She will give Michigan families a reprieve on electricity rate hikes for three years by penalizing investor-owned utilities that raise residential rates.

The Stop Unfair Electricity Prices Act would give Michigan families a reprieve on electricity rate hikes for three years by imposing significant penalties on investor-owned utilities that raise rates.

Stevens backed a bill that would block or penalize residential electricity rate hikes for three years.

Rep. Stevens Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Corporate Utilities, Protect Michigan Families from Rising Electricity Bills | Congresswoman Haley Stevens
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Representative Haley M. Stevens (1983 - ) In Congress 2019 - Present; House Michigan, District 11 116th-119th (2019-Present). Member Activity: Sponsored Legislation [109].

Stevens has served in the relevant federal office since January 2019. Her Congress.gov member record was checked for legislative activity; I did not identify an enacted bill or concrete sponsored legislation matching a three-year residential electricity rate-hike penalty for investor-owned utilities.

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Representative Haley M. Stevens - Congress.gov Member Profile
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FERC regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commerce. Areas outside FERC responsibility include regulating retail electricity and natural gas sales to consumers; many such areas are dealt with by state public utility commissions.

The promise targeted residential retail electricity rates for Michigan families. FERC’s official jurisdiction statement shows retail electricity sales are generally handled by state public utility commissions, not federal rate-setting, making fulfillment by federal office dependent on new federal legislation or another federal mechanism; no such enacted mechanism was found.

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What FERC Does | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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Michigan residential average electricity price: 19.30 cents/kWh in 2024 and 18.84 cents/kWh in 2023. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, Annual Electric Power Industry Report.

Official EIA data show Michigan residential electricity prices increased from 2023 to 2024, inconsistent with a delivered multi-year reprieve from residential electricity rate hikes.

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EIA Table 2.10. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, 2024 and 2023
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Axios reported that the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $368.1 million annual DTE rate increase adding $6.51 to monthly bills starting Dec. 15, 2023.

A major Michigan investor-owned electric utility received a residential bill increase during Stevens’s later federal service, showing the promised penalty-backed rate-hike reprieve was not in effect.

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DTE rate increase approved as Whitmer promises lower energy costs
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Axios reported another MPSC-approved DTE hike, with the average customer's monthly electric bill increasing $4.61, or 4.65%, beginning Feb. 6, 2025.

A subsequent DTE residential electric rate increase was approved in 2025. That continuing pattern is inconsistent with fulfillment of a three-year reprieve enforced by penalties on investor-owned utilities.

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Michigan regulators approve $217 million DTE rate hike
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