密歇根州公用事业委员会（MPSC）主席Dan Scripps向州立法者提出建议，要求结束公用事业公司频繁涨价的现象并改革其盈利模式。[1] Scripps在7月16日致州长Gretchen Whitmer的信件中提出了这些改革建议。[1]
根据MPSC的分析，密歇根州最大的两家公用事业公司DTE和Consumers Energy每12个月实际上都会申请一次费率增长。[1] MPSC在2月和3月分别批准DTE获得242.4百万美元的电费上涨和Consumers获得276.6百万美元的上涨。[1] 此外，DTE在4月还申请了额外4.74亿美元以提高住宅费率约9.7%，Consumers在6月申请了4.56亿美元。[1]
MPSC建议采取多项改革措施以降低家庭能源账单。这些措施包括实施多年率计划、取消购电奖励以及要求竞争性招标。[1] 根据Brattle Group的估计，电网利用率提高10%可使全国费率降低3.4%。[1] 自2019年以来，公用事业公司通过购电奖励共获得约8.68亿美元，其中1.217亿美元用于联邦法律已要求的交易。[1]
目前密歇根州平均月度电费为119.31美元，在全国排名第15低。[1] MPSC在6月11日制定了一项目标，要求密歇根州没有家庭在能源上支出超过其收入的6%。[1] 为支持能效改善，Michigan Saves绿色银行自2009年以来已支持超过8亿美元的融资项目，惠及6万多个业主，参与其中的住宅客户平均每年可节省360美元。[1]
Michigan's Public Service Commission (MPSC) has called on state lawmakers to halt the cycle of annual rate increases imposed by major utilities and fundamentally restructure how these companies generate revenue.[1] MPSC Chair Dan Scripps delivered these recommendations to Governor Gretchen Whitmer in a letter dated July 16.[1]
The state's largest utilities, DTE and Consumers Energy, effectively seek rate increases every 12 months.[1] In recent filings, the MPSC approved a $242.4 million electricity rate increase for DTE in February and a $276.6 million increase for Consumers in March.[1] Subsequently, DTE requested an additional $474 million in April—raising residential rates by approximately 9.7 percent—while Consumers sought $456 million in June.[1]
The MPSC proposes implementing multi-year rate plans, eliminating power purchase agreements that incentivize utilities to build costly infrastructure, and requiring competitive bidding for energy procurement.[1] These measures aim to address the current regulatory structure that rewards utilities for investing in expensive capital projects. According to analysis by the Brattle Group, a 10 percent increase in grid utilization could reduce nationwide rates by 3.4 percent.[1] Since 2019, utilities have collectively received approximately $868 million through power purchase agreements, of which $121.7 million supported federal law-mandated transactions.[1]
The state set a policy goal in June requiring that no Michigan household spend more than 6 percent of its income on energy.[1] The average monthly electricity bill in Michigan reached $119.31 in 2024, ranking 15th lowest nationally.[1] Michigan Saves, a green bank program, has supported over $800 million in financing since 2009 for more than 60,000 homeowners, with participating residential customers averaging $360 in annual savings.[1]