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investor-owned utility · EIA utility 5109

DTE Electric Company

2,067,779 residential customers in Michigan · 23 counties in territory · balancing authority MISO

Form EIA-861, 2024 final2025 early release shown in trendMonthly to Jul 2026
USMI20.13¢ per kWh7.43¢35.66¢
Average residential price, 2024. Dial position: 95% of 1,230 US utilities had this price or lower. Ticks: Michigan and US averages.

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. Annual figures: Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release. Monthly state figures run to July 2026.

DTE Electric Company serves 2,067,779 residential customers in Michigan as an investor-owned utility, according to its 2024 Form EIA-861 filing, with a service territory that touches 23 counties.

Its average residential price that year was 20.13¢ per kilowatthour, 4.3% above the Michigan average of 19.30¢ and 22% above the US average of 16.48¢. The figure is residential revenue divided by residential sales, so it folds in fixed charges, riders and every rate schedule the utility bills under.

That works out to an average residential bill of $122.74 a month on average use of 610 kWh a month. Across Michigan the average bill was $119.31 on 618 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.

The price covers the 2,067,758 residential customers on bundled service. A further 21 take delivery only and buy their energy from another supplier; EIA collects just part of their bill from this respondent, so they are left out of the average.

For reliability it reported a SAIDI of 483.0 minutes per customer with major event days included and 159.2 minutes with them excluded, calculated under IEEE 1366 standard. The median among Michigan utilities reporting was 261.6 minutes with major event days; this utility's figure is 85% above that median.

The average price is up 25.0% on 2019, against up 22.6% for Michigan as a whole, and up 2.2% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 20.25¢.

20.13¢average residential price per kWhMichigan 19.30¢ · US 16.48¢
$122.74average monthly residential billon 610 kWh a month
2,067,779residential customers2,283,306 customers in all sectors
483.0SAIDI minutes per customer, all eventsMichigan median 261.6

Compared with Michigan, the US and other investor-owned utilities

Measure, 2024This utilityInvestor-owned utilities, US medianMichiganUnited States
Average residential price per kWh20.13¢16.17¢19.30¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$122.74$131.47$119.31$142.26
Average monthly use, kWh610787618863
Residential price change, 1 year+2.2%—+2.4%+3.0%
Residential price change, 5 years+25.0%—+22.6%+26.7%
SAIDI, all events (minutes)483.0278.7261.6 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days159.2106.5105.0 median99.8 median

State and US prices, bills and use are EIA's own averages over every customer. The ownership column and the reliability columns are medians across utilities with at least 1,000 residential customers, computed on this site from the final 2024 file. Among the 7 filings by investor-owned utilities in Michigan, the median price was 17.43¢. In Michigan this utility's price ranks 5 of 30, counting from the highest.

Average price by year

0¢5¢10¢15¢20¢25¢20132015201720192021202320252013 US average: 12.13¢2014 US average: 12.52¢2015 US average: 12.65¢2016 US average: 12.55¢2017 US average: 12.89¢2018 US average: 12.87¢2019 US average: 13.01¢2020 US average: 13.15¢2021 US average: 13.66¢2022 US average: 15.04¢2023 US average: 16¢2024 US average: 16.48¢2025 US average: 17.3¢2013 Michigan average: 14.59¢2014 Michigan average: 14.46¢2015 Michigan average: 14.42¢2016 Michigan average: 15.22¢2017 Michigan average: 15.4¢2018 Michigan average: 15.45¢2019 Michigan average: 15.74¢2020 Michigan average: 16.26¢2021 Michigan average: 17.54¢2022 Michigan average: 17.86¢2023 Michigan average: 18.84¢2024 Michigan average: 19.3¢2025 Michigan average: 20.01¢2013 DTE Electric Company: 15.39¢2014 DTE Electric Company: 14.58¢2015 DTE Electric Company: 14.55¢2016 DTE Electric Company: 15.6¢2017 DTE Electric Company: 15.52¢2018 DTE Electric Company: 15.63¢2019 DTE Electric Company: 16.11¢2020 DTE Electric Company: 17.32¢2021 DTE Electric Company: 17.86¢2022 DTE Electric Company: 18.37¢2023 DTE Electric Company: 19.7¢2024 DTE Electric Company: 20.13¢2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.25¢

DTE Electric CompanyMichigan averageUS average

Cents per kWh, nominal. The hollow point is EIA's 2025 early release, which has not been fully edited.

