These are the current utility rates which fund commodity purchases, sustain operations and maintenance, and capital renewal and expansion. They are updated annually for each fiscal year beginning on July 1st.
Utility rates have been approved for Fiscal Year 2025.
Our goal is to provide safe, reliable, and cost-efficient utility services to the campus community. Investments in the Central Power Plant, our distribution system, and incoming DTE service feeds continue to prove their value. It has been more than a year and a half since we experienced an unplanned outage on our university-owned and operated electric system. In fact, while there have been significant disruptions to the regulated utility grid, we have experienced only one unplanned outage in nearly three years on our system. Key factors currently impacting the enterprise and FY25 rates are:
Steam and electric rates are established at levels to recover all operations and maintenance costs for generation and distribution, reserves for major repairs and replacements, debt, and fuels.
| U-M Utility Enterprise Rates | FY25 |
|---|---|
| Central Power Plant steam (per 1000 lbs) | 20.950 |
| CPP, North Campus, Ingalls electric (per kwh) | 0.115 |
Utilities purchases, manages, and processes all direct-purchased utilities, which are supplied and metered by an outside utility company and distributed directly to the university customer. These prices fluctuate, and the rates below are our best estimates at this time.
| Estimated Direct-Purchased Utilities Costs (including surcharges) | FY25 |
|---|---|
| Water, Sewer & Storm (per ccu) | 14.510 |
| Natural Gas (per ccf) | 0.538 |
| Electric (per kwh) | 0.102 |
The U-M Utility Services Enterprise purchases, manages and processes all purchased utilities. Service charges are applied to direct-purchased utilities to recover overhead and university distribution maintenance.
| Service Charges on Direct-Purchased Utilities | FY25 |
|---|---|
| Administrative (on all utilities) ¹ | 2.00% |
| Green Power Initiative (PPA) Surcharge ² | 4.00% |
| Water, Sewer, Storm maintenance ³ | 16.50% |
| Direct electric maintenance | 0.40% |
¹ Examples include salaries, office expenses, computer hardware and software, legal services, & MISS DIG.
² The total annual Green Power Initiative Surcharge premium collected for FY25 remains stable from FY24. Percentages may fluctuate year to year based on forecast campus-wide utility usage.
³ Covers costs for infrastructure improvements and the replacement of aging piping.
Previous years rates can be found on the Historical Utility Rates page.
