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In Michigan, Midwest Energy Cooperative bills 35,602 accounts, 82.3% residential, as an cooperative utility. Businesses and industry take 41% of the 553,377 MWh it sells; homes take 59%.
Midwest Energy Cooperative: 930 kWh a month costs roughly $185 in energy at 19.91 ¢/kWh, +3.2% on the Michigan average of 19.30 ¢.
Businesses and industry take 41% of the 553,377 MWh it sells; homes take 59%.
The customer mix of Midwest Energy Cooperative is its own: 29,283 home accounts buy 59.1% of 553,377 MWh, 6,319 commercial accounts buy 40.9%, and the remaining 0.0% goes to 0 industrial and other accounts. A typical Midwest Energy Cooperative home uses 11,162 kWh a year, a typical business account 35,845.
| Midwest Energy Cooperative, 2024 | Home | Business | Bill | SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Energy Cooperative | 19.91 ¢/kWh | 17.69 ¢/kWh | $185at 930 kWh | 268 minSAIDI |
| Michigan average against this company, which is 9 of 12 on priceLowest in this table | -0.61 ¢/kWhcompany 3.2% above | -3.68 ¢/kWhcompany 26.3% above | -$6a month at 930 kWh | -164 mincompany 164 above |
| DTE Electric Company | 20.13 ¢/kWhcompany 1.1% below | 12.67 ¢/kWhcompany 39.7% above | $1872 more than company | 159 mincompany 109 above |
Midwest Energy Cooperative: -2.1% on 2024 for homes, Michigan +3.7%.
Midwest Energy Cooperative: 19.49 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, -2.1% from 19.91 ¢; Michigan as a whole went +3.7%, so Midwest Energy Cooperative trailed it by 5.8 points. Its SAIDI is 268 minutes against 268 in 2024.
Midwest Energy Cooperative serves 29,283 homes in Michigan. At 930 kWh a month that is about 335 kg of CO₂, or 4,016 kg a year, at the Michigan plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Michigan generation mix.
16.03 ¢ in 2015, 19.91 ¢ in 2024 (+24.2%); Michigan 14.42 to 19.30 ¢.
| Year | Midwest Energy Cooperative | Gap to Michigan residential | Gap to U.S. residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16.03 | +1.61 | +3.38 |
| 2016 | 16.16 | +0.94 | +3.61 |
| 2017 | 15.61 | +0.21 | +2.72 |
| 2018 | 13.87 | -1.58 | +1.00 |
| 2019 | 15.41 | -0.33 | +2.40 |
| 2020 | 14.70 | -1.56 | +1.55 |
| 2021 | 16.29 | -1.25 | +2.63 |
| 2022 | 18.35 | +0.49 | +3.31 |
| 2023 | 19.85 | +1.01 | +3.85 |
| 2024 | 19.91 | +0.61 | +3.43 |
10 rows from EIA retail sales.
CSV302 min in 2022, 268 in 2024.
| Year | Midwest Energy Coopera, no major events | Midwest Energy Coopera, all events |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 302 | 769 |
| 2023 | 292 | 558 |
| 2024 | 268 | 587 |
3 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSV268.1 min, 2.70x the median reporter, rank 591 of 673.
Midwest Energy Cooperative, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.
CSVMidwest Energy Cooperative billed homes 16.03 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 19.91 ¢ in 2024, +24.2% in all, and lagged the Michigan average (+33.8%) by 9.6 points. Midwest Energy Cooperative's sharpest move came in 2022, +12.6%. The latest year is the high at 19.91 ¢; the low was 13.87 ¢ (2018). 2024: +0.3% here, +2.4% for the Michigan average. SAIDI at Midwest Energy Cooperative (major events excluded) went from 302 minutes in 2022 to 268 in 2024, -11%, between 268 (2024) and 302 (2022). Against the national median, Midwest Energy Cooperative came in lower on SAIDI in 0 of 3 years, and 2024 ended at 268 minutes, +169 from the median. 2022: 769 minutes with major events, 302 without, the widest gap of any year. Midwest Energy Cooperative has 8 cheaper and 3 higher-priced Michigan peers among 12 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of Lansing, bills 19.78 ¢ (-0.13). Next higher-priced, DTE Electric Company, bills 20.13 ¢ (+0.22).