Year by year

Year¢ per kWhMichigan ¢Monthly billkWh a monthResidential customersAll sales
2025 early release20.25¢20.01¢$126.066232,078,32844.6 TWh
202420.13¢19.30¢$122.746102,067,77944.4 TWh
202319.70¢18.84¢$115.405862,055,96343.5 TWh
202218.37¢17.86¢$118.446452,047,96045.4 TWh
202117.86¢17.54¢$119.736712,036,53045.8 TWh
202017.32¢16.26¢$116.576732,019,92144.4 TWh
201916.11¢15.74¢$100.946272,003,65346.6 TWh
201815.63¢15.45¢$104.316681,992,31148.6 TWh
201715.52¢15.40¢$97.166261,980,94347.1 TWh
201615.60¢15.22¢$104.976731,966,67548.3 TWh
201514.55¢14.42¢$93.256411,953,77946.8 TWh
201414.58¢14.46¢$93.356401,943,92747 TWh
201315.39¢14.59¢$101.186571,936,28947.5 TWh

Bundled residential service only in the price, bill and use columns. Bill = residential revenue ÷ customers ÷ 12; use = residential sales ÷ customers ÷ 12. EIA describes its early release as not fully edited; it is shown for this utility alone and enters no average, median or rank on this site.

Month by month

0¢5¢10¢15¢20¢25¢Jan 2025Apr 2025Jul 2025Oct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Jan 2025 Michigan average: 18.48¢Feb 2025 Michigan average: 18.89¢Mar 2025 Michigan average: 19.35¢Apr 2025 Michigan average: 19.93¢May 2025 Michigan average: 20.23¢Jun 2025 Michigan average: 20.82¢Jul 2025 Michigan average: 20.55¢Aug 2025 Michigan average: 20.73¢Sep 2025 Michigan average: 21.2¢Oct 2025 Michigan average: 20.46¢Nov 2025 Michigan average: 19.94¢Dec 2025 Michigan average: 19.53¢Jan 2026 Michigan average: 19.52¢Feb 2026 Michigan average: 20¢Mar 2026 Michigan average: 21.2¢Apr 2026 Michigan average: 21.39¢May 2026 Michigan average: 22.01¢Jun 2026 Michigan average: 22.99¢Jul 2026 Michigan average: 23.05¢Jan 2025 DTE Electric Company: 19.04¢Feb 2025 DTE Electric Company: 19.85¢Mar 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.23¢Apr 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.48¢May 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.44¢Jun 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.56¢Jul 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.09¢Aug 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.47¢Sep 2025 DTE Electric Company: 21.04¢Oct 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.81¢Nov 2025 DTE Electric Company: 20.26¢Dec 2025 DTE Electric Company: 19.99¢Jan 2026 DTE Electric Company: 20.06¢Feb 2026 DTE Electric Company: 21.16¢Mar 2026 DTE Electric Company: 23.01¢Apr 2026 DTE Electric Company: 23.27¢May 2026 DTE Electric Company: 23.33¢Jun 2026 DTE Electric Company: 23.34¢Jul 2026 DTE Electric Company: 23.13¢

DTE Electric CompanyMichigan average

Form EIA-861M monthly sample, bundled residential service in Michigan. Preliminary until EIA finalises the year. Latest: 23.13¢ in July 2026, average bill $230.46 on 996 kWh.

