Don't forget all the additional add-ons!--Whatever happened to "Clean, green AFFORDIBLE energy"??---- Michigan’s skyrocketing electricity rates loom over 2026 governor race

Rates for Michiganders have jumped 117%, or $850 annually, since 2006 - Victor Skinner

• A recent analysis by The Detroit News shows the increase in average electricity rates in the Great Lakes State over the last 20 years has outpaced all but three states, jumping from 9.8 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2006 to 21.2 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2025, or 117%.
• During Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tenure, which includes the first two years under renewable energy mandates adopted by a Democratic government trifecta, the Michigan Public Service Commission appointed by the governor has approved more than $1 billion in rate hikes for DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, the state’s monopoly utility providers...