Upper Michigan Energy Resources Electric Rates and Bills

Upper Michigan Energy Resources reported 33,339 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 578 kWh a month on average at 17.46 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, Upper Michigan Energy Resources ranks 11 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 Upper Michigan Energy Resources has distribution equipment. That covers 10 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, Upper Michigan Energy Resources reported an average of 240 minutes without power per customer and 1.20 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 200 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Upper Michigan Energy Resources had about 113 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Michigan figure across its utilities was 161 minutes. One interruption lasting 200 minutes and 1.20 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 240 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

• Time-of-use pricing. Upper Michigan Energy Resources reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 450 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 91 residential net-metered systems on the Upper Michigan Energy Resources grid in 2025, with 0.6 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. In Michigan, that review is done by the Michigan Public Service Commission.

Upper Michigan Energy Resources is an investor-owned utility based in Michigan.

Upper Michigan Energy Resources operates in the MISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

By residential customers, Upper Michigan Energy Resources ranks 8th of the 28 utilities that report homes in Michigan, with about 0.73% of the state's homes. Among 4 other investor-owned utilities in Michigan, the median price is 20.45 cents per kWh, so Upper Michigan Energy Resources at 17.46 cents is 3.00 cents below its peers. Over a year, the typical Upper Michigan Energy Resources bill runs about $315 below the state average, with monthly use 56 kWh lower. Upper Michigan Energy Resources lists distribution equipment in 10 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 91 of its residential customers use net metering, or 2.7 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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