Solar Quotes in Detroit, MI
If DTE is your utility
- Under DTE's Rider 18 Distributed Generation Program, electricity from the grid is billed at your retail rate. Outflow sent to the grid is credited at the power-supply rate of your rate schedule (including Power Supply Cost Recovery). Credits apply to all charges except securitization, and excess credits carry forward in an Excess Generation Bank at the same premise. Source: https://www.dteenergy.com/content/dam/dteenergy/deg/website/common/service-and-request/interconnection-process/PA235LetterRooftopSolar.pdf (accessed 2026-10-20)
- DTE's rate book (Rider 18, Sheet D-115.00, effective March 5, 2026) lists the residential D1 outflow credit as $0.08782/kWh for the first 17 kWh per day and $0.10081/kWh for the excess, before the PSCR adjustment. Time-of-day schedules have different credits. Source: https://www.dteenergy.com/content/dam/dteenergy/deg/website/common/service-and-price/rate-cards/DTEElectricRateBook.pdf (accessed 2026-10-20)
A note on the federal tax credit
The federal residential clean energy credit (25D) doesn't apply to expenditures made after December 31, 2025. The IRS treats an expenditure as made when installation is completed. Source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-for-modification-of-sections-25c-25d-25e-30c-30d-45l-45w-and-179d-under-public-law-119-21-139-stat-72-july-4-2025-commonly-known-as-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-obbb (accessed 2026-10-20). This page isn't tax advice.
Questions to ask
- Which DTE tariff or rider does your estimate assume, and at what export credit?
- How much of my production does your estimate assume I'll use on site versus export?
- What happens to my credits if I move or close my account?
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