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Who runs the utilities in Michigan?

89%of Michigan homes are served by investor-owned utilities

Michigan has 4,435,672 residential customers, EIA-861 2024 sales file (98% of EIA's count). Investor-owned 88.8%. Cooperative 6.5%. Municipal 4.7%. Michigan ranks 14th of 51 states, investor-owned.

Michigan homes by utility type

Michigan: customers by type, %

  1. 88.8Investor-owned
  2. 4.7Municipal
  3. 6.5Cooperative
Michigan customers and prices by type
Michigan typeUtilitiesCustomersSharePrice ¢/kWhGap ¢ (%)kWh/moNonmetro
Investor-owned43,940,47688.8%19.58not shown62149%
Municipal40208,7854.7%16.48-3.09 (-16%)54224%
Cooperative12286,4116.5%18.44-1.14 (-6%)64670%
Political subdivision20nonenonenot shownnoneno county data
State and federal10nonenonenot shownnoneno county data

Michigan prices by utility type

municipal utilities average 16.5 cents, 3.1 cents (16%) below investor-owned at 19.6; cooperatives average 18.4 cents, 1.1 cents (6%) below investor-owned at 19.6.

cents per kWh, average residential price by utility type, 2024

  • Investor-owned19.58
  • Municipal16.48
  • Cooperative18.44
  • Michigan bundled average19.37

Michigan gaps mix cost and customer mix; method.

Michigan: which utilities set the averages

Investor-owned at 19.6 cents and municipal utilities at 16.5 are the widest pair in Michigan, 3.1 cents (19%).

Investor-owned: DTE Electric Company holds 52% of priced customers at 20.1 cents, group average 19.6. Among 7 with 5,000+ customers, Northern States Power Co charges 14.7 and Upper Peninsula Power Company 27.6, 13.0 cents apart.

Municipal: City of Lansing holds 42% of priced customers at 19.8 cents, group average 16.5. Among 10 with 5,000+ customers, City of Zeeland charges 10.1 and City of Lansing 19.8, 9.7 cents apart.

Cooperative: Great Lakes Energy Coop holds 42% of priced customers at 19.2 cents, group average 18.4. Among 7 with 5,000+ customers, Cloverland Electric Co-op charges 14.4 and Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn 23.2, 8.9 cents apart.

Michigan territory, rural or urban

Michigan has 83 counties, 64% of them nonmetro in USDA's 2023 codes. Customer-weighted: investor-owned territory is 49% nonmetro; municipal territory is 24% nonmetro; cooperative territory is 70% nonmetro.

Michigan: largest utilities

Michigan utilities by customers
DTE Electric CompanyInvestor-owned2,067,77920.1361039%
Consumers Energy CoInvestor-owned1,657,84319.1162858%
Great Lakes Energy CoopCooperative120,64519.1761173%
Indiana Michigan Power CoInvestor-owned112,60017.0082250%
City of LansingMunicipal87,30119.785140%
Upper Peninsula Power CompanyInvestor-owned47,66027.64425100%
Cloverland Electric Co-opCooperative36,08614.37648100%
Cherryland Electric Coop IncCooperative35,10016.3667133%
Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.Investor-owned33,25214.76561100%
Presque Isle Elec & Gas CoopCooperative32,44620.99447100%
Midwest Energy CooperativeCooperative29,28319.9193043%
City of HollandMunicipal26,60811.6857950%
Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)Cooperative23,03418.0479338%
City of Bay CityMunicipal18,02815.355760%
City of MarquetteMunicipal15,03616.96508100%
Alpena Power CoInvestor-owned13,76317.43527100%
City of Grand HavenMunicipal13,23114.745540%
Wyandotte Municipal Serv CommMunicipal11,73016.285490%
Alger-Delta Coop Electric AssnCooperative9,81723.25438100%
City of Traverse CityMunicipal9,16112.705460%
Northern States Power CoInvestor-owned7,57914.66580100%
Coldwater Board of Public UtilMunicipal6,39314.86574100%
City of SturgisMunicipal6,11714.71651100%
City of ZeelandMunicipal6,03710.126620%
City of GladstoneMunicipal2,33915.62531100%
City of NorwayMunicipal1,99517.06541100%
City of NegauneeMunicipal1,97821.72466100%
City of Crystal FallsMunicipal1,33018.88460100%
Village of L'AnseMunicipal94616.82419100%
Village of BaragaMunicipal55515.32416100%

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Michigan next to its neighbors

Michigan: municipal -16%, cooperative -6% against investor-owned. Gaps are within each state.

Michigan neighbors
StateInvestor-ownedMunicipalCooperativeMuni gapCoop gap
Michigan89%5%6%-16%-6%
Indiana78%5%17%-18%+2%
Ohio89%5%6%-23%-6%
Wisconsin86%8%6%-31%-10%

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Similar investor-owned share: Maryland 90%, Ohio 89%, New Hampshire 88%, Idaho 87%

Sources

Michigan: EIA-861 (2024), USDA RUCC (2023); retrieval dates, checksums.

Questions

Which utility type serves most Michigan homes?

Investor-owned utilities, 88.8% of 4,435,672 customers.

Do Michigan co-ops or municipal utilities charge less?

Municipal utilities averaged 16.5 cents per kWh against 19.6 for investor-owned (-16%). Cooperatives averaged 18.4 cents per kWh against 19.6 for investor-owned (-6%).

How many utilities does Michigan have?

EIA-861 (2024) lists 59; residential sales are reported by 30.

Can Michigan customers pick their utility?

No; Michigan shows almost no energy-only supply and the address sets the utility.

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@misc{usedata_ownership_states_michigan,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Michigan electricity by utility type: investor-owned utilities serve 89% of homes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/ownership/states/michigan.html},
  note = {Data as of 7 October 2026. Accessed [date accessed]}
}
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