Overview

• DTE’s April filing seeks a $574 million increase that would raise residential electric bills by about 11%, or roughly $13.50 a month.
• Attorney General Dana Nessel argues most of the requested spending lacks demonstrable, cost-effective benefits and urges a shift toward vegetation management and tree trimming.
• DTE spokesperson Ryan Lowry says the increase funds critical grid work, citing $1.5 billion invested last year and a nearly 70% improvement in time customers spent without power in 2024.
• DTE notes residential bills have risen about 3% over four years and remain below the national average, while critics point to four consecutive years of rate-hike requests.
• The proposal follows a separate $217 million increase approved three months earlier, and the Michigan Public Service Commission continues to review stakeholder testimony.