Michigan’s Consumers Energy gets permission for largest electric rate increase in decades

March 30, 2026

LANSING, MI – Electric rates for the power company serving the bulk of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula will soon rise, thanks to the largest rate hike approved in more than 20 years.

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