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Great Lakes Energy Coop
Great Lakes Energy Coop served 123,277 residential customers in Michigan in 2025 (2.7% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 30 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority MISO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Great Lakes Energy Coop's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 632 kWh
- At 20.32¢/kWh
- $128
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 20.32¢ sits.
Great Lakes Energy Coop averaged 20.32¢ per kWh against a Michigan residential average of 20.01¢: 1.6% above the state figure. Among the 7 cooperative 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 Great Lakes Energy Coop home used 656 kWh a month at 15.45¢ and paid $101. In 2025 it used 632 kWh at 20.32¢ and paid $128: the price per kWh is up 31.5%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 15.45 | 20.32 |
| Use, kWh a month | 656 | 632 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 101.43 | 128.38 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 123,277 | 934,502 | 20.32 |
| Commercial | 11,589 | 191,398 | 17.53 |
| Industrial | 279 | 531,163 | 9.94 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 56.4% of the electricity Great Lakes Energy Coop sold in Michigan in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
546 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 546installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 4.0 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 4.4installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
26 counties.
AlleganAntrimBarryCharlevoixCheboyganClareCrawfordEmmetGrand TraverseKalkaskaKentLakeManisteeMasonMecostaMissaukeeMontcalmMontmorencyMuskegonNewaygoOceanaOsceolaOscodaOtsego
Counties in Michigan where Great Lakes Energy Coop reported serving customers in 2025 (26 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 38084
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 20.32 | ¢/kWh |
| Michigan average price | 20.01 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 1.6 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 31.5 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 632 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 128.38 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 123,277 | accounts |
| Share of MI residential customers | 2.7 | % |
| Size rank in MI | 3 of 30 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 5 of 7 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.