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Benefits

Offset emissions from natural gas usage in heating, water heaters and other home uses

Help preserve Michigan forests for future generations

Support the use of renewable natural gas to reduce methane greenhouse gas emissions

Together, We Can Balance Our Environmental Impact

Natural Gas Balance gives you an easy way to help balance greenhouse gas emissions. For a small monthly fee, residential and small business customers can address 25% to 100% of an average home’s greenhouse gas emissions while contributing to a more sustainable future.

Address emissions from natural gas usage in heating, water heaters and other home uses

Help preserve Michigan forests for future generations

Support the use of renewable natural gas to reduce methane greenhouse gas emissions

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Level 1: $4 monthly / 25% addressed Level 2: $8 monthly / 50% addressed Level 3: $12 monthly / 75% addressed Level 4: $16 monthly / 100% addressed

If you have a DTE business account and you want to enroll in the program, please call 833.NATGAS.0 (833.628.4270).

Benefiting Michigan

Your participation in Natural Gas Balance directly benefits our Michigan environment by helping to protect forests across the Upper Peninsula and by supporting the advancement of non-fossil fuels with renewable natural gas. The program uses carbon offsets produced from Michigan forests, including parcels near Pictured Rocks and in Marquette County. Natural Gas Balance also supports our commitment to renewable natural gas, which addresses greenhouse gas effects of methane by capturing methane gases from landfills and other waste facilities.

Our Commitment

We are taking bold steps to balance our greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Our innovative DTE Gas Net Zero Plan involves DTE, its suppliers and customers and includes our DTE CleanVision commitment to provide a clean energy future for the communities we serve.

DTE CleanVision is a family of programs, including Natural Gas Balance, that contribute to our ambitious climate action agenda. As we built our Gas Net Zero Plan, we wanted to offer our customers additional affordable and impactful options to balance their environmental footprint. CleanVision Natural Gas Balance is an exciting way for us to work together to create a cleaner environment for future generations.

Evolving from an innovative customer participation program and informed by an extensive DTE customer survey, Natural Gas Balance gives you the opportunity to balance your environmental footprint using carbon offsets and renewable natural gas (RNG).

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What are Carbon Offsets? Where do they come from?

A carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) or other greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for emissions made elsewhere, balancing your net carbon footprint. We have contracted with Anew, a leader in creative solutions for climate risk, to manage Michigan forest carbon offsets. All carbon offsets are being sourced from projects here in Michigan.

DTE is working in partnership with industry developers to participate in Improved Forest Management (IFM) projects that protect Michigan forests from being over-harvested by commercial loggers. IFM project developers follow the methodology and protocol established by the nonprofit and independent American Carbon Registry. Sustained, healthy forests act as natural “scrubbers” that absorb and offset carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from burning natural gas.

What is Renewable Natural Gas? How does DTE provide it?

Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is natural gas derived by capturing methane emitted from organic waste material in landfills, wastewater treatment plants and dairy farms. Methane gas is trapped and impurities are removed, creating a renewable source of pipeline quality gas. Using RNG prevents methane from being released into the atmosphere, significantly reducing the greenhouse gas environmental impact of methane.

We purchase RNG from multiple producers, including the Sauk Trail Hills Landfill in Canton, Michigan, and wastewater treatment facilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in Nebraska.

How to Participate

It’s easy to make a difference. Choose your level of participation and make changes when you want. Your participation covers costs of offsets, renewable natural gas procurement and program support.

Choose Your Level

Your monthly cost and the percentage of usage balance (average Michigan household)

Level 1: $4 monthly / 25% addressed

Level 2: $8 monthly / 50% addressed

Level 3: $12 monthly / 75% addressed

Level 4: $16 monthly / 100% addressed

What to Expect

After enrolling in Natural Gas Balance, your participation level begins with your next billing cycle and will show on that bill. No additional equipment or building modifications are required.

Your participation supports a cleaner Michigan through a combination of carbon offsets and renewable natural gas.

Making Changes

You may change your level of participation once per month, effective in the next billing cycle.

If you wish to change your level of participation or leave Natural Gas Balance, please return to this page and login to review your participation and make changes.

Natural Gas Balance is Green-e® Climate certified and meets the environmental and consumer-protection standards for greenhouse gas emissions reductions (carbon offsets) set forth by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions. Learn more at www.green-e.org.

To maintain this certification, we comply with the Ethical Guidelines, Certification Categories and Disclosure & Verification Requirements of the Green-e® Climate Code of Conduct. Please view the Project Information Disclosure for detailed information about Natural Gas Balance.

There are always more ways to save.

Along with our commitment to Net Zero Emissions by 2050, we promote home energy efficiency through rebates, discounts, programs and guides, including personalized energy savings tips and our 3D Interactive Energy Efficient Home. Through a combination of strategic initiatives, like Natural Gas Balance, energy efficiency and advanced technologies, we are helping our customers mitigate their emissions up to 35% by 2040.

* Calculations on reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are based on the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. All estimates are approximate.

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How Natural Gas Balance Works

Participation in Natural Gas Balance is voluntary. If you are a DTE residential or small business natural gas customer and your account is in good standing, you are eligible to enroll in the program. You can enter or leave at any time and you may change your level of participation once per month.

During enrollment, you select one of four participation levels. The levels represent addressing all or some percentage of natural gas usage in an average Michigan household.

Throughout the year, we phone customers or visit door-to-door to encourage support for clean energy options. We never ask for payments or financial identification, like credit or debit information. If you decide to join a program, we'll ask you to confirm your identification to match your DTE account.

Please review the program’s Terms and Conditions.

