DTE Electric Company

DTE Electric no longer lists a dedicated-meter electric vehicle rate. Instead, EV owners choose from whole-house time-of-use plans: the Time of Day 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. rate charges a higher price during that window and a lower rate the rest of the day and all weekend, while the newer Overnight Savers rate adds a super off-peak window from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. for the lowest overnight pricing. Both run on a standard smart meter, so there is no separate EV circuit or extra wiring to install. DTE's Dynamic Peak Pricing rate, which charges a premium during declared critical-peak events, is closed to new enrollment.

The Home EV Charger Rebate now matches the full cost of a Level 2 charger and its installation, but only for income-qualified households at or under 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines; DTE will accept past enrollment in programs like the Shutoff Protection Program or Michigan Energy Assistance as evidence of income eligibility. For multifamily and commercial sites the rebates are separate fixed caps rather than a full-cost match (up to $5,000 per Level 2 port, up to $14,400 per port at income-qualified properties, up to $2,500 per public Level 2 port, and up to $50,000 per 150 kW public DC fast charger, or $70,000 at rural and disadvantaged-community locations), but those require a business account in good standing and a separately metered EV circuit.

DTE is an investor-owned utility regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission, and Michigan's residential market is not retail-choice, so DTE's tariff is effectively the only option for customers in its southeastern Michigan footprint. The Smart Charge managed-charging program is currently scoped to Tesla, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC plug-in vehicles, plus select networked Level 2 chargers from Wallbox, ChargePoint, and Emporia; as of September 2026 the program is full and taking new participants from a waitlist rather than open enrollment.