This is a new, separate request on top of the rate increase that already took effect in May 2026. Michigan's Attorney General is now pushing to cut it by more than half; nothing has been decided yet.
+$13a month
2026 natural gas rate case
Approved Base rate case, natural gas, docket U-21981 before the Michigan Public Service Commission.
+$4a month
on a typical bill, as approved
As published by the utility or the commission.
What happens next
The new rate takes effect November 1, 2026. How rate cases work.
What it means for your bill
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FiledDec 16, 2025
Hearingheld or waived
DecisionOct 15, 2026
On billsNov 1, 2026
Consumers Energy asked Michigan regulators to raise natural gas rates by 240 million dollars a year in a case filed in mid-December 2025. The Michigan Public Service Commission approved 139.2 million dollars of that request on October 15, 2026, a 42 percent cut from the ask, after rejecting costs it called insufficiently justified, including money sought for pipeline integrity work. For a typical residential customer using 75 hundred cubic feet of gas a month, that works out to a 4.33 percent increase, about 3.92 dollars more, effective November 1, 2026.
What it means for your bill: Your Consumers Energy natural gas bill is rising about 3.92 dollars a month starting November 1, 2026. This is separate from the company's pending electric rate case and from a new gas rate case Consumers has said it plans to file by mid-December 2026.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- Consumers Energy
- Commission
- Michigan Public Service Commission
- Docket
- U-21981
- Filed
- December 16, 2025
- Requested
- $240 million a year
- Approved
- 4.3% residential, $139.2 million a year
- Typical bill change
- +$3.92 a month
- Decided
- October 15, 2026
- On bills from
- November 1, 2026
- Last checked
- October 27, 2026
Common questions
How much will my Consumers Energy bill go up?
Adds about $4 a month on a typical bill. As published by the utility or the commission.
When would the new rates start?
On November 1, 2026, if the schedule holds.
When is the hearing?
No hearing date is on record for this case.
How do I comment?
The comment period closed once this case was decided; its result is above.
History
- Oct 27, 2026: Added as approved
Sources
- Attorney General: MPSC Approves $139 Million Rate Hike for Consumers Energy, Michigan Attorney General, 2026-10-15
- Consumers Energy approved for $139.2 million natural gas rate increase, Detroit News, 2026-10-15
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Other Consumers Energy matters
This funds grid hardening work, not data centers; a separate, larger Consumers Energy rate request was already filed for the following year.
+$6a month
This does not change a typical home bill by itself, but it sets the rules meant to stop the cost of new data center power hookups from being spread across every Consumers Energy customer's rate.
no figure yet
Other pending cases in Michigan
1
2027-2028 electric rate case
Consumers Energy, MI
This is a new, separate request on top of the rate increase that already took effect in May 2026. Michigan's Attorney General is now pushing to cut it by more than half; nothing has been decided yet.
+$13a month
2
2027 electric rate case
DTE Electric, MI
If approved as filed, this would be a bigger increase than the 4.1 percent DTE got approved in its last case; MPSC Staff and the state Attorney General both want the increase cut well below what DTE asked for.
+$12a month, est.