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Colorado Electricity Utilities & Rates

71 electric utilities serve Colorado · EIA Form 861 2025, with monthly prices through August 2026

Utilities
71
Customers
3,107,283
Electricity sold
58,082 GWh
Residential rate (2025)
15.69¢
Avg residential bill
$103/mo
Residential price (August 2026)
17.17¢

Average Colorado electricity prices, 2025

Customer classAvg priceAvg monthly useAvg monthly bill
Residential15.69¢658 kWh$103.30
Commercial12.37¢4,304 kWh$532.37
Industrial9.02¢80,384 kWh$7,252.78

EIA Form 861 average-bill tables for 2025: total class revenue divided by sales and customers as filed. Prices are average realized rates, blending fixed and variable charges - not any single tariff.

Latest monthly prices (EIA-861M, preliminary)

PeriodResidentialCommercialIndustrialAll sectors
August 202617.17¢13.94¢9.98¢14.36¢
2026 year-to-date16.80¢13.37¢9.64¢13.67¢

Electric utilities serving Colorado

UtilityOwnershipCustomers in stateSales (GWh)Residential rate
Public Service Co of ColoradoInvestor Owned1,605,24628,26315.90¢
City of Colorado Springs - (CO)Municipal264,1064,51115.43¢
CORE Electric CooperativeCooperative182,9932,62015.62¢
United Power, IncCooperative115,4793,49916.50¢
Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLCInvestor Owned111,5021,75418.71¢
City of Fort Collins - (CO)Municipal80,9291,45314.34¢
Mountain View Elec Assn, IncCooperative65,94697815.65¢
Holy Cross Electric Assn, IncCooperative61,8341,26512.45¢
Adjustment 202559,9681,46316.47¢
Poudre Valley REA, IncCooperative56,7501,68012.47¢
La Plata Electric Assn, IncCooperative47,48884718.33¢
City of LongmontMunicipal44,39080513.12¢
City of Loveland - (CO)Municipal42,76972815.29¢
Delta Montrose Electric AssnCooperative37,30155214.90¢
Yampa Valley Electric Assn IncCooperative28,31453916.98¢
San Isabel Electric Assn, IncCooperative26,16641918.86¢
Mountain Parks Electric, IncCooperative23,36836417.54¢
Grand Valley PowerCooperative20,09525516.20¢
City of FountainMunicipal18,12722914.05¢
Empire Electric Assn, IncCooperative15,98654315.68¢
San Miguel Power Assn, IncCooperative15,08721416.84¢
Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn IncCooperative14,818132—
Tesla Inc.Behind the Meter13,82010112.48¢
San Luis Valley R E C, IncCooperative13,02020519.40¢
Gunnison County Elec Assn.Cooperative11,879128—
Town of Estes ParkMunicipal11,307130—
Southeast Colorado Power AssnCooperative10,97022617.92¢
Morgan County Rural Elec AssnCooperative9,65056314.46¢
Sunrun Inc.Behind the Meter9,43773.017.09¢
Y-W Electric Assn IncCooperative8,80938515.66¢
Highline Electric AssnCooperative8,41552115.16¢
City of Glenwood Springs - (CO)Municipal7,259137—
K C Electric AssociationCooperative6,60923013.02¢
City of Fort MorganMunicipal6,5352757.31¢
City of Gunnison - (CO)Municipal4,71569.9—
City of Trinidad - (CO)Municipal4,67347.2—
City of Lamar - (CO)Municipal4,08986.2—
City of La Junta - (CO)Municipal3,80081.9—
City of Delta - (CO)Municipal3,74657.0—
White River Electric Assn, IncCooperative3,50252614.69¢
City of Aspen- (CO)Municipal3,12870.0—
Moon Lake Electric Assn IncCooperative2,2224929.71¢
City of Las Animas - (CO)Municipal2,09825.3—
City of Burlington - (CO)Municipal2,04731.3—
Palmetto Solar, LLCBehind the Meter1,67014.115.61¢
City of Yuma - (CO)Municipal1,61520.9—
City of Center - (CO)Municipal1,34421.2—
City of WrayMunicipal1,34323.4—
SunPower Capital, LLCBehind the Meter1,3024.123.85¢
City of Holyoke - (CO)Municipal1,22221.3—
Town of Lyons - (CO)Municipal1,17812.8—
High West Energy, IncCooperative1,05520115.13¢
Spruce FinanceBehind the Meter1,0438.69.28¢
City of Julesburg - (CO)Municipal95410.7—
City of Springfield - (CO)Municipal92114.9—
Town of Oak Creek - (CO)Municipal6969.4—
Town of Haxtun - (CO)Municipal6227.7—
EverBright, LLCBehind the Meter5905.615.46¢
Town of Holly - (CO)Municipal5876.9—
Town of Granada - (CO)Municipal3193.3—
Town of Fleming - (CO)Municipal2232.6—
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK)Cooperative630.216.17¢
Wheatland Electric Coop, IncCooperative571.120.32¢
Ahana Renewables, LLCBehind the Meter257.8—
Greenbacker Renewable Energy CorporationBehind the Meter211.011.11¢
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationFederal1567.4—
TerraForm US Energy Services, LLCBehind the Meter131.5—
Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (NM)Cooperative70.121.58¢
Scale Sustainable I, LLCBehind the Meter42.8—
Deseret Generation & Tran CoopCooperative137.2—
Greenskies Renewable Energy, LLCBehind the Meter12.0—

Cheapest residential electricity in Colorado (2025)

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-861 (2025) and EIA-861M (monthly, preliminary).

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