If you’re looking for more control over your energy use and your household budget, Pre-Pay may be for you.

This is a pilot program for our SmartCurrents^SM customers– see eligibility guide below.

Buy electricity when you want, in the amount you want.

Instead of waiting until the end of the month to find out how much electricity you have used and what you owe, your energy use is calculated daily. 

• You choose the amount you want to pre-pay (for instance, $10, $25, $50) and when to pay it (monthly, weekly or as needed). 
• We’ll keep track of how much energy you use and alert you by email and by text message or phone when your account balance is running low.
• You will no longer receive a paper bill. You will never pay a late charge.  And, you will not be charged costly reconnect fees if your account runs out of credit.

Can Pre-Pay help me reduce my energy bills?

Through your AMI SmartCurrents Meter DTE Energy is able to provide constantly updated information about your energy use.  Each day, your smart meter reads your usage and provides that data online for your review.

Simply sign in to your dteenergy.com account, open the Bill Analyzer link and look at the Load Data graph in the right column.

Now, you’ll be able to make informed decisions about your energy use right away. By knowing how much energy your household is using and when, you can better budget for your electricity prepayments.

Reducing energy use is easier than you think.  Let DTE Energy’s Your Energy Savings program show you how.

Eligibility Guide

Pre-Pay is a new bill payment option that is being tested with a select group of customers.  Right now, participation is by invitation only and is limited to those customers who have an AMI smart meter and who meet other test program criteria. Following this test phase, which we expect to complete in late 2012, this option will be made available to more customers.