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Michigan Electric Vehicle Incentives, Rebates and Tax Credits
With a wide range of incentives available, there has never been a better time to start driving electric in Michigan. From EV charger rebates to special utility rates, the savings can add up fast, making your EV journey as a Michigan resident more affordable than ever.
Explore our comprehensive guide to discover all the EV incentives Michigan has to offer and take advantage of the benefits of going electric in your state—helping you save on both your electric vehicle purchase and EV charging costs!
EV Incentives from Utility Providers in Michigan
If you have recently purchased an EV or are considering an EV purchase in Michigan, you can take advantage of incentives and rebates from your local utility provider to maximize your savings.
DTE Electric Company
DTE offers a $1,500 rebate to help offset the cost of purchasing a new EV.
Cherryland Electric Cooperative
Members of the Cherryland Electric Cooperative can earn a $500 rebate when purchasing or leasing a new or used EV.
Great Lakes Energy Cooperative
The Great Lakes Energy Cooperative offers a $500 rebate toward a new EV for their utility customers.
Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op
Another Michigan utility, Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op, offers a $1,500 rebate for purchasing new EVs and a $750 incentive for used EVs.
HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative
Similarly, with the rebates available from HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative, you can save $1,500 on a new EV purchase and $750 on a used EV.
Energy Innovations Collaborative
The Energy Innovations Collaborative provides a $1,000 rebate for new EV purchases. To qualify, you must be a customer of one of the municipal utilities within the cooperative, including the Baraga Electric Utility, the City of Norway, the Village of L’Anse, the City of Gladstone, the City of Crystal Falls, and the Negaunee Electric Department.
Federal Tax Credits For Electric Vehicles
Car buyers in Michigan may also qualify for federal tax credits like the clean vehicle tax credit of up to $7,500 for new vehicles, or the used clean vehicle tax credit for up to $4,000. Income restrictions as well as battery component and critical mineral restrictions may apply. Be sure to speak to a qualified CPA or tax professional to check your eligibility.
Michigan EV Charger Rebates
In addition to the above incentives that are offered for purchasing an electric car, Michigan residents can also claim rebates for purchasing and installing Level 2 EV chargers, ranging from $250 to $1,000. Scroll down to view more details for specific utility providers in MI.
Michigan Utility Rebates for Level 2 EV Chargers & Installation
Consumers Energy
This Michigan utility offers a $500 rebate for the purchase and installation of a residential EV charger. Income qualified customers may be eligible for an increased rebate up to $1,000
Consumers Energy is also issuing funding to support community EV charging in the form of a $7,500 rebate toward a publicly available EV charging project.
DTE Electric Company
While DTE does not currently offer residential rebates in 2025, businesses can qualify for a $2,000 rebate per Level 2 EV charger or earn up to $55,000 toward a DC Fast charging location with DTE.
Indiana Michigan Power Company
The Indiana Michigan Power Company offers a $500 rebate for installing a Level 2 residential EV charger when you enroll in the utility’s time-of-use (TOU) plan.
As a commercial customer of the Indiana Michigan Power Company, small businesses can earn a $500 rebate toward a Level 2 EV charger, and larger businesses and multifamily properties can receive up to $2,500 for the first port installed and $500 per additional port.
Bayfield Electric Cooperative
The Bayfield Electric Cooperative is supporting electrification with a $400 rebate toward an EV charger, however, you are also able to double this rebate amount by opting for separate metering for your EV charger.
Cherryland Electric Cooperative
You can receive $800 toward a Level 2 residential EV charger with Cherryland Electric Cooperative.
Great Lakes Energy Cooperative
Are you a member of the Great Lakes Energy Cooperative? If so, you can qualify for a $500 rebate by installing a Level 2 EV charger at your home.
Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op
This utility is offering a $600 rebate to its residential customers on the purchase of a Level 2 EV charging station.
HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative
You can get $600 toward an at-home Level 2 EV charger through the HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative.
City of Escanaba
The City of Escanaba offers a $250 rebate toward a Level 2 EV charger for residential customers of its municipal utility.
Businesses can also receive $250 for a Level 2 charging station or $1,500 toward a DC Fast charging station.
Holland Board of Public Works
Customers of the Holland Board of Public Works can take advantage of the utility’s Charge Up Holland program to receive $300 for residential Level 2 EV chargers and up to $1,500 for commercial Level 2 EV chargers.
Lansing Board of Water & Light
This municipal utility has a program that allows you to earn $500 for installing a plug-in Level 2 EV charger in your home. If you opt for a hardwired installation with a separate meter, you can earn $1,000 instead.
Additionally, the Lansing Board of Water & Light also offers a rebate of up to $4,500 per Level 2 EV charging station for its business customers, with a limit of three stations per business.
