Consumers Energy Requests $240M Hike on Gas Customers

Whitmer admin mulls approving Consumers Energy 8.2% rate hike — Plan INCREASES company profits to 10.25%!

Consumers Energy on Tuesday filed its second nine-figure rate hike request of 2025, detailing plans to tap its natural gas customers for another $240 million in 2026, or an 8.2% increase. “Consumers Energy has created a revolving door of rate increases by filing annually in recent years,” Amy Bandyk, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan, said in a statement cited by MLive. “This case continues that trend.” For the fourth …

Consumers Energy requests $240M hike on gas customers

Consumers Energy is looking for a $240 million increase in its gas rates, which would come out to approximately an 10% increase for customers.