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.
+$5a month
2027 electric rate case
Pending Base rate case, docket U-22046 before the Michigan Public Service Commission.
+$12a month, estimate
on a typical bill, if approved as asked
9.7% of the average Michigan bill of $119 (EIA, 2024); your own bill scales with your usage. Our arithmetic, not the utility's figure; the methodology page shows how.
What happens next
Next comes a hearing, then a decision from the Michigan Public Service Commission. Many states give the commission a deadline of roughly seven to eleven months from filing. How rate cases work.
What it means for your bill
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Fileddate not published
Hearingnot scheduled yet
Decisionpending
On billsafter the decision
DTE Electric filed a new rate case in 2026 asking for a 474.3 million dollar increase, about 9.7 percent more from residential customers, for a period starting March 2027. DTE separately offered to pause future rate hike requests for two years if this case gets a constructive outcome and its Saline Township data center opens on time, an offer Attorney General Dana Nessel called a ransom note; Nessel has since filed testimony asking the commission to cut the increase to no more than 134.5 million dollars and limit the residential impact to 2 percent. MPSC Staff filed testimony around September 15, 2026 recommending the commission authorize roughly 239.8 million dollars, about half of DTE's ask, and keep the company's return on equity unchanged at 9.90 percent rather than raising it to 10.25 percent as DTE requested. The case remains in contested testimony with no ruling expected until early 2027.
What it means for your bill: 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.
- Status
- Pending
- Utility
- DTE Electric
- Commission
- Michigan Public Service Commission
- Docket
- U-22046
- Requested
- 9.7% residential
- Data center linked
- Yes. The filing ties part of the cost or the tariff design to data center load. The projects themselves: isadatacentercoming.com.
- Last checked
- September 29, 2026
Common questions
How much will my DTE Electric bill go up?
Would add about $12 a month on a typical bill. 9.7% of the average Michigan bill of $119 (EIA, 2024); your own bill scales with your usage.
When would the new rates start?
Not yet set. That is decided along with the case, usually as part of the commission's final order.
When is the hearing?
Not scheduled yet. Check back, or ask for an email alert below.
How do I comment?
The Michigan Public Service Commission accepts written comments on the docket while the case is open, and holds public hearings on major cases. Commission site.
How to comment
The Michigan Public Service Commission accepts written comments on the docket while the case is open, and holds public hearings on major cases. Commission site. Michigan Attorney General represents households in this case.
Sources
- DTE offers 2-year rate hike freeze if Saline data center opens on time: Nessel calls it 'ransom note', Planet Detroit, 2026-04-29
- Rate Cases, Citizens Utility Board of Michigan
- Attorney General Dana Nessel seeks deep cuts to DTE's $474 million rate request, WILX, 2026-08-28
- Oakland County Wants Your Electric Bills to Fight DTE's 10% Rate Hike, Hoodline, 2026-09-13
- Mich. commission staff supports smaller electric rate increase for DTE Energy, S&P Global Market Intelligence, 2026-09-15
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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