MPSC Approves $276.6 Million Rate Hike for Consumers Energy

Gretchen Whitmer's MPSC allows Consumers Energy another $276.6 million rate hike! - The Midwesterner

It’s spring again, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Michigan Public Service Commission has approved another nine-figure electricity rate hike for Consumers Energy. The $276.6 million hike approved Friday follows just 371 days after the MPSC approved a $153.8 million increase on Consumers Energy’s roughly 2 million electric customers in March 2025. Greg Salisbury, the company’s senior VP of electric distribution, alleged Friday’s rate hike “is helping…

Michigan utility regulator approves $276M rate hike for Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy headquarters at 1 Energy Plaza, Jackson, MI, USA, May 2, 2023. Consumers Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity. | JHVEPhoto/Getty ImagesConsumers Energy received approval for yet another rate hike on its customers from the Michigan Public Service Commission on Friday, which will also allow the company to collect an additional $276.6 million from its electricity customers. The company initially soug…

MPSC approves $276.6 million rate hike for Consumers Energy

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $276.6 million rate increase for Consumers Energy — far less than the $423 million requested — raising a typical residential bill by $6.46 per month starting May 1.

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