Michigan
Net metering in Michigan, provider by provider.
Every provider in the state, and every figure below read from the published tariff or interconnection document rather than a comparison site. Some credit you the full retail rate for the power you send back. Most do not, and that difference is the whole reason this page exists.
Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41754 kilowatt hours. A 618 kilowatt hour month against 790 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 172 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $142.08 to $0.00 at 22.99 cents per kilowatt hour.
Michigan average household use, 618 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 22.99¢ per kWh. Your utility still bills a fixed monthly customer charge that no system offsets, so this is the energy part of the bill, which is the part that goes away.
Solar buyback rates in Michigan, utility by utility
Consumption is billed at the retail rate and exports are credited at a lower outflow rate, summed separately by a smart meter rather than netted against each other.
Credits you below retail
- DTE EnergyInvestor owned/2.3M accountsFuel cost onlyRetail in, outflow rate out
- Consumers EnergyInvestor owned/1.9M accountsFuel cost onlyRetail in, outflow rate out
- Indiana Michigan PowerInvestor owned/130K accountsFuel cost onlyRetail in, outflow rate out
- Upper Peninsula Power CompanyInvestor owned/52K accountsFuel cost onlyRetail in, about 11.5 cents out
Michigan net metering rules
Inflow-outflow, not net metering.
- Who it binds
- The investor owned utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission. Cooperatives and municipal systems set their own terms.
- What happens to a surplus
- Outflow credits are applied against the bill under each utility’s distributed generation tariff.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by each utility’s distributed generation program and by the statewide aggregate cap.
Public Act 342 of 2016; Public Act 235 of 2023 — checked 2026-09-05
What actually happens after you pick
Most sites in this business hand your number to a sales team and disappear. We do the preparation first, so the company that turns up already knows your situation.
You see your real terms
Your provider page shows what that specific utility credits you, when it trues up, and where the catch is. Sourced and dated, not a sales page.
You choose the company
Companies serving your territory in Michigan, with the reviews, years trading and BBB grade we found for each. You pick. Not a call center, not an auction.
We set the whole thing up
We call you, go through your bill and your last twelve months of use, work out what your utility owes you, and get the program paperwork in order.
They arrive prepared
The company you chose turns up to a job that is already understood, with your figures in hand. No cold pitch on your doorstep.
Solar installers in Michigan
Every company we list for at least one Michigan utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Michigan: the questions people ask
- Does Michigan have net metering?
- Consumption is billed at the retail rate and exports are credited at a lower outflow rate, summed separately by a smart meter rather than netted against each other.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Michigan?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 4 providers we list in Michigan credit the power you export: 4 at a rate below retail. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in Michigan in 2026?
- It depends mostly on what your utility pays for the power you export, because the 30% federal credit ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025. Michigan homes use about 618 kWh a month at an average of 22.99 cents per kWh, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Where exports are credited at the full retail rate, each kilowatt hour your panels send back is worth about that much; where they are credited below retail, size the system to what you use while the sun is up. Check your own utility on this page before you get a quote for solar panels.
- Is there a solar tax credit in Michigan in 2026?
- Not a federal one. The 30% federal credit, IRC Section 25D, ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025, and a deposit paid in 2025 does not preserve it. Anyone still quoting it is working from an old script. Any incentive left in Michigan comes from the state or your utility, and what your utility pays for exported power is now most of the financial case.
- Which providers does the Michigan rule cover?
- The investor owned utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission. Cooperatives and municipal systems set their own terms.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Michigan?
- Outflow credits are applied against the bill under each utility’s distributed generation tariff.
- How big a solar system can you install in Michigan?
- Set by each utility’s distributed generation program and by the statewide aggregate cap.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Michigan?
- We have read the published terms of 4 providers in Michigan: DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, Indiana Michigan Power, Upper Peninsula Power Company. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Public Act 342 of 2016; Public Act 235 of 2023, checked 2026-09-05.
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