Upper Peninsula Power Company
Investor Owned electric utility · Michigan · #343 of 3,199 U.S. utilities by customers · EIA utility #19578
Upper Peninsula Power Company is a investor owned electric utility serving 53,997 customers in Michigan. In 2025 it sold 701 gigawatt-hours of electricity for $135.36M in revenue, an average realized rate of 19.31¢ per kWh across all customer classes and 27.98¢ per kWh for residential customers. Its reported service territory covers 11 counties. EIA records its activities as: generation, buying transmission, distribution, wholesale marketing.
Customers, sales and rates by customer class (2025)
| Class | Customers | Sales (GWh) | Revenue | Avg realized rate | Share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 47,805 | 256 | $71.69M | 27.98¢ | |
| Commercial | 6,146 | 144 | $35.84M | 24.92¢ | |
| Industrial | 46 | 301 | $27.83M | 9.24¢ | |
| Total | 53,997 | 701 | $135.36M | 19.31¢ |
Average realized rate = revenue divided by sales as reported on EIA Form 861. It blends fixed charges, demand charges and riders into one per-kWh figure; it is not the utility's tariff rate. Estimated residential bill assumes the average residential customer's actual 2025 usage (447 kWh/month).
Five-year trend
| Year | Customers | Sales (GWh) | Revenue | Residential rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53,233 | 753 | $109.14M | 22.25¢ |
| 2022 | 53,418 | 711 | $107.13M | 23.04¢ |
| 2023 | 53,271 | 661 | $115.69M | 25.40¢ |
| 2024 | 53,845 | 656 | $123.93M | 27.64¢ |
| 2025 | 53,997 | 701 | $135.36M | 27.98¢ |
Reliability (2025)
Average outage time (SAIDI): 446 minutes per customer per year
Average outages (SAIFI): 2.20 per customer
Average restoration time (CAIDI): 203 minutes
As reported for Michigan under the IEEE standard, with major event days included where the standard reports them. Lower is better; see the reliability rankings.
Energy supply (2025)
Net generation: 99.9 GWh
Wholesale power purchased: 658 GWh
Winter peak demand: 115 MW
Energy losses: 1.5% of energy handled
Meters & rooftop solar (2025)
Smart (AMI) meters: 99.3% of 59,001 meters
Customer-sited generation (net metering): 313 installations, 2.3 MW of capacity
This utility also reported 66 delivery-only customers (82.6 GWh delivered) in 2025. Delivery figures are excluded from the totals above because the same electricity is also reported by the energy supplier - see Methodology.
Counties served
Alger, MIBaraga, MIDelta, MIDickinson, MIHoughton, MIIron, MIKeweenaw, MIMarquette, MIMenominee, MIOntonagon, MISchoolcraft, MI
Other large utilities in Michigan
- DTE Electric Company - 2,290,492 customers, residential 20.25¢
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI) - 1,900,985 customers, residential 20.66¢
- Great Lakes Energy Coop - 135,145 customers, residential 20.32¢
- City of Lansing - (MI) - 98,331 customers, residential 19.44¢
- Cloverland Electric Co-op - 44,010 customers, residential 14.27¢
- Cherryland Electric Coop Inc - 39,114 customers, residential 17.29¢
- Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. - 37,420 customers, residential 17.46¢
- Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI) - 37,183 customers, residential 19.46¢
All Michigan utilities and rates
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 2025 (filed by the utility; figures as published). Utility #19578 in the EIA frame.