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DTE Electric Company
DTE Electric Company served 2,078,315 residential customers in Michigan in 2025 (45.8% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 30 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority MISO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of DTE Electric Company's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 623 kWh
- At 20.25¢/kWh
- $126
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 20.25¢ sits.
DTE Electric Company averaged 20.25¢ per kWh against a Michigan residential average of 20.01¢: 1.2% above the state figure. Among the 7 investor owned utilities in Michigan with bundled residential sales, it ranks 5th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average DTE Electric Company home used 673 kWh a month at 17.32¢ and paid $117. In 2025 it used 623 kWh at 20.25¢ and paid $126: the price per kWh is up 16.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 17.32 | 20.25 |
| Use, kWh a month | 673 | 623 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 116.57 | 126.06 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 2,078,315 | 15,527,443 | 20.25 |
| Commercial | 211,463 | 16,276,614 | 13.93 |
| Industrial | 712 | 8,268,963 | 7.88 |
| Transportation | 2 | 6,139 | 13.67 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 38.7% of the electricity DTE Electric Company sold in Michigan in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
11,672 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 11,672installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 78.7 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 5.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
25 counties.
BayBranchDeltaGeneseeGladwinGratiotHuronInghamIsabellaLapeerLenaweeLivingstonMacombMidlandMonroeMontcalmOaklandPresque IsleSaginawSanilacShiawasseeSt ClairTuscolaWashtenaw
Counties in Michigan where DTE Electric Company reported serving customers in 2025 (25 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5109
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 20.25 | ¢/kWh |
| Michigan average price | 20.01 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 1.2 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 16.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 623 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 126.06 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 2,078,315 | accounts |
| Share of MI residential customers | 45.8 | % |
| Size rank in MI | 1 of 30 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 5 of 7 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
18 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 3more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 1price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $8.93US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 9.73¢cents per kWh, one period and one tier
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.