Energy Innovations Collaborative
The Energy Innovations Collaborative, which includes Baraga Electric Utility, the City of Norway, the Village of L’Anse, the City of Gladstone, the City of Crystal Falls, and the Negaunee Electric Department, offers valuable rebates for EV owners.
Business and residential customers of any of these municipal utilities can get up to $500 toward a Level 2 charger, covering up to 50% of the total cost. Additionally, you can also qualify for a $250 rebate toward an electrical panel upgrade.
Traverse City Light & Power
You can get a $500 rebate toward a Level 2 at-home EV charging station through the Traverse City Light & Power utility. Additional rebates are available for solar and whole home electrification measures.
Energy Smart
Energy Smart is a coalition that brings together several municipal utilities across Michigan. If you get your power through any of these utilities, you can get a $500 rebate toward a residential Level 2 charger. Additionally, businesses can qualify for an EV charger incentive of up to $2,000.
Municipal utilities participating in the Energy Smart coalition include:
- Bay City
- Charlevoix
- Chelsea
- Dowagiac
- Eaton Rapids
- Grand Haven
- Harbor Springs
- Hart
- Marquette
- Paw Paw
- Petoskey
- Portland
- St. Louis
- Sturgis
- Wakefield
- Wyandotte
- Zeeland
For more information on these rebates, visit the Energy Smart website and select your city.
EV Charging Rates in Michigan
Some utilities in Michigan also offer special time-of-use (TOU) electricity rates for EV drivers, designed to encourage vehicle charging during select times of the day.
Once you opt-in to the TOU program for your utility, you can expect to pay less for the electricity you use to charge your EV and power your appliances during scheduled off-peak hours.
Given that most off-peak hours occur in the evening or overnight when you will likely already plan to charge your EV, this can mean major savings for charging your electric vehicle.
Alpena Power Company
Alpena Power Company offers a TOU rate with off-peak pricing of $0.11 per kWh and an on-peak rate of $0.14 per kWh. Off-peak hours last from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day.
Consumers Energy Company
With this utility’s Nighttime Savers rate, you’ll only pay $0.14 per kWh from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and $0.17 per kWh during the day in the winter. In the summer, you’ll pay an on-peak rate of $0.21 per kWh from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., an off-peak rate of $0.17 per kWh from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m, and a super-off-peak price of $0.15 per kWh at night.
On top of paying less for electricity, you’ll also earn a $10 monthly credit on your bill if you only charge your EV between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
DTE Electric Company
DTE offers three different TOU plans, based on different off- and on-peak times
The first plan offers off-peak prices of $0.12 per kWh from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. and on-peak prices of $0.25 per kWh from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
If you want a longer off-peak period, the utility’s second option, a time-of-day rate, might be a better match. With this plan, you’ll pay $0.13 per kWh during the off-peak hours from 7 p.m. to 11 a.m. On-peak hours last from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and come with a rate of $0.24 per kWh in the summer and $0.21 per kWh in the winter.
DTE’s third option offers a dynamic peak pricing plan. You’ll only pay $0.13 per kWh during off-peak hours from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. and $0.17 per kWh during mid-peak hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. However, on-peak hours from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. come with a pricing of $0.25 per kWh, and the utility can call critical peak events between these hours, which results in an additional charge of $1.03 per kWh.
Indiana Michigan Power Company
The Indiana Michigan Power Company offers a $500 rebate to sign up for their charge at home off-peak program, which last from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Instead of paying $0.16 per kWh, you can charge your EV for just $0.08 per kWh.
Upper Michigan Energy
If you enroll in Upper Michigan Energy’s TOU program, you can expect to pay $0.35 per kWh during on-peak periods and $0.07 during off-peak hours.
You can choose between four on-peak periods of twelve hours each, including 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., or 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Cherryland Electric Cooperative
The Cherryland Electric Cooperative is another utility with a TOU program designed to help you save on EV charging. You’ll pay $0.10/kWh during off-peak hours and $0.20/kWh during on-peak hours.
In the summer, off-peak hours last from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. the next day. The off-peak period lasts from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. the next day in the winter.
Midwest Energy & Communications
Midwest Energy & Communications offers a TOU plan where customers will pay just $0.03 per off-peak kWh from 9 p.m. to 3 p.m. the next day. The utility’s on-peak rate is $0.18 per kWh.
HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative
The HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative has a TOU plan with three tiers, including off-peak, intermediate, and on-peak hours, with respective pricing of $0.11, $0.13, and $0.22 per kWh.
On-peak hours start at 5 p.m. and end at 10 p.m. on weekdays. You’ll pay the intermediate rate from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. Off-peak pricing applies to all other hours of the day.
Holland Board of Public Works
Customers of the Holland Board of Public Works municipal utility have the opportunity to sign up for a TOU plan with a tiered structure.
You’ll pay $0.12 per kWh from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during on-peak hours and only $0.03 per kWh during off-peak hours from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Mid-peak hours go into effect from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. with a rate of $0.04 per kWh in the winter and $0.05 per kWh in the summer.
