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Bay City electricity and gas rates

At typical use (576 kWh of electricity and 69 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Bay City house cost about $160 a month: about $1,910 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Bay City houses and what a typical house uses: about 575.9 kWh of electricity and 69 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: Bay City Electric Light & Power

Bay City Electric Light & Power residential standard rate for bills rendered on or after 4/1/2024: $19.25 monthly customer charge for inside-city customers, winter (October through May) 10.20 cents and summer (June through September) 10.98 cents per kWh, plus a clean energy surcharge and a low income adder per kWh.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$19.25 a month
Per kWh10.56¢

Gas: Consumers Energy

Michigan Public Service Commission residential gas comparison (September 1, 2026): Consumers Energy monthly charge $17.00, distribution charge $0.60568 per Ccf plus gas cost recovery factor $0.33725 per Ccf.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$17.00 a month
Per therm90.93¢

How Bay City compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Bay City$160
  2. Mount Pleasant · 44 mi$232
  3. Saginaw · 12 mi$237
  4. Midland · 17 mi$237
  5. Flint · 40 mi$237
  6. Owosso · 44 mi$237

At each city's typical use, with any city utility tax.

Sources

  1. Bay City Electric Light & Power rate schedule
  2. Consumers Energy gas rate book, territory
  3. EIA electric utility sales table

Checked October 28, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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