Michigan Electricity Rates and Average Electric Bill Guide

Low usage keeps the Michigan bill down. Households use 27% less electricity than the typical US household, even though prices run 16% above the national price. Mild weather and homes that heat with natural gas often show up as low electricity use.

Over a year, the average Michigan household pays about $1,526 for electricity. The state ranks 16th lowest for the monthly bill, 13th highest for price per kWh and 9th lowest for use, out of 51 places (50 states and DC).

Source: EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data, residential sector. Bills are revenue divided by customers, divided by 12.

Want to see where your own bill falls? Use the bill checker or read the average bill guide for apartments, houses and different household sizes.

Michigan is dominated by investor-owned utilities, which serve 89% of residential customers. The rest are served by electric cooperatives (7%) and municipal utilities (5%). EIA lists 30 utilities and electricity suppliers with customers in Michigan.

See every utility that reports customers here on the electric companies in Michigan page.

If you do not know who serves your address, the find my electric company tool matches your county to a utility.

Michigan has a capped electric choice program that limits how much utility load can move to alternative suppliers, so it is not open to every household.

Read our Michigan electricity providers guide for how switching works, who delivers your power and what to check before you sign.

Utilities in Michigan reported an average of 2 hours and 41 minutes without power per customer in 2025, with 1.04 interruptions per customer, when major storm days are left out. That outage time is longer than the median state (127 minutes).

Customers in Michigan had 28,666 net-metered residential solar systems with a combined 275.4 megawatts of capacity in 2025. That works out to 6.3 systems for every 1,000 households, which ranks 41 of 51 places. Net metering lets a home with solar offset what it uses from the grid, so it changes the bill math for those households. Our net metering guide explains how the credit works.

Outage figures are reported by utilities and follow different standards, so compare states with care. The median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer in 2025.

• Check your rate before your habits. Usage here is close to or below the national figure, so the plan and the price per kWh on your bill often matter more than conservation. Our bill reading guide shows where to look.
• Ask about time-of-use pricing. 5 of the 8 largest providers report residential time-of-use programs in EIA data. If you can shift laundry, charging and cooling to cheaper hours, the savings can be real. Our time-of-use guide explains how to test it.
• Ask about budget billing. Many utilities spread costs across the year. Read how budget billing works before you sign up.
• Price your appliances. The electricity cost calculator shows what a space heater, dryer or pool pump costs to run at your rate.

Electric rates and consumer complaints in Michigan are handled by the Michigan Public Service Commission. If you have a billing dispute you could not settle with your utility, the regulator is the next step.