long-term look at the DTE rates
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:50 am
Just finished up adding the last couple years of DTE bills to a tracking tool.
Every time DTE is looking for an increase, I'm wondering why. Their rates have steadily been increasing for 15 years!!
Here's a peek at their progression. This a simple "all-in" calculation... just take total DTE bill divided by kWh used that month.
This is "Cost per kilowatt", not the total bill. The average rate now in the USA is $0.15/kWh. We've been above that for YEARS. If you take out Hawaii and Alaska, we fit right in with the TOP TEN most expensive states in the nation.
Even though I cut my usage over the last 15 years, the bill still keeps going higher. Did a lot of efficiency improvements for the first 10 years but now the usage is creeping back up for the last 5 or so. The next big change would have to be a higher SEER A/C system, but not worth doing until the old one quits.
Every time DTE is looking for an increase, I'm wondering why. Their rates have steadily been increasing for 15 years!!
Here's a peek at their progression. This a simple "all-in" calculation... just take total DTE bill divided by kWh used that month.
This is "Cost per kilowatt", not the total bill. The average rate now in the USA is $0.15/kWh. We've been above that for YEARS. If you take out Hawaii and Alaska, we fit right in with the TOP TEN most expensive states in the nation.
Even though I cut my usage over the last 15 years, the bill still keeps going higher. Did a lot of efficiency improvements for the first 10 years but now the usage is creeping back up for the last 5 or so. The next big change would have to be a higher SEER A/C system, but not worth doing until the old one quits.