{"id":470,"date":"2026-01-08T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/?p=470"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:55:24","slug":"energy-utilities-in-michigan-have-unchecked-monopolies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"Energy Utilities in Michigan have unchecked Monopolies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DTE Energy has what appears to be an unchecked monopoly in the state of Michigan. Modeling from groups like the Mackinac Center suggests that if Michigan continues its current “Net-Zero” trajectory alongside massive grid upgrades, monthly bills could rise by as much as\u00a0146% by 2035<\/strong>. DTE has sought a\u00a0$574 million rate increase<\/strong>\u00a0for 2026. This follows a $217 million hike approved in January 2025. If fully approved, residential customers could see their monthly bills jump by an average of\u00a0$13.50<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State<\/td>2026 Avg. Rate (\u00a2\/kWh)<\/td>Trend\/Outlook<\/td><\/tr>
Michigan<\/td>20.74<\/td>High & Rising<\/strong>\u00a0(Data center & grid focus)<\/td><\/tr>
Illinois<\/td>18.09<\/td>Moderate (Nuclear & renewables transition)<\/td><\/tr>
Wisconsin<\/td>18.37<\/td>Moderate (Stable industrial base)<\/td><\/tr>
Ohio<\/td>17.61<\/td>Low-to-Moderate (High gas\/coal mix)<\/td><\/tr>
Indiana<\/td>16.59<\/td>Low (Historical coal reliance)<\/td><\/tr>
Iowa\/Nebraska<\/td>~13.15<\/td>Lowest (High wind generation)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2026\/01\/06\/dte-energy-credit-card-fees\/88047135007\/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113228p115250n00—-c00—-d00—-v113228d–xx–b–xx–&gca-ft=201&gca-ds=sophi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DTE Energy has what appears to be an unchecked monopoly in the state of Michigan. Modeling from groups like the Mackinac Center suggests that if Michigan continues its current “Net-Zero” trajectory alongside massive grid upgrades, monthly bills could rise by as much as\u00a0146% by 2035. DTE has sought a\u00a0$574 million rate increase\u00a0for 2026. This follows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoodresearch.org\/TTR\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}