Both measures lean against customers: 3.2% above the Michigan average on price and 2.7x the national median on outage minutes (268).
Home accounts at Midwest Energy Cooperative went from 28,512 in 2015 to 29,283 in 2024, +2.7%. Business customers paid 0.89 times the home price in 2024 (17.69 against 19.91 ¢); the ratio was 0.55 in 2015. SAIFI went from 2.00 in 2022 to 1.50 in 2024, between 1.50 and 2.00.
By 2024 the average Midwest Energy Cooperative customer sat through 268 minutes of outage, against 462 in 2013 (−42%). The low came in 2024 at 268, the high in 2013 at 462; 5 years were filed. The Michigan median in 2024 was 110 minutes, so Midwest Energy Cooperative ran above it.
Measured in 2025 dollars, Midwest Energy Cooperative home rates went 20.49 ¢ to 20.43 ¢ (−0.3%) from 2013 to 2024; on the bill 14.83 ¢ to 19.91 ¢. Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,459 in 2013 and $2,452 in 2024. Of 29 Michigan utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Midwest Energy Cooperative stood 24th cheapest (28th of 37 in 2013).
Midwest Energy Cooperative at 268 min in 2024 and the Michigan median at 110.
Midwest Energy Cooperative: 20.43 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 19.91 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
| Year, Midwest Energy Coo | ¢ billed | ¢ in 2025 $ | Price place, Midwest Energy | SAIDI min | SAIFI | SAIDI place, Midwest Energy | Michigan median SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 14.83 | 20.49 | 28 of 37 | 462 | 2.00 | 13 of 13 | 180 |
| 2014 | 15.09 | 20.52 | 30 of 37 | 291 | 1.87 | 13 of 14 | 192 |
| 2015 | 16.03 | 21.77 | 34 of 37 | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 16.16 | 21.68 | 34 of 37 | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | 15.61 | 20.50 | 29 of 36 | – | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 13.87 | 17.79 | 18 of 36 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | 15.41 | 19.41 | 41 of 51 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 14.70 | 18.29 | 17 of 29 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | 16.29 | 19.36 | 23 of 29 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022 | 18.35 | 20.18 | 25 of 29 | 302 | 2.00 | 18 of 19 | 182 |
| 2023 | 19.85 | 20.97 | 25 of 29 | 292 | 1.70 | 20 of 20 | 112 |
| 2024 | 19.91 | 20.43 | 24 of 29 | 268 | 1.50 | 19 of 20 | 110 |
Midwest Energy Cooperati, EIA utility 12377: EIA-861, CPI-U.
CSV| Midwest Energy Cooperative sector | Accounts | Rate ¢/kWh | Gap to Michigan ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 29,283 | 19.91 | +0.61 |
| Commercial | 6,319 | 17.69 | +3.68 |
| Year | Home accounts, Midwest Energy Coopera | Home ¢ | Business ¢ | Ratio | SAIDI | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28,512 | 16.03 | 8.80 | 0.55 | No data | No data |
| 2016 | 28,630 | 16.16 | 9.69 | 0.60 | No data | No data |
| 2017 | 28,767 | 15.61 | 9.88 | 0.63 | No data | No data |
| 2018 | 28,789 | 13.87 | 11.11 | 0.80 | No data | No data |
| 2019 | 28,794 | 15.41 | 13.26 | 0.86 | No data | No data |
| 2020 | 28,899 | 14.70 | 15.14 | 1.03 | No data | No data |
| 2021 | 29,040 | 16.29 | 15.95 | 0.98 | No data | No data |
| 2022 | 29,123 | 18.35 | 17.11 | 0.93 | 302 | 2.00 |
| 2023 | 29,250 | 19.85 | 17.55 | 0.88 | 292 | 1.70 |
| 2024 | 29,283 | 19.91 | 17.69 | 0.89 | 268 | 1.50 |
| Utility near Midwest Energy Cooperative on price | SAIDI min, gap to Midwest Energy Cooperative | Home ¢, gap to Midwest Energy Cooperative | Gap % to Midwest Energy Cooperative | Accounts, Midwest Energy Cooperative = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. Consumers Energy Co | -113 | -0.80 | -4.0% | 53.21 |
| 7. Great Lakes Energy Coop | -12 | -0.74 | -3.7% | 3.71 |
| 8. City of Lansing | No data | -0.13 | -0.7% | 2.80 |
