MI · gas · U-21981
Active case·Filed·Utility request
This record retains the utility's annual request and stated customer impacts. The Michigan Attorney General's active-case table confirms the proceeding remains open, but the reviewed sources do not provide a future hearing or decision date.
Consumers Energy filed a natural-gas rate application seeking a $240 million annual increase. The state consumer advocate describes the request as nearly a 10% increase for gas customers, including an 8% increase for residential customers. No Commission authorization is recorded.
Dec 16, 2025
Not scheduled
Case stage
filed
Filed
Dec 16, 2025
Testimony
Not recorded
Hearings
Not recorded
Briefing
Not recorded
Decision
Not recorded
Rates effective
Not recorded
State rules
This docket is a full base-rate review. Selected charges can change on separate schedules without reopening every issue in this case.
Full base-rate review
No fixed recurring interval
A utility files when it seeks a base-rate change. The MPSC's general framework does not impose a common annual or multi-year filing cycle, but it requires a final Commission decision within 10 months of the application.
Rate period: Filing-specific forecast, historical support, and standard rate-case schedules.
Governing rule ↗Between full reviews
Power and gas supply cost recovery
Variable surcharge · annual reconciliation
PSCR and GCR surcharges recover fuel, purchased power, transmission, and gas-supply costs above the amount in base rates. Actual costs are reconciled annually after a prudence review.
Governing source ↗Current case economics
Filed request and any outcome captured in this docket.
| Metric | Utility request | Current case outcome | Like-for-like difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue increase | $240M Annual utility request | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Rate base | $12,490M Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 · Dec 16, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Return on equity | 10.25% Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 · Dec 16, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Common equity ratio | 43.33% Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 · Dec 16, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Residential bill impact | Not specified Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 · Dec 16, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
Prior authorizations, mechanism values, actuals, and company projections are shown separately because they are not default like-for-like case comparisons.
Annual revenue change
authorized · Prior authorized observation · Sep 30, 2025
$157.5M
Common equity ratio
authorized · Common equity in the authorized ratemaking capital structure; equivalent to 50% on a financial basis. · Sep 30, 2025
41.95%
Rate base
authorized · Natural-gas distribution rate base. · Sep 30, 2025
$11,490M
Return on equity
authorized · Natural-gas distribution base rates. · Sep 30, 2025
9.8%
1 event · 3 documents · 2 citations
Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.
Dec 16, 2025
Natural-gas rate application filed
procedural inference · completed
Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.
Michigan Public Service Commission e-Dockets case page for U-21981
official docket · primary · —
Michigan Attorney General announcement of Consumers Energy gas filing
evidence · primary · Dec 17, 2025
Consumers Energy gas rate-case investor summary — U-21981
evidence · direct · Dec 16, 2025
Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.
Consumers Energy gas rate-case investor summary — U-21981
utility rate case exhibit · Dec 16, 2025
Michigan Attorney General announcement of Consumers Energy gas filing
consumer advocate document · Dec 17, 2025
Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.
| Metric | Stage | Party | Period | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue change | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | — | 10% | |
| Revenue change | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | — | 8% | |
| Annual revenue change | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | — | $240M | |
| Residential monthly bill impact | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 | Not specified | |
| Common equity ratio | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 | 43.33% | |
| Overall rate of return | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 | 6.4% | |
| Rate base | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 | $12,490M | |
| Return on equity | utility request | Consumers Energy Company | Projected test year ending October 31, 2027 | 10.25% |