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The average electric bill in Colorado

Colorado households paid $103.30 a month for electricity in 2025, at 15.69¢ per kilowatt-hour for 658 kWh a month. That is 30% below the national median, and ranks #49 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$103.30
US median $147.18
Price
15.69¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
658
kWh per month
Households
2,601,457
residential accounts

What each Colorado utility charges, most expensive first

San Luis Valley R E C, Inc charges 19.40¢ per kWh and City of Fort Morgan charges 7.31¢ — 2.7× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1San Luis Valley R E C, IncCooperative · 8,948 homes19.40¢per kWh$125.92649 kWh/mo1.40× dearer
2San Isabel Electric Assn, IncCooperative · 23,415 homes18.86¢per kWh$118.40628 kWh/mo1.36× dearer
3Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLCInvestor Owned · 97,888 homes18.71¢per kWh$94.77506 kWh/mo1.35× dearer
4La Plata Electric Assn, IncCooperative · 40,369 homes18.33¢per kWh$117.64642 kWh/mo1.32× dearer
5Southeast Colorado Power AssnCooperative · 8,169 homes17.92¢per kWh$126.81708 kWh/mo1.29× dearer
6Mountain Parks Electric, IncCooperative · 19,571 homes17.54¢per kWh$128.04730 kWh/mo1.27× dearer
7Yampa Valley Electric Assn IncCooperative · 23,604 homes16.98¢per kWh$145.84859 kWh/mo1.23× dearer
8San Miguel Power Assn, IncCooperative · 12,379 homes16.84¢per kWh$134.50799 kWh/mo1.22× dearer
9United Power, IncCooperative · 103,104 homes16.50¢per kWh$131.45797 kWh/mo1.19× dearer
10Grand Valley PowerCooperative · 17,657 homes16.20¢per kWh$129.01796 kWh/mo1.17× dearer
11Public Service Co of ColoradoInvestor Owned · 1,379,910 homes15.90¢per kWh$92.91584 kWh/mo1.15× dearer
12Empire Electric Assn, IncCooperative · 13,016 homes15.68¢per kWh$110.29703 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
13Y-W Electric Assn IncCooperative · 4,878 homes15.66¢per kWh$121.70777 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
14Mountain View Elec Assn, IncCooperative · 61,343 homes15.65¢per kWh$137.24877 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
15CORE Electric CooperativeCooperative · 168,587 homes15.62¢per kWh$131.72843 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
16City of Colorado Springs - (CO)Municipal · 220,059 homes15.43¢per kWh$92.91602 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
17City of Loveland - (CO)Municipal · 37,387 homes15.29¢per kWh$94.55618 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
18Highline Electric AssnCooperative · 5,013 homes15.16¢per kWh$136.88903 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
19Delta Montrose Electric AssnCooperative · 32,985 homes14.90¢per kWh$106.93718 kWh/mo1.08× dearer
20White River Electric Assn, IncCooperative · 2,641 homes14.69¢per kWh$102.94701 kWh/mo1.06× dearer
21Morgan County Rural Elec AssnCooperative · 5,891 homes14.46¢per kWh$146.241,011 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
22City of Fort Collins - (CO)Municipal · 71,804 homes14.34¢per kWh$87.43610 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
23City of FountainMunicipal · 17,088 homes14.05¢per kWh$100.09713 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
24City of LongmontMunicipal · 41,483 homes13.12¢per kWh$88.39674 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
25K C Electric AssociationCooperative · 3,411 homes13.02¢per kWh$128.05984 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
26Poudre Valley REA, IncCooperative · 50,933 homes12.47¢per kWh$109.05875 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
27Holy Cross Electric Assn, IncCooperative · 50,431 homes12.45¢per kWh$140.001,124 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
28Moon Lake Electric Assn IncCooperative · 1,525 homes9.71¢per kWh$80.39828 kWh/mo1.43× cheaper
29City of Fort MorganMunicipal · 5,434 homes7.31¢per kWh$75.161,028 kWh/mo1.89× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Colorado utility also leaves customers without power for 2.5 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Colorado utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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