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We're experiencing intermittent issues with customers checking and reporting outages. We're sorry for any inconvenience & ask that you try again if you receive an error message the first time.
We're experiencing intermittent issues with customers checking and reporting outages. We're sorry for any inconvenience & ask that you try again if you receive an error message the first time.
We're experiencing intermittent issues with customers checking and reporting outages. We're sorry for any inconvenience & ask that you try again if you receive an error message the first time.
We're experiencing intermittent issues with customers checking and reporting outages. We're sorry for any inconvenience & ask that you try again if you receive an error message the first time.
We're experiencing intermittent issues with customers checking and reporting outages. We're sorry for any inconvenience & ask that you try again if you receive an error message the first time.
Your Home Energy Report Explained
Your Home Energy Report is packed with useful information, and we want to help you get the most out of it. So we prepared answers for the most frequently asked questions. Click here or scroll down the page to find the answer you’re looking for.
Still have questions? Send us an email or give us a call at 844-254-6959.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Program Overview
Our Home Energy Report (HER) Program exists to help you understand how you use energy at home and learn ways to save energy and money. You will periodically receive print and/or email reports containing information and infographics that inform you about:
- Your own household’s energy use.
- How you compare to average homes in your area.
- Ways you can save energy, including personalized energy-saving tips and program recommendations.
The HER program is currently available to a selection of our customers, who were chosen based on their energy use and their account history.
Home Energy Reports, or HERs, are personalized reports that give you information about your home’s energy use. Your report may include information about your use of natural gas, electricity or both, depending on what service Consumers Energy provides for you.
HERs give you detailed information about your household’s energy use, including how much energy you use compared to homes similar to yours and charts tracking how you use energy over time. The reports also share personalized opportunities for you to reduce your home’s energy use.
Although the report displays energy costs, it is not a bill. Your Consumers Energy bill will continue to arrive separately.
You can opt out of receiving all reports by contacting customer support at 844-254-6959.
To stop receiving email reports only, you can also click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of your email report. If you are receiving email and print reports, you will continue to receive paper reports in the mail unless you call customer support.
If you’ve opted out of the program, you can opt back in anytime, as long as you still meet the eligibility requirements: having 13 continuous months’ worth of Consumers Energy service at the same home (which is owned by you). To opt back in to the program, call HER program customer support at 844-254-6959.
At this time, you cannot select the type of report that you receive, or the frequency at which you receive it. This is because, as part of the program, we’re observing how different report types at different schedules impact energy savings. We’re committed to analyzing the results of this program so that we can make future Home Energy Reports as useful and effective as possible.
If you don’t currently receive email reports but want to receive them in addition to your print reports, login to your Energy Dashboard and provide an email address, and we will add you into a future report cycle.
Home Energy Reports
Our Home Energy Reports give you personalized information about your household’s electricity and/or natural gas use. Specifically, reports tell you:
- How much energy you used in the last month.
- How your home’s use compares to average and efficient similar homes’ use.
- How your use compares to the same time period last year.
- Your forecasted use for the next month, including which types of appliances are projected to use the most energy.
- Personalized tips to help you save energy.
You will receive up to four print reports and/or 12 email reports per year.
You can update your own home information (which will make your energy forecast, tips and home comparisons more accurate) by logging in to your online Energy Dashboard From there, you can answer the questions under “Your home profile,” which ask you about your home’s characteristics.
You can also update your information by calling our customer service line at 844-254-6959.
After you make updates, they will appear on one of the next two reports you receive (the first report may have already been generated with your old information).
The average home and efficient home categories in the home comparison section of your report show the averaged energy use of real homes.
To determine who is included in each category, we rank the energy efficiency of all the homes that are similar to yours in terms of size, type, location, age, and type of heating (this information is gathered from public databases). Average home represents the ones in the middle of the pack, who fall at the 50% mark in the efficiency ranking. Efficient home represents homes in your comparison group that are in the most energy efficient 25%.
The energy use of the homes you are compared to is presented only as an average. You will never see another individual home’s energy use information, nor will they see yours.
We include hundreds of data points about home construction, use patterns and typical local weather to create our projection of your energy use (this information comes from various user-provided and publicly available sources). Our data model makes calculated estimates of how you will use energy based on the best available research.
The more information you provide to us about your own home, the more accurate and specific your energy use breakdown will be. You can update this information by updating your home profile on your Energy Dashboard or by calling us at 844-254-6959. The information you provide will not be shared with anyone else, except as part of an average of many homes’ use.
Our energy use projections have been validated by experts around the country, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Privacy and Security
Consumers Energy always safeguards our customers’ privacy, and the HER program adheres to all our usual privacy policies. Your personal information is not shared with anyone else, and your household and energy use information will never be seen by other customers, except as part of an average of over 100 households.
We value our customers’ privacy and security and do not sell or share your data.
Your Home Energy Reports are for your use alone, and all of the comparison information is compiled anonymously to create your report. Your personal information and home characteristics are not shared with others.
Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us, and we take safeguarding your data very seriously. For more detailed information, please view our Privacy Policy.