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Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC
Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC served 97,888 residential customers in Colorado in 2025 (3.8% of the state's residential customers), the 5th largest of 33 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PSCO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 506 kWh
- At 18.71¢/kWh
- $94.77
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 18.71¢ sits.
Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC averaged 18.71¢ per kWh against a Colorado residential average of 15.85¢: 18.1% above the state figure. Among the 2 investor owned utilities in Colorado with bundled residential sales, it ranks 2nd from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC home used 619 kWh a month at 16.4¢ and paid $102. In 2025 it used 506 kWh at 18.71¢ and paid $94.77: the price per kWh is up 14.1%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 16.4 | 18.71 |
| Use, kWh a month | 619 | 506 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 101.54 | 94.77 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 97,888 | 594,925 | 18.71 |
| Commercial | 13,554 | 821,133 | 13.4 |
| Industrial | 60 | 338,098 | 11.01 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 33.9% of the electricity Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC sold in Colorado in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
9,803 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 9,803installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 64.4 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 100.1installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
7 counties.
CrowleyCusterEl PasoFremontOteroPuebloTeller
Counties in Colorado where Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 56146
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 18.71 | ¢/kWh |
| Colorado average price | 15.85 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 18.1 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 14.1 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 506 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 94.77 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 97,888 | accounts |
| Share of CO residential customers | 3.8 | % |
| Size rank in CO | 5 of 33 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 2 of 2 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
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