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Niles electricity and gas rates

At typical use (618 kWh of electricity and 69 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Niles house cost about $146 a month: about $1,750 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Niles houses and what a typical house uses: about 618 kWh of electricity and 69 therms of gas a month.

Pay or manage it

Electricity: City of Niles Utilities Department

Residential - City (Rate 1), effective October 1, 2025: Ready to Serve $19.25 per meter per month and Energy $0.0950 per kWh, plus a Power Cost Adjustment for the cost of power purchased through PJM.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$19.25 a month
Per kWh9.50¢

Gas: SEMCO Energy Gas

SEMCO Energy Gas residential rates, September 2026, billed per therm: cost of gas $0.37400, balance and demand charge $0.10100, billed distribution charge $0.28000 and facility improvement demand surcharge $0.00410. Customer charge $12.25, main replacement program charge $1.70 and infrastructure reliability improvement program charge $1.56 (SEMCO's page gives no billing period for these three).

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$15.51 a month
Per therm75.91¢

How Niles compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Niles$146
  2. Battle Creek · 61 mi$225
  3. Wyoming · 78 mi$232
  4. Grand Rapids · 84 mi$232
  5. Dyer · 69 mi$251

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

Sources

  1. www.semcoenergygas.com
  2. www.semcoenergygas.com

Checked October 29, 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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