Consumers Energy Rate Increase to Improve Electrical Reliability

If you are one of Consumer Energy’s 1.9 million customers in Michigan’s lower peninsula, you may or may not notice a slight increase on your electric bill, which goes into effect January 1^st, 2022.  The increase will be about 59 cents per month for the average residential electric customer.

Consumers Energy originally requested an increase totaling nearly $198 million per year, but the Attorney General’s office argued for an 88% decrease in the proposed rate hike.  The Michigan Public Service Commission ultimately approved an annual increase of just over $21.1 million instead.  The rate increase will fund efforts by the company to improve its reliability, a key priority for the MPSC as increasingly severe storms cause Michigan utility customers to experience significant outages.