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Cherryland Electric Coop Inc in Michigan: 16.36 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

Roughly 38,558 Michigan accounts belong to Cherryland Electric Coop Inc, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 35,100. Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (65 with them, 65 without).

At 671 kWh a month a Cherryland Electric Coop Inc home pays about $110 in energy: 16.36 ¢/kWh, 15.2% below the Michigan average of 19.30 ¢.

Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (65 with them, 65 without).

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events
0%65 minutes with events, 65 without

Major events weigh on Cherryland Electric Coop Inc: 65 minutes with them, 65 without, so 0% of the total comes from event days, 1.00 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.68 interruptions a customer a year, 0.67 times the national median (1.01), with 96 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc16.36 ¢/kWh11.52 ¢/kWh$110at 671 kWh65 minSAIDI
Michigan average against this company, which is 4 of 12 on price+2.94 ¢/kWhcompany 15.2% below+2.49 ¢/kWhcompany 17.8% below+$20a month at 671 kWh+39 mincompany 39 below
Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.Lowest in this table14.76 ¢/kWhcompany 10.9% above10.84 ¢/kWhcompany 6.3% above$9911 less than company218 mincompany 153 below

Compare 26 Michigan companies

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc: 2025

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc: +5.7% on 2024 for homes, Michigan +3.7%.

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc home price, 2025
17.29 ¢/kWh+5.7% on 2024, early release
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc SAIDI, 2025
68 min+4% on 2024, early release
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc against Michigan, 2025
+2.0 pointsCherryland Electric Coop Inc +5.7%, Michigan +3.7%, price in Michigan 20.01 ¢

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc reported 17.29 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +5.7% on its 2024 figure of 16.36, while the Michigan average moved +3.7%. Its SAIDI is 68 minutes against 65 in 2024.

Carbon context

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc serves 35,100 homes in Michigan. At 671 kWh a month that is about 241 kg of CO₂, or 2,897 kg a year, at the Michigan plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Michigan generation mix.

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc charts

Residential price since 2015: 16.36 ¢ in 2024

13.57 ¢ in 2015, 16.36 ¢ in 2024 (+20.5%); Michigan 14.42 to 19.30 ¢.

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCherryland Electric Coop IncGap to Michigan residentialGap to U.S. residential
201513.57-0.85+0.92
201613.78-1.44+1.23
201713.95-1.45+1.06
201813.78-1.67+0.91
201914.60-1.14+1.59
202013.65-2.61+0.50
202114.46-3.08+0.80
202214.95-2.91-0.09
202315.51-3.33-0.49
202416.36-2.94-0.12

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Cherryland Electric Coop Inc SAIDI, 2018-2024

158 min in 2018, 65 in 2024.

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc SAIDI by year, 2018 to 2024: 7 rows
YearCherryland Electric Co, no major events
2018158
201975
202071
202166
202270
202347
202465

7 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 65.3 min

65.3 min, 0.66x the median reporter, rank 218 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events65.3
  • Company, with major events65.3

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc billed homes 13.57 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 16.36 ¢ in 2024, +20.5% in all, and lagged the Michigan average (+33.8%) by 13.3 points. Cherryland Electric Coop Inc's sharpest move came in 2020, -6.5%. The latest year is the high at 16.36 ¢; the low was 13.57 ¢ (2015). 2024: +5.5% here, +2.4% for the Michigan average. SAIDI at Cherryland Electric Coop Inc (major events excluded) fell from 158 minutes in 2018 to 65 in 2024, -59%; best year 2023 at 47. Against the national median, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc came in lower on SAIDI in 6 of 7 years, and 2024 ended at 65 minutes, -34 from the median. 2021: 488 minutes with major events, 66 without, the widest gap of any year. Cherryland Electric Coop Inc has 3 cheaper and 8 higher-priced Michigan peers among 12 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp., bills 14.76 ¢ (-1.60). Next higher-priced, Tri-County Electric Coop (MI), bills 18.04 ¢ (+1.68).

Two good signs together. Rates are 15.2% below Michigan and outage time of 65 minutes beats the national median by 34%.

Home accounts at Cherryland Electric Coop Inc went from 31,520 in 2015 to 35,100 in 2024, +11.4%. Business customers paid 0.70 times the home price in 2024 (11.52 against 16.36 ¢); the ratio was 0.75 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.20 in 2018 to 0.68 in 2024, between 0.46 and 1.20.

Facts

Customer accounts
38,5580.8% of Michigan total
Residential accounts
35,1000.8% of Michigan homes
Commercial accounts
3,1178.1% of the base
Residential rate
16.36 ¢/kWhplace 4 of 12, -15.2% against the state
Commercial rate
11.52 ¢/kWhplace 3 of 19, -17.8% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
65.3 minbetter than 68% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
0.680.67x the median
SAIDI with major events
65.3 min0.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity
1.5 MW190 installations
Counties served
6all in Michigan
Average residential use
8,053 kWh/yr671 a month
Implied monthly bill
$110-$1 on the U.S. rate, 671 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+20.5%13.57 to 16.36 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
-59%158 min in 2018, 65 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Michigan ¢/kWh
Residential35,10016.36-2.94
Commercial3,11711.52-2.49

Year by year, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

YearHome accounts, Cherryland Electric CoHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
201531,52013.5710.150.75No dataNo data
201631,89613.7810.320.75No dataNo data
201732,30013.9510.470.75No dataNo data
201832,73813.789.690.701581.20
201933,12114.6010.250.70750.85
202033,47013.6510.090.74710.62
202133,80814.4610.630.74660.65
202234,19014.9511.200.75700.75
202334,64715.5111.150.72470.46
202435,10016.3611.520.70650.68

