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Electric utilities serving Benzie County, Michigan
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Benzie County, Michigan, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 3 utilities for 2024; Consumers Energy Co, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc and Wolverine Power Supply Coop are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 16.36¢ to 19.11¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 17.74¢, against a Michigan average of 19.30¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Michigan customers, not for this county alone.
Wolverine Power Supply Coop lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Michigan under its own name.
The median SAIDI they reported was 284.0 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Michigan utilities reporting was 261.6.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 18,568. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Michigan operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers Energy Co | Investor-owned | 1,657,843 | 19.11¢ | $120.01 | 502.6 | 155.0 |
| Cherryland Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 35,100 | 16.36¢ | $109.78 | 65.3 | 65.3 |
| Wolverine Power Supply Coop | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Michigan. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Benzie County | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 17.74¢ median | 19.30¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $114.90 median | $119.31 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 284.0 median | 261.6 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 110.2 median | 105.0 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 3 | 30 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Benzie County itself.
Population: 18,568 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,308 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Michigan counties
- Alpena County 3
- Antrim County 3
- Arenac County 1
- Baraga County 5
- Barry County 4
- Bay County 3
- Berrien County 3
- Branch County 4
- Calhoun County 2
- Cass County 4
- Charlevoix County 4
- Cheboygan County 4
All 83 counties and every Michigan utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Benzie County?
Consumers Energy Co, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc and Wolverine Power Supply Coop list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Benzie County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 16.36¢ to 19.11¢ per kilowatthour across their Michigan customers in 2024; the state average was 19.30¢.
How reliable is power in Benzie County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 284.0 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 110.2 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.