[ City of Holland / MI ]
City of Holland electricity rates in Michigan
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at City of Holland's average effective residential rate (11.43¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.11¢ | — | 23,645 |
| 2016 | 11.74¢ | +5.7% | 23,732 |
| 2017 | 12.44¢ | +6.0% | 23,981 |
| 2018 | 12.01¢ | −3.5% | 24,349 |
| 2019 | 12.14¢ | +1.1% | 24,519 |
| 2020 | 12.24¢ | +0.8% | 24,803 |
| 2021 | 12.06¢ | −1.5% | 25,319 |
| 2022 | 11.29¢ | −6.4% | 25,580 |
| 2023 | 11.19¢ | −0.9% | 26,100 |
| 2024 | 11.68¢ | +4.4% | 26,608 |
| 2025 | 11.43¢ | −2.1% | 27,007 |
How this compares
Serves 2 counties in Michigan: Allegan, Ottawa. 2 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Holland's average residential rate has gone from 11.11¢ to 11.43¢ per kWh: +2.9% over 10 years, or about +0.3% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.0% in 2017. The largest drop was −6.4% in 2022.
For a home using 635 kWh a month, the Michigan average, City of Holland's 2025 rate works out to about $871 a year, $655 less than at Michigan's average rate of 20.03¢. Of the 30 Michigan utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 29th most expensive.
City of Holland served 23,645 homes in 2015 and 27,007 in 2025 (+14.2%), under 1% of Michigan's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Holland's rates
City of Holland is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Michigan Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Michigan Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Holland raising rates in 2026?
City of Holland's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Michigan Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved −2.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Holland charge per kWh?
City of Holland's average effective residential rate was 11.43¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Michigan's 2025 average was 20.03¢.
How much have City of Holland rates gone up in five years?
−6.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +29.5% for Michigan as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Holland have in Michigan?
27,007 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Allegan, Ottawa, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
