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What Our New Summer Time of Use Rate Means for You
Beginning in June, you will transition to our new summer Time of Use rate, and we want you to be prepared. To help you understand what this means for you, we've created a new, personalized bill impact tool based on your summer 2018 electric use. This tool is available online and will help you see how small changes in your routine can make a big impact on your bill.
Our new summer Time of Use rate is part of a statewide effort to reduce energy use when demand is highest – on summer weekdays between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. With this new rate, when you use energy is just as important as how much you use. By shifting your energy use outside the hours of peak demand you could lower your bill.
How Natural Gas Rates Are Set
Residential Natural Gas Charges
- Gas Cost Recovery: The cost of the natural gas itself, which is measured in thousand cubic feet (Mcf). This is usually about 65% of your total bill and includes only what we pay for the natural gas. We also help reduce the price you pay by purchasing most of the natural gas you need during the summer when prices are low and storing it underground until you need it.
- Distribution: Charges include operation and maintenance expenses for pipelines and storage.
- Customer: Charges include billing and metering that are necessary to serve our customers. This is a fixed charge of $11.75 per month.
Gas Cost Recovery Charges
| Price/Mcf - Gas Cost Recovery | ||
| April 2019 | $3.1655 | |
| March 2019 | $3.1484 | |
| February 2019 | $3.1484 | |
| January 2019 | $3.4360 | |
| December 2018 | $3.1484 | |
| November 2018 | $3.0662 | |
| October 2018 | $2.9429 | |
| September 2018 | $2.9840 | |
| August 2018 | $2.9429 | |
| July 2018 | $2.9429 | |
| June 2018 | $2.8573 | |
| May 2018 | $2.8699 | |
| April 2018 | $2.8617 | |
| March 2018 | $3.3204 | |
| February 2018 | $3.0403 | |
| January 2018 | $3.0577 | |
| December 2017 | $3.1168 | |
| November 2017 | $3.1261 | |
| October 2017 | $3.1699 | |
| September 2017 | $3.1023 | |
| August 2017 | $3.1086 | |
| July 2017 | $3.1634 | |
| June 2017 | $3.3153 |
Michigan Energy Rates
Working Together to Keep Costs Down
We strive to provide you with the best product at the best price and are always looking for ways to reduce your costs by:
- Buying natural gas during the summer when it generally costs less and store it in our underground fields throughout Michigan.
- Reducing power plant fuel costs by increasing the use of lower-priced Western coal from Wyoming and Montana.
- Recycling and minimizing waste to help reduce hazardous waste shipments and lower electric generation costs.
- Providing recycling for more than 20 major types of waste.
- Our robust line-clearing maintenance program reduces tree related outages and restoration costs.
- Using a variety of electric generation facilities and running our most efficient units more often.
- Working to get crews from other Midwest energy services to restore service as quickly as possible in cases of catastrophic storms (180,000 customers or more lose power).