ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has set a goal to launch the city’s new sustainable energy utility in fall 2026 and about 1,500 potential customers already have expressed interest.

Those who sign up to receive solar energy through the new SEU as an alternative to DTE Energy also may see an alternative form of billing.

“We’re exploring the question of do we really need metering infrastructure,” Director Shoshannah Lenski said. “Maybe we don’t and maybe we’ll be able to bill at a flat rate.”

There’s more conversation to be had about that, but it could be a really different experience than the traditional model of measuring every kilowatt hour of energy, she said.

“Metering energy is pretty expensive,” she said. “You have to put in this whole metering infrastructure and then you have to read

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