Join Today

Level 1: $4 monthly / 25% addressed Level 2: $8 monthly / 50% addressed Level 3: $12 monthly / 75% addressed Level 4: $16 monthly / 100% addressed

If you have a DTE business account and you want to enroll in the program, please call 833.NATGAS.0 (833.628.4270).

How Natural Gas Balance Works

Participation in Natural Gas Balance is voluntary. If you are a DTE residential or small business natural gas customer and your account is in good standing, you are eligible to enroll in the program. You can enter or leave at any time and you may change your level of participation once per month.

During enrollment, you select one of four participation levels. The levels represent offsetting all or some percentage of natural gas usage in an average Michigan household.

Please review the program’s Terms and Conditions.

Measuring Progress

Natural Gas Balance is approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). Our annual report highlights the number of Natural Gas Balance participants, our program supply details and the total emissions offset through participation.

We use American Carbon Registry (ACR) methodology and protocol to quantify and report greenhouse gas emission benefits that result from our forestry projects. All offsets are registered with ACR.

Potential Impact of Natural Gas Balance

Once the program reaches our ten-year enrollment goal, participants will be protecting approximately 25,000 acres of Michigan forests and will have mitigated greenhouse gas emissions by one million metric tons of CO2-e.

Environmental Impact and Participation Levels

Natural gas usage emissions are expressed as carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, or CO2-e. That means the number of metric tons of CO2 emissions with the same global warming potential as one metric ton of any other greenhouse gas. The average natural gas usage emission of a DTE residential customer household is 5.2 metric tons/CO2-e annually.

The chart below shows the environmental impact in amount of CO2-e offset for each level of participation in the program. For comparison purposes, the offset is illustrated by the equivalent of removing a car from the road for one year.

Participation Level	Percent of Avg Household Use balanced	Annual metric tons/CO2-e balanced	Like taking off the road	Monthly cost
Level 1	25%	1.3	0.3 cars	$4
Level 2	50%	2.6	0.6 cars	$8
Level 3	75%	3.9	0.9 cars	$12
Level 4	100%	5.2	1.1 cars	$16
Annual metric tons of CO2-e offset (of an average Michigan home) was derived using the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator created by the Environmental Protection Agency. All estimates are approximate.

Plan & Monthly Cost	Impacts & Equivalents
Level 1 25% $4/month	1.3 metric tons / CO2-e offset Like 0.3 cars removed
Level 2 50% $8/month	2.6 metric tons / CO2-e offset Like 0.6 cars removed
Level 3 75% $12/month	3.9 metric tons / CO2-e offset Like 0.8 cars removed
Level 4 100% $16/month	5.2 metric tons / CO2-e offset Like 1.2 cars removed
Annual metric tons of CO2-e offset (of an average Michigan home) was derived using the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator created by the Environmental Protection Agency. All estimates are approximate.

The Natural Gas Balance Story

Natural Gas Balance evolved from our BioGreenGas (BGG) program that was ahead of its time when it launched in 2012 and gave our customers an opportunity to participate in RNG advancements.

We conducted a survey of BGG participants and expanded it to all eligible customers about voluntary programs for a more sustainable future. Survey respondents chose among real life options on pricing and supply mix.

Through analysis of survey results, we were able to understand what was truly important: our customers wanted a program in which they could affordably address up to 100% of their natural gas usage and include RNG in the supply. We used that feedback to develop Natural Gas Balance, which combines carbon offsets and RNG.

More about Carbon Offsets and Renewable Natural Gas

Am I addressing my home’s exact natural gas usage?

No. The amount of emissions balance is based on natural gas usage of an average Michigan home. The average DTE residential customer’s annual gas usage is 95Mcf.*

* Quantities of natural gas are usually measured in cubic feet (cf). The M in Mcf is the Roman numeral for 1,000.

How does the program balance carbon offsets and RNG?

Based on survey results from our customers (described above in The Natural Gas Balance Story), we created a participation program that is impactful, affordable and includes carbon offsets and RNG. The program supports a cleaner Michigan with roughly 97% achieved through carbon offset and about 3% achieved with RNG.

The majority of RNG produced today is sold into the transportation sector, and producers can take advantage of financial incentives specific to that sector. The 3% level allows us to acquire impactful amounts of RNG and completely pay the extra cost and full environmental attributes of RNG while keeping Natural Gas Balance affordable.

Natural Gas Balance sources all forest carbon offsets from projects here in Michigan.

How are my participation costs distributed?

Your participation fees are used to cover the costs of offsets that help protect and preserve Michigan forests; to procure RNG, which helps to significantly balance the greenhouse gas impact of methane; and to help support program administration.

Would going all-electric be more environmentally friendly?

A shift to 100% electrification would present a tremendous challenge to our customers. In a colder climate like Michigan’s, natural gas is the most effective and efficient energy source for home heating and will remain so for the foreseeable future because of its low cost, abundance and reliability.

Our number one goal continues to be to deliver safe, clean and affordable energy to our customers while protecting the environment through a diverse mix of energy options.

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DTE CleanVision

Natural
Gas Balance

Program Eligibility Alert

Together, We Can Balance Our Environmental Impact

Benefiting Michigan

Our Commitment

What are Carbon Offsets? Where do they come from?

What is Renewable Natural Gas? How does DTE provide it?

How to Participate

Choose Your Level

What to Expect

Making Changes

There are always more ways to save.

How Natural Gas Balance Works

How Natural Gas Balance Works

Measuring Progress

Environmental Impact and Participation Levels

The Natural Gas Balance Story

More about Carbon Offsets and Renewable Natural Gas

Am I addressing my home’s exact natural gas usage?

How does the program balance carbon offsets and RNG?

How are my participation costs distributed?

Would going all-electric be more environmentally friendly?