Peers of Cherryland Electric Coop Inc in Michigan, place 4 of 12 on home price

Utility near Cherryland Electric Coop Inc on priceSAIDI min, gap to Cherryland Electric Coop IncHome ¢, gap to Cherryland Electric Coop IncGap % to Cherryland Electric Coop IncAccounts, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc = 1
1. City of Holland-25-4.68-28.6%0.82
2. Cloverland Electric Co-op+319-1.99-12.2%1.14
3. Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.+153-1.60-9.8%0.97
4. Cherryland Electric Coop Inc (this utility)6516.36-1.00
5. Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)+40+1.68+10.3%0.70
6. Consumers Energy Co+90+2.75+16.8%49.13
7. Great Lakes Energy Coop+191+2.81+17.2%3.43

Who buys Cherryland Electric Coop Inc's electricity

Class at Cherryland Electric Coop IncAccountsOf Cherryland Electric Coop Inc accountsOf Cherryland Electric Coop Inc MWh soldkWh a year per Cherryland Electric Coop Inc account
Residential35,10091.0%69.6%8,053
Commercial3,1178.1%28.1%36,559
Industrial and other3410.88%2.3%27,736

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc among Michigan cooperatives

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to Cherryland Electric Coop IncHome ¢, gap to Cherryland Electric Coop IncAccounts, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc = 1
1. Cloverland Electric Co-op (MI)+319-1.991.14
2. Cherryland Electric Coop Inc (MI, this utility)6516.361.00
3. Great Lakes Energy Coop (MI)+191+2.813.43
4. Midwest Energy Cooperative (MI)+203+3.550.92

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureCherryland Electric Coop IncMichigan contextCherryland Electric Coop Inc detail
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc home meters on AMI100.0%Michigan 96.8%36,623 of 36,623 meters
Homes with daily digital access26,255Michigan figure not published75% of the 35,100 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Cherryland Electric Coop Inc homesNot on file12 of 20 Michigan utilities offer oneno dynamic-pricing count filed by Cherryland Electric Coop Inc
Net-metered installations19093% residential5.0 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.0 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

kWhShare of a 671 kWh monthCost a month at 16.36 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25037%$40.90-$0.30$491
50075%$81.80-$0.60$982
750112%$122.69-$0.91$1,472
1,000149%$163.59-$1.21$1,963
1,500224%$245.39-$1.81$2,945
2,000298%$327.18-$2.42$3,926

Outage record, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

Measure, Cherryland Electric No eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes65.365.31.09 h
SAIFI interruptions0.6820.6821.47 yr apart
CAIDI minutes95.795.71.60 h

Territory of Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

6 Michigan counties, region RFC:

Counties served by Cherryland Electric Coop IncBenzieWexfordLeelanauGrand TraverseKalkaskaManistee

Michigan other states: 6 of 6 counties of Cherryland Electric Coop Inc drawn

Cherryland Electric Coop Inc: 6 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Benzie
  • Grand Traverse
  • Kalkaska
  • Leelanau
  • Manistee
  • Wexford

Questions on Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

How big is Cherryland Electric Coop Inc in Michigan, by customer accounts?

38,558 accounts in 2024: residential 35,100, commercial 3,117, industrial 341.

How many cents per kWh does Cherryland Electric Coop Inc charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 16.36 cents; against the Michigan average that is -15.2%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Cherryland Electric Coop Inc?

SAIDI 65.3 min and SAIFI 0.68 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.66, CAIDI 96 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Cherryland Electric Coop Inc?

190 installations with 1.5 MW, of which residential installations number 177.

What would a typical Cherryland Electric Coop Inc home pay each month?

671 kWh at 16.36 cents comes to about $110, energy only.

Is Cherryland Electric Coop Inc cheaper than other Michigan utilities?

Rank 4 of 12 in Michigan on price, -15.2% against the state average; 3 charge less than 16.36 ¢.

How much of the Cherryland Electric Coop Inc load is business?

Homes take 69.6% of 406,068 MWh, commercial accounts 28.1%, industrial and other 2.3%; the 3,117 commercial accounts use 36,559 kWh each, 4.5 times a home.

Does Cherryland Electric Coop Inc have smart meters or TOU rates?

36,623 of 36,623 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Cherryland Electric Coop Inc reports no home time-of-use rate; 12 of 20 Michigan filers do.

Since 2015, has Cherryland Electric Coop Inc become cheaper than other Michigan utilities?

3rd cheapest of 11 in 2015, 4th of 12 in 2024; its price rose 20.5% while Michigan rose 33.8%.

How does Cherryland Electric Coop Inc compare with 3 similar utilities?

Place 2 of 4 on home price at 16.36 ¢ (Michigan cooperatives); median 17.76 ¢, cheapest member 14.37 ¢.

What did Cherryland Electric Coop Inc charge homes in 2025?

17.29 cents per kWh, +5.7% on the 16.36 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Cherryland Electric Coop Inc at 16.36 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on Cherryland Electric Coop Inc

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 11.6 ¢/kWh.

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Cherryland Electric Coop Inc in Michigan: 16.36 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

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At 671 kWh a month a Cherryland Electric Coop Inc home pays about $110 in energy: 16.36 ¢/kWh, 15.2% below the Michigan average of 19.30 ¢.