LANSING – Consumers Energy Company and DTE Electric Company customers could soon pay more, or less, depending on when they use power under tariffs approved Monday by the Public Service Commission.
The orders (Case No. U-17688 for Consumers and U-17689 for DTE) require the utilities to offer time-of-use rates to customers with smart meters. DTE’s program would start immediately and Consumers’ by January 1, 2017.
The PSC in a release said the change would give customers who opt into the program an opportunity to cut their electric costs.
The orders also change how costs are allocated between transmission and generation.
The DTE order would, effective July 1, cut rates for primary customers by 4.7 percent and increase rates for residential customers by 3.7 percent.
Both orders were approved on 2-1 votes.
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Author: Staff Writer
Source: Gongwer News Service
Date: 7/6/2015
