Smart Savers

About the ProgramAbout the Program

Program Details

We're sorry. This program is full and not accepting new enrollments.

We're sorry. The address selected is not eligible for this program because of one or more of these conditions: you must have DTE electric service (natural gas-only customers are not eligible); you can't be on an incompatible rate program; and your account can't be a landlord or collective account. You may need to select another address.

We're sorry. Your account isn't eligible for this program because of one or more of these conditions: you must have DTE electric service (natural gas-only customers are not eligible); you can't be on an incompatible rate program; and your account can't be a landlord or collective account.

Program Eligibility Alert

We're sorry. This account is not eligible for SmartCurrents program. Please review the program's eligibility details and Terms & Conditions and you can call 1.888.871.0348 for further information.

Save More with Your Smart Thermostat

Smart Savers rewards you for reducing your energy use during periods of high demand. You save on your electricity bill and help us maintain the reliability of the energy grid.

As a program participant you can

Earn a $20 gift card annually by participating in thermostat adjustments during peak electric demand events in the summer season

Get additional savings from your qualifying smart thermostat

Help reduce costs of peak energy and protect our environment by reducing emissions

Join Today

Smart Control, Convenience and Savings

Smart thermostats make it easy and convenient for you to manage your home energy use. Adjusting your thermostat from a smartphone app and programing a schedule to match your household routines gives you more control of energy use whether you're home or away.

Participants in Smart Savers also save by agreeing to allow DTE to make brief, limited thermostat adjustments during peak electric demand that can occur on especially hot days. It's easy and risk-free:

Events will occur only on weekdays (no holidays) for up to four hours between 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Some events may include a slight adjustment to pre-cool your home or business prior to the start of the event.

You can anticipate at least one and up to 14 adjustments from June 1 through October 1.

Adjustment are never more than four degrees above the current home temperature you've set.

You may be notified the day before an event begins. You can opt out at any time from your mobile device or by simply adjusting your smart thermostat back to your desired comfort level.

Learn More

Getting Started

Already have a smart thermostat? Please see eligible smart thermostats to check if your smart thermostat is eligible to be enrolled in the program.

If you don't currently have a smart thermostat, you can find eligible models and discounts in the DTE Marketplace.

After installing and activating your new smart thermostat, click the Enroll Now button.

Once your eligibility is confirmed by DTE, you'll be enrolled in the program. You'll receive an email notification about your eligibility status.

Woman using a smart thermostat making her eligible for the DTE Smart Savers program.

Smart Savers Benefits

Smart thermostats make it easy and convenient for you to manage your home's energy use every day, whether you're home or away.

Save money without sacrificing your home comfort on days of extreme electricity demand.

You'll receive a $20 gift card after each summer season if you stay enrolled through October 1 and participate in brief energy savings events.

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 programs, like Smart Savers, and advanced technologies, we are helping our customers reduce their emissions up to 35% by 2050.

For more information, please contact us at dte@energyhub.com.

Am I Eligible?

You may be eligible for Smart Savers if you're a DTE residential or small commercial business electric customer in good standing with in-home Wi-Fi, central air conditioning and an eligible smart thermostat.

Own multiple homes? Each qualifying smart thermostat must be enrolled separately.

If you have a second, separately metered service, like the Interruptible Air Conditioning rate, or participate in DTE's Peak Time Savings or SmartCurrents programs, you are not eligible for Smart Savers.

For more program information, please review the Terms & Conditions and see more details below about Smart Savers incentives, temperature adjustments and program commitments.

Join Today

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.

How Smart Savers Works

Enroll Your Thermostat

After you've installed an eligible smart thermostat, the Enroll Now function takes you to your smart thermostat's enrollment site. You'll follow a few simple steps to enroll.

Save and Earn

Earn a $20 gift card of your choice by staying enrolled through October 1 and participating in events throughout the season.

You're In Control

Your participation in adjustment events is voluntary and risk-free. You'll always have ultimate control, and you can opt out of an event at any time, for any reason.

Our Commitment

Smart Savers is designed to help you save money and ease demand on the grid. The program contributes to our commitment to sustaining and improving grid reliability in times of high energy demand, like during a heat wave.

Smart Savers also reflects our commitment to promote home energy efficiency and savings. Your smart thermostat gives you control to manage your household heating and cooling to save money and energy.

Qualifying Smart Thermostat Brands

Don't have a smart thermostat?

You may also want to check out our SmartCurrents program with benefits that include a free ecobee3 lite smart thermostat.

Want to unenroll?

If you decide you want to leave Smart Savers, begin the unenrollment process here. Unenrolling from the program will end your participation for all your enrolled thermostats.

Smart Savers Incentives

You'll receive a $20 gift card by staying enrolled in Smart Savers through October 1 and allowing adjustment events. You can choose from over a dozen gift cards. You must enroll in the program by September 1 and participate in at least one announced event.

Gift cards are rewarded annually each October. You don't have to do anything additional as a participant to be eligible for a gift card in subsequent years.

DTE may end the annual incentive at any time.

Your participation in the program helps reduce stress on the energy grid and energy costs during periods of peak electricity demand and extraordinary situations. That helps ensure reliability of energy delivery and protects our environment by lowering emissions.

Through programs like Smart Savers and advanced technologies, we are helping our customers reduce their emissions up to 35% by 2050. Everyday energy savings combined with peak demand reductions and strategies help us maintain energy grid reliability. We are committed to Net Zero Emissions by 2050.

You can find qualifying smart thermostats and customer discounts in the DTE Marketplace. Also check out our list of companies with eligible smart thermostats for your research and shopping.

Temperature Adjustments

At the start of an event, your thermostat will be automatically adjusted up to four degrees above the current temperature. The adjustment will typically last no more than four hours between 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Adjustments will not occur on summer holidays (Independence Day and Labor Day).

Your thermostat may be adjusted by a few degrees to pre-cool your home or business before an event.

Once the temperature adjustment is over, your thermostat will return to its normal set point or programmed schedule.

You can anticipate at least one and up to 14 adjustments from June 1 through October 1.

You will be notified prior to the start of an event through email, your mobile thermostat application or your connected thermostat device.

No. Adjustment events only affect the temperature by a few degrees, with minimal impact on comfort. To ensure comfort you can pre-cool your home or business, and we may make a slight adjustment to pre-cool your home or business prior to the event.

Your participation is voluntary. You can opt out of an event at any time from your mobile device or thermostat.

You can opt out of the pre-cool. But, when you opt out of the pre-cool, most smart thermostats, besides ecobee, also opt you out of the following adjustment event.

Program Commitments

Smart Savers is voluntary and risk-free. Once you are enrolled in the program there are no obligations to stay enrolled.

By allowing for occasional thermostat adjustments you will earn a $20 gift card if you enroll by September 1, participate in at least one adjustment event and stay enrolled through October 1.

If you decide to leave the program, send an email to dte@energyhub.com requesting to end your participation in the DTE Smart Savers program. By leaving the program you will end your participation for all of your enrolled thermostats.

Please review the program Terms & Conditions and please reach out with questions to dte@energyhub.com.