Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, filed this week for an annual electric rate hike of about $436 million.

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Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a notice of intervention on behalf of Michigan’s residents in a $436 million electric rate ...

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The request comes less than three months after the utility was OK'd for a $153.8 million rate boost for electric customers ...

If approved, Consumers Energy's new rates for its 1.8 million electric customers would go into effect in May 2026.

This request is the largest ask that Consumers Energy has made while Nessel has been in office and is likely the largest request in decades.