Sales by sector, 2024

SectorCustomersSalesShare of salesRevenue¢ per kWh, bundled
Residential2,067,77915.1 TWh34%$3,045,496,80020.13¢
Commercial214,69619.2 TWh43%$2,428,924,60014.23¢
Industrial82910.1 TWh23%$732,289,3008.36¢
Transportation25.5 GWh0%$771,900—

Customers, sales and revenue count every service type the utility reported (bundled, energy-only and delivery-only). The price column uses bundled service alone, because part-bill revenue would understate it. Sources of energy: 50.2 TWh in total, of which 85.7% was its own net generation and 7.2 TWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 10,689 MW.

Reliability

SAIDI, all events483 min
SAIDI, without major event days159.2 min

Minutes of sustained interruption per customer in 2024, as the utility reported them under IEEE 1366 standard. SAIFI: 1.25 interruptions per customer with major event days, 0.94 without; CAIDI 387.0 minutes per interruption. EIA's Michigan total across all reporting utilities was 470.4 minutes with major event days and 160.1 without. Major event days are storms and similar events that a utility's chosen method sets apart; methods differ, so treat comparisons as approximate. What SAIDI and SAIFI mean.

YearSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major eventsSAIFI, all eventsSAIFI, no major eventsMethod
2025 early release191.8150.71.161.07IEEE 1366
2024483.0159.21.250.94IEEE 1366
20231,542.3156.81.720.86IEEE 1366
2022583.9146.21.250.98IEEE 1366
2021927.4135.61.580.92IEEE 1366
2020351.8141.91.291.01IEEE 1366
2019466.3202.41.371.14IEEE 1366
2018485.3177.21.361.04IEEE 1366
20171,063.0196.01.390.99IEEE 1366
2016238.0180.00.990.91IEEE 1366
2015277.0187.01.000.91IEEE 1366
2014793.0189.01.220.76IEEE 1366
2013583.0180.01.100.74IEEE 1366

Generation at plants it operates, 2025

Net generation of 49.2 TWh at power plants this utility operates, from Form EIA-923. It is not the mix delivered to customers: utilities also buy power wholesale (7.2 TWh in 2024), sell generation to others and may co-own plants that another company operates.

Counties in its service territory

Counties the utility listed on Form EIA-861 for 2024. Listing a county does not mean the utility serves all of it.

Other utilities in Michigan

All Michigan utilities · Investor-owned utilities nationwide

Questions and answers

How much does electricity cost from DTE Electric Company?

Residential customers paid an average of 20.13¢ per kilowatthour in 2024. EIA derives this by dividing residential revenue by residential sales; it is an average across all rate schedules and charges, not a tariff rate.

How does that compare with Michigan?

The Michigan average residential price in 2024 was 19.30¢ and the US average 16.48¢; DTE Electric Company was 4.3% above the state figure. Among 30 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Michigan, it had the 5th highest.

What is the average DTE Electric Company bill?

$122.74 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 610 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Michigan average was $119.31 on 618 kWh.

How reliable is DTE Electric Company service?

It reported 483.0 minutes of interruption per customer (SAIDI) including major event days and 159.2 minutes excluding them, with 1.25 interruptions per customer (SAIFI) in 2024. Utilities calculate these under differing methods, so comparisons are approximate.

Is the DTE Electric Company price rising?

The average residential price was up 2.2% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 25.0% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 20.25¢.

Which counties does DTE Electric Company serve?

Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 23 counties, including Bay County, MI, Branch County, MI, Delta County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI and Huron County, MI. A county can appear in several utilities' territories.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures are from Form EIA-861 (sales to ultimate customers, reliability, operational data and service territory files), final release for 2024, respondent "DTE Electric Company", utility number 5109; the 2025 row is from EIA's early release. Monthly utility figures are from the Form EIA-861M sample. State and US averages are from the Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, published through July 2026. Generation by fuel is from Form EIA-923, 2025 final. All are US government works in the public domain. Page built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. For tariffs and rate schedules, consult the utility or the state utility commission.