Lansing Board of Water & Light
You can pay just $0.10 per kWh during off-peak hours from 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. the next day with the Lansing Board of Water & Light’s TOU plan. Outside of these hours, you’ll pay the utility’s on-peak rate of $0.29 per kWh in the summer and $0.17 per kWh in the winter.
Lowell Light & Power
Lowell Light & Power offers affordable EV charging in the form of a TOU plan.
In the winter, you’ll pay $0.03 per kWh during super-off-peak hours from 11 p.m. to 5 p.m. and $0.08 the rest of the time. In the summer, your super-off-peak rate will be $0.02 per kWh from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. You’ll pay an on-peak rate of $0.16 per kWh from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. and an off-peak rate of $0.08 per kWh the rest of the time.
Traverse City Light & Power
This Michigan utility is currently in the process of developing two TOU plans to help its customers save on at-home EV charging. Visit their website for the latest updates.
Public EV Charging Stations in Michigan
The state is actively working to support electrification with the creation of a robust public charging infrastructure.
Michigan already has a plan in place to install 100,000 EV charging stations by 2030, backed by $26 million in NEVI funding expected by the end of 2026.
Private companies are also playing an important role in creating a statewide EV charging infrastructure, with plans to install public Level 2 and DC Fast EV charging stations across the state.
How Many Public EV Charging Stations Are in Michigan?
As of January 2025, Michigan has over 1,600 EV charging stations including over 1,200 Level 2 and 399 DC Fast stations. There are 38 Tesla Supercharger stations and 358 Tesla Supercharger ports in Michigan.
How Much Do Public EV Charging Stations Cost in Michigan?
Michigan EV charging costs vary from one location to another. For example, Level 2 charging costs $0.26 to $0.30 per kWh at one of the public locations available in Grand Haven, Michigan, while charging your EV on the University of Michigan campus costs $1 per hour for Level 2 charging.
Are There Free Electric Car Charging Stations in Michigan?
Yes, you can find free public EV charging stations throughout Michigan via Great Lakes Energy Cooperative’s network of free EV chargers at six office locations.
Where Are Public EV Charging Stations in Michigan?
You can find public charging stations throughout the entire state, but urban areas and major cities such as Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, and Grand Rapids tend to have a higher concentration of public EV charging stations.
Tesla has built a Supercharger network of fast charging stations throughout the state, with locations approximately 150 miles apart along I-75 and I-94.
You can also visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center (this map) to get a better idea of where EV charging stations are located in your zip code.
Home Electrification Incentives in Michigan
Michigan is offering home energy rebates funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, making $105.9 million for home efficiency rebates and $105.2 million for home electrification available for things like appliance rebates, insulation and air sealing, heat pumps for space and water heating, and upgrades to smart electrical panels necessary to enable those retrofits.
Combining EV ownership with other electrification projects, such as upgrading your home with solar panels & battery storage, or investing in a heat pump, will help you save even more while reducing your environmental impact.
In Michigan, you may qualify for home electrification incentives through your electricity provider in addition to the U.S. federal government. Scroll down to read rebate and incentive details for specific home electrification technologies.
Battery Storage
As of January 2025, the state of Michigan does not offer any incentives or rebates for battery storage. However, the 25D Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit provides a 30% federal tax credit on the cost of new battery storage systems size 3kWh and larger.
Electrical Panels
The 25C Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit provides a federal tax credit for electrical panel upgrades needed to complete electrification projects like heat pumps and heat pump water heaters (up to 30% of project costs, capped at $600). The 25C tax credit can be used by renters, and homeowners making upgrades to their primary or secondary home.
Qualifying electrical panels must meet the standards of the National Electric Code (NEC) and have a capacity of 200 Amps or more. This means that your new/upgraded panel must be able to serve a load of at least 200 Amps, but you don’t need 200 Amps of incoming utility service. Smart panels may qualify if they allow you to serve a load of 200 Amps.
If you’re claiming 25D for a residential solar or battery storage project and the installation required you to upgrade your main panel, you may be able to apply 25D to electrical panel costs as well.
Heat Pumps & Heat Pump Water Heaters
The 25C Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit also applies to heat pumps and heat pump water heaters. A 30% federal tax credit is available (capped at $2,000 dollars). Eligible technologies must meet certain energy efficiency requirements.
Solar Panels
As of January 2025, the state of Michigan does not offer any incentives or rebates for solar panels. However, the 25D Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit provides a 30% federal tax credit on the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar panel systems.
Recent Michigan EV Charging News
First NEVI-Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Michigan Opens
Rivian powers Michigan’s first federally funded NEVI EV fast charger
GM partners with ChargePoint to expand ultrafast EV charging network
Michigan has 100-plus new public EV chargers, here’s where to find them
Consumers Energy expects to power 1,500 more EV fast-charging stations through 2030
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