| 9. Midwest Energy Cooperative (this utility) | 268 | 19.91 | - | 1.00 |
| 10. DTE Electric Company | -109 | +0.22 | +1.1% | 64.13 |
| 11. Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop | No data | +1.08 | +5.4% | 0.99 |
| 12. Upper Peninsula Power Company | -81 | +7.73 | +38.8% | 1.51 |
| Class at Midwest Energy Cooperative | Accounts | Of Midwest Energy Cooperative accounts | Of Midwest Energy Cooperative MWh sold | kWh a year per Midwest Energy Cooperative account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 29,283 | 82.3% | 59.1% | 11,162 |
| Commercial | 6,319 | 17.7% | 40.9% | 35,845 |
| Industrial and other | 0 | 0.00% | 0.0% | No data |
| Midwest Energy Cooperative and its neighbours on price | SAIDI min, gap to Midwest Energy Cooperative | Home ¢, gap to Midwest Energy Cooperative | Accounts, Midwest Energy Cooperative = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Cloverland Electric Co-op (MI) | +116 | -5.54 | 1.23 |
| 2. Cherryland Electric Coop Inc (MI) | -203 | -3.55 | 1.08 |
| 3. Great Lakes Energy Coop (MI) | -12 | -0.74 | 3.71 |
| 4. Midwest Energy Cooperative (MI, this utility) | 268 | 19.91 | 1.00 |
| Measure | Midwest Energy Cooperative | Michigan context | Midwest Energy Cooperative detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time-of-use rate for Midwest Energy Cooperative homes | Offered | 12 of 20 Michigan utilities offer one | 114 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.39% of 29,283 |
| Net-metered installations | 250 | 100% residential | 8.5 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.1 kW average |
| kWh | Share of a 930 kWh month | Cost a month at 19.91 ¢ | vs U.S. | Cost a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 27% | $49.78 | +$8.58 | $597 |
| 500 | 54% | $99.55 | +$17.15 | $1,195 |
| 750 | 81% | $149.33 | +$25.73 | $1,792 |
| 1,000 | 108% | $199.11 | +$34.31 | $2,389 |
| 1,500 | 161% | $298.66 | +$51.46 | $3,584 |
| 2,000 | 215% | $398.22 | +$68.62 | $4,779 |
| Measure, Midwest Energy Coope | No events | All events | Converted |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAIDI minutes | 268.1 | 586.6 | 4.47 h |
| SAIFI interruptions | 1.500 | 2.100 | 0.67 yr apart |
| CAIDI minutes | 178.7 | 279.3 | 2.98 h |
7 Michigan counties plus 2 other states, region RFC:
Michigan other states: 12 of 12 counties of Midwest Energy Cooperative drawn
Midwest Energy Cooperative: 12 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.
CSV35,602 accounts in 2024: residential 29,283, commercial 6,319, industrial 0.
In 2024 homes paid 19.91 cents; against the Michigan average that is +3.2%.
SAIDI 268.1 min and SAIFI 1.50 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 2.70, CAIDI 179 min.
250 installations with 2.0 MW, of which residential installations number 250.
930 kWh at 19.91 cents comes to about $185, energy only.
Rank 9 of 12 in Michigan on price, +3.2% against the state average; 8 charge less than 19.91 ¢.
Homes take 59.1% of 553,377 MWh, commercial accounts 40.9%, industrial and other 0.0%; the 6,319 commercial accounts use 35,845 kWh each, 3.2 times a home.
Midwest Energy Cooperative offers a home time-of-use rate; 114 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.39% of its homes.
10th cheapest of 11 in 2015, 9th of 12 in 2024; its price rose 24.2% while Michigan rose 33.8%.
Place 4 of 4 on home price at 19.91 ¢ (Michigan cooperatives); median 17.76 ¢, cheapest member 14.37 ¢.
19.49 cents per kWh, -2.1% on the 19.91 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Home prices nearest to Midwest Energy Cooperative at 19.91 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
3 home plan records, energy charges: 9.4 to 28.3 ¢/kWh.
Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).