,538,580
residential accounts

What each Michigan utility charges, most expensive first

Upper Peninsula Power Company charges 27.98¢ per kWh and City of Zeeland - (MI) charges 9.98¢ — 2.8× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Upper Peninsula Power CompanyInvestor Owned · 47,805 homes27.98¢per kWh$124.96447 kWh/mo2.02× dearer
2Presque Isle Elec & Gas CoopCooperative · 32,519 homes23.93¢per kWh$107.17448 kWh/mo1.73× dearer
3Alger-Delta Coop Electric AssnCooperative · 9,837 homes23.20¢per kWh$107.99465 kWh/mo1.68× dearer
4Consumers Energy Co - (MI)Investor Owned · 1,662,741 homes20.66¢per kWh$134.01649 kWh/mo1.49× dearer
5City of NegauneeMunicipal · 1,982 homes20.60¢per kWh$99.34482 kWh/mo1.49× dearer
6Great Lakes Energy CoopCooperative · 123,277 homes20.32¢per kWh$128.38632 kWh/mo1.47× dearer
7DTE Electric CompanyInvestor Owned · 2,078,315 homes20.25¢per kWh$126.06623 kWh/mo1.46× dearer
8Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI)Cooperative · 29,359 homes19.49¢per kWh$189.09970 kWh/mo1.41× dearer
9City of Lansing - (MI)Municipal · 87,026 homes19.44¢per kWh$104.44537 kWh/mo1.40× dearer
10City of Crystal Falls - (MI)Municipal · 1,462 homes19.19¢per kWh$83.52435 kWh/mo1.39× dearer
11Alpena Power CoInvestor Owned · 13,754 homes18.66¢per kWh$99.55533 kWh/mo1.35× dearer
12City of Norway - (MI)Municipal · 1,878 homes18.47¢per kWh$110.20596 kWh/mo1.33× dearer
13Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)Cooperative · 23,136 homes18.33¢per kWh$152.12830 kWh/mo1.32× dearer
14Village of L'Anse - (MI)Municipal · 1,342 homes18.18¢per kWh$55.27304 kWh/mo1.31× dearer
15Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.Investor Owned · 33,339 homes17.46¢per kWh$100.95578 kWh/mo1.26× dearer
16Cherryland Electric Coop IncCooperative · 35,548 homes17.29¢per kWh$122.18706 kWh/mo1.25× dearer
17Indiana Michigan Power CoInvestor Owned · 112,973 homes17.19¢per kWh$142.67830 kWh/mo1.24× dearer
18Wyandotte Municipal Serv Comm - (MI)Municipal · 11,746 homes16.95¢per kWh$94.24556 kWh/mo1.22× dearer
19City of GladstoneMunicipal · 2,546 homes16.88¢per kWh$91.92545 kWh/mo1.22× dearer
20City of Marquette - (MI)Municipal · 15,202 homes16.77¢per kWh$88.45527 kWh/mo1.21× dearer
21City of Sturgis - (MI)Municipal · 6,112 homes16.03¢per kWh$108.02674 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
22Coldwater Board of Public UtilMunicipal · 6,420 homes15.61¢per kWh$93.16597 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
23Northern States Power CoInvestor Owned · 7,567 homes15.48¢per kWh$92.96601 kWh/mo1.12× dearer
24City of Bay City - (MI)Municipal · 17,994 homes15.34¢per kWh$91.64598 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
25City of Grand Haven - (MI)Municipal · 13,290 homes15.12¢per kWh$87.83581 kWh/mo1.09× dearer
26Cloverland Electric Co-opCooperative · 36,144 homes14.27¢per kWh$100.59705 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
27City of Traverse City - (MI)Municipal · 10,097 homes13.42¢per kWh$70.51525 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
28City of Holland - (MI)Municipal · 27,007 homes11.43¢per kWh$70.06613 kWh/mo1.21× cheaper
29City of Zeeland - (MI)Municipal · 6,058 homes9.98¢per kWh$68.51686 kWh/mo1.39× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Michigan utility also leaves customers without power for 9.9 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Michigan utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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