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 electric rate case
Approved Rider or surcharge, docket U-21870 before the Michigan Public Service Commission.
+$6a month
on a typical bill, as approved
As published by the utility or the commission.
What happens next
The new rate took effect May 1, 2026 and is already on your bill. How rate cases work.
What it means for your bill
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Fileddate not published
Hearingheld or waived
DecisionMar 27, 2026
On billsMay 1, 2026
Consumers Energy asked for a 436 million dollar rate increase plus a 24.3 million dollar surcharge, about 13 percent more overall from residential customers. The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a smaller 276.6 million dollar increase on March 27, 2026, effective May 1, 2026, which raises a typical residential bill using 500 kilowatt hours a month by about 6.46 dollars. The increase funds the utility's plan to bury power lines and strengthen poles against storms, not data center hookups.
What it means for your bill: This funds grid hardening work, not data centers; a separate, larger Consumers Energy rate request was already filed for the following year.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- Consumers Energy
- Commission
- Michigan Public Service Commission
- Docket
- U-21870
- Requested
- 13% residential
- Approved
- 8.9% residential
- Typical bill change
- +$6.46 a month
- Decided
- March 27, 2026
- On bills from
- May 1, 2026
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
Common questions
How much will my Consumers Energy bill go up?
Adds about $6 a month on a typical bill. As published by the utility or the commission.
When would the new rates start?
They already did, on May 1, 2026.
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.
Sources
- MPSC approves $276.6 million rate hike for Consumers Energy, WKAR Public Media, 2026-03-27
- Michigan regulators approve $276.6M Consumers Energy rate hike -- What that means for residents, ClickOnDetroit, 2026-03-28
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Other Consumers Energy matters
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.