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Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) Electricity Rate per kWh (2024 EIA Data)

Cooperative|EIA utility 19396|Michigan|Bundled

In 2024, Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)'s residential customers paid an average of 18.04 cents per kWh: $40 million of revenue over 219,213 MWh of sales across 23,034 bundled residential customers, as reported to EIA on Form 861.

Residential 2024
18.04¢
per kWh, bundled
vs MI avg 2024
-6.5%
state 19.30c
Bundled res. customers
23,034
27,142 all sectors
Rank in MI by res. accounts
#13 of 30
0.7% of state residential MWh

How the 18.04c figure is calculated

18.04c/kWh = $39,548k revenue / 219,213 MWh x 100. This is EIA's average realised price for 2024: everything Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) billed its residential customers (energy, delivery, fuel and rider charges, fixed charges) divided by the kilowatt-hours it sold. It is not a tariff rate, and a 2024 annual average will differ from a current bill. For a 1,000 kWh month at this average, the energy cost works out to about $180 before taxes.

About Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)'s 2024 electricity prices

Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) is a member-owned cooperative electric utility that reports to the U.S. Energy Information Administration under utility number 19396. In 2024 it served 23,034 bundled residential customers in Michigan, and its average realised residential price was 18.04 cents per kWh: $40 million of residential revenue divided by 219,213 MWh of residential sales.

Across the other sectors, Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)'s 2024 average prices were 18.17 cents for commercial customers (3,903 accounts) and 10.47 cents for industrial customers (205 accounts). Industrial customers paid 7.57 cents less per kWh than households, a 42% discount that is typical of high-volume, high-voltage service.

Within Michigan, Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) ranked number 13 of 30 utilities with bundled or delivery service by residential accounts served (23,034) and accounted for 0.65% of the state's residential electricity sales in 2024, measured in MWh sold or delivered rather than in customers. The state-wide average realised residential price in 2024, computed from the same EIA file, was 19.30 cents per kWh, so Tri-County Electric Coop (MI)'s customers paid 1.26 cents below the Michigan average (-6.5%). For context, EIA's latest monthly figure for Michigan is 22.99 cents per kWh (June 2026, Electric Power Monthly); that is a different, more recent measure across all utilities and is not directly comparable with a 2024 annual average.

EIA's service-territory file places Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) in 13 Michigan counties: Barry, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Jackson, Mecosta, Montcalm, and Osceola, and 1 more. On the grid side it operates in the RFC NERC region and the MISO market, and reported distribution, buying distribution, and retail marketing as its activities. Balancing authority code: MISO.

EIA's preliminary 2025 early release (published 4 August 2026) shows a residential price of 18.33 cents per kWh for Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) in Michigan across 23,136 residential customers, 0.29 cents higher than the 2024 final figure. Early-release data has not been validated by EIA and must not be aggregated; the 2024 final figures remain the reference on this page until the 2025 final file is published.

The nearest other utilities in Michigan by service-territory centroid are Consumers Energy Co (MI) (30.3 miles away, 19.11 cents), City of Lansing (MI) (33 miles away, 19.78 cents), DTE Electric Company (44.7 miles away, 20.13 cents), City of Bay City (MI) (56.5 miles away, 15.35 cents), and City of Grand Haven (MI) (70.6 miles away, 14.74 cents).

2024 sales by sector in Michigan (bundled service)
SectorCustomersSales (MWh)Revenue ($k)Avg c/kWh
Residential23,034219,21339,54818.04
Commercial3,90347,6018,65118.17
Industrial20597,38510,20110.47

Counties served in Michigan (13)

BarryClareClintonEatonGratiotInghamIoniaIsabellaJacksonMecostaMontcalmOsceolaSaginaw

From the EIA-861 Service Territory file; a listed county can be served in part only.

2025 early release (preliminary, not validated by EIA)

Residential price in Michigan: 18.33c/kWh (+0.29c vs 2024 final), 23,136 residential customers; commercial 18.40c; industrial 10.48c. Published 4 August 2026. EIA marks this file "not fully edited, use with caution"; the 2024 final figures above remain the reference.

Nearby and comparable utilities in Michigan

Consumers Energy Co (MI)Investor Owned, 30.3 mi between territory centroids
1,657,843 res. accounts 19.11c
City of Lansing (MI)Municipal, 33 mi between territory centroids
87,301 res. accounts 19.78c
DTE Electric CompanyInvestor Owned, 44.7 mi between territory centroids
2,067,779 res. accounts 20.13c
City of Bay City (MI)Municipal, 56.5 mi between territory centroids
18,028 res. accounts 15.35c
City of Grand Haven (MI)Municipal, 70.6 mi between territory centroids
13,231 res. accounts 14.74c
EIA-861 facts, 2024
EIA utility number
19396
Ownership type
Cooperative
Data year
2024 final (EIA-861)
Primary state
Michigan
Service type
Bundled (Part A)
Bundled residential customers (MI, price basis)
23,034
Residential accounts served (MI)
23,034
All accounts, all sectors (MI)
27,142
Residential price, 2024
18.04 c/kWh
Commercial price, 2024
18.17 c/kWh
Industrial price, 2024
10.47 c/kWh
Residential sales
219,213 MWh
Residential revenue
$40 million
Rank in Michigan by residential accounts served
13 of 30
Share of Michigan residential sales (MWh, not customers)
0.65%
Michigan average, 2024
19.30 c/kWh
Counties served (MI)
13
NERC region
RFC
RTO / ISO
MISO
Balancing authority
MISO
Reported activities
Distribution, Buying Distribution, Retail Marketing
2025 early release (preliminary)
18.33 c/kWh
Change vs 2024 final
+0.29 c/kWh
Registry status
Reported on Form EIA-861 for 2024
Michigan today
Residential (June 2026)22.99c
Commercial16.63c
Industrial9.24c
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500 kWh$90.20
750 kWh$135.30
1,000 kWh$180.40
1,500 kWh$270.60

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Source and method

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.

Method: cents per kWh = revenue (thousand dollars) divided by sales (megawatthours), times 100. Customer counts, sales and revenue are the utility's own annual survey responses by state and sector. Bundled = energy plus delivery from one utility; delivery-only = the wires charge for customers who buy energy from a competitive supplier; energy-only = a competitive supplier's energy charge without delivery. County lists come from the EIA-861 Service Territory file; territory centroids used for "nearby utilities" are unweighted means of Census 2023 county centroids. EIA content is in the public domain (EIA copyright and reuse statement); the EIA logo is not used. Corrections: [email protected].