Michigan business electricity choice

Michigan caps supplier choice at 10% of each utility's load by law, and both DTE and Consumers Energy are currently at that cap. New accounts join a waitlist rather than switching immediately — we help position larger commercial and industrial accounts for the queue and plan around it.

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At a glance

Michigan in the national picture.

Regulator: Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC)
Benchmark rate is called: The Retail Open Access (ROA) rate
Open to supplier choice: Electricity only
Who can switch: Business and industrial accounts only — no residential choice

This state We compare rates here Not open to supplier choice

Your utility

Rates are set territory by territory.

Whoever sends your bill today keeps delivering your energy after a switch. What changes is who supplies it. Find yours below — the benchmark you are comparing against is theirs, not the state's.

Electric utilities

DTE Energy
Consumers Energy

Reading an offer

What to check before signing anything in Michigan.

The 10% cap

Michigan law limits Retail Open Access to 10% of each utility's load. Once that's full — as it is now — no new accounts can join until someone leaves.

The waitlist

Roughly 5,000 accounts are already queued. Position and account size both affect how long a realistic wait is.

Mostly industrial

The accounts that do get in are overwhelmingly industrial. Smaller commercial accounts should have a backup plan that doesn't depend on ROA.

What changes if you get in

Once enrolled, the same fixed-vs-variable and fee questions apply as any other market — see below.

Your fixed contract rate Utility default rate Where the fixed rate is ahead

Illustrative. It shows how the two rate types behave — the default rate resets on a schedule, a fixed rate does not — rather than any specific quote. Note the first six months: locking in is not always cheaper on day one. The case for it is the resets you avoid later.

Fixed vs. variable

Why the reset schedule matters here.

Michigan caps supplier choice at 10% of each utility's load by law, and both DTE and Consumers Energy are currently at that cap. New accounts join a waitlist rather than switching immediately — we help position larger commercial and industrial accounts for the queue and plan around it.

A fixed contract holds one number straight through those resets. That is what you are actually buying — not a lower rate on day one, but the resets you never feel.

How this works

How the queue actually works in Michigan.

01

Check cap status

Both DTE and Consumers Energy are at their 10% Retail Open Access cap. We check current headroom before you apply so you're not filing blind.
02

Join the queue

New accounts join a waitlist behind roughly 5,000 others. We file the paperwork correctly the first time, since errors send you to the back.
03

Plan for the wait

We build a fallback rate strategy for the meantime, and move you in the moment a slot opens.

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