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.
2026 electric distribution rate case
Approved Base rate case, docket U-21860 before the Michigan Public Service Commission.
+$5a month
on a typical bill, as approved
As published by the utility or the commission.
What happens next
The new rate took effect March 5, 2026 and is already on your bill. How rate cases work.
What it means for your bill
$
Fileddate not published
Hearingheld or waived
DecisionFeb 19, 2026
On billsMar 5, 2026
DTE Electric asked regulators for a 574.1 million dollar annual revenue increase, which it said would raise a typical residential bill by about 11.1 percent. The Michigan Public Service Commission instead approved a smaller 242.4 million dollar increase on February 19, 2026, which raises a typical residential bill using 500 kilowatt hours a month by about 4.93 dollars, or 4.1 percent, starting March 5, 2026. The money mostly funds grid upgrades, tree trimming, and reliability work rather than any single data center.
What it means for your bill: This is one of the two annual cases that set what a typical DTE household bill looks like; the approved increase was about 58 percent smaller than DTE requested.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- DTE Electric
- Commission
- Michigan Public Service Commission
- Docket
- U-21860
- Requested
- 11.1% residential
- Approved
- 4.1% residential
- Typical bill change
- +$4.93 a month
- Decided
- February 19, 2026
- On bills from
- March 5, 2026
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
Common questions
How much will my DTE Electric bill go up?
Adds about $5 a month on a typical bill. As published by the utility or the commission.
When would the new rates start?
They already did, on March 5, 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 Authorizes Rate Hike That Exceeds Rate of Inflation, Citizens Utility Board of Michigan
- MPSC approves $242.4M DTE rate increase; average residential bill to rise about $5 per month, Cadillac News
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Other DTE Electric matters
The order is meant to keep this one data center's power costs off the bills of regular DTE residential customers, but critics argue the fast, largely ex parte approval process did not fully test that promise.
no figure yet
This does not change anyone's electric bill by itself; it is a state sales tax break for data center owners, separate from the MPSC cases that set how those same data centers pay for electricity. It applies statewide, regardless of which utility serves the site.
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.