City of Lansing Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

City of Lansing reported 87,026 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 537 kWh a month on average at 19.44 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 20 Michigan utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, City of Lansing ranks 14 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where City of Lansing has distribution equipment. That covers 3 counties in Michigan. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, City of Lansing reported an average of 92 minutes without power per customer and 0.82 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 112 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

City of Lansing had about 36 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Michigan figure across its utilities was 161 minutes. One interruption lasting 112 minutes and 0.82 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 92 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under other standard. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

• Time-of-use pricing. City of Lansing reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 84,973 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 432 residential net-metered systems on the City of Lansing grid in 2025, with 2.7 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

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City of Lansing is a municipal utility based in Michigan.

City of Lansing operates in the MISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

Of the 28 utilities listed for Michigan, City of Lansing is the 4th largest by homes, at roughly 1.9% of the state total. City of Lansing lists distribution equipment in 3 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 432 of its residential customers use net metering, or 5.0 per 1,000 homes, against 6.3 for Michigan as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Michigan with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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