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CORE Electric Cooperative
CORE Electric Cooperative served 168,587 residential customers in Colorado in 2025 (6.5% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 33 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority PSCO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of CORE Electric Cooperative's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 843 kWh
- At 15.62¢/kWh
- $132
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 15.62¢ sits.
CORE Electric Cooperative averaged 15.62¢ per kWh against a Colorado residential average of 15.85¢: 1.5% below the state figure. Among the 25 cooperative utilities in Colorado with bundled residential sales, it ranks 10th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average CORE Electric Cooperative home used 905 kWh a month at 13.05¢ and paid $118. In 2025 it used 843 kWh at 15.62¢ and paid $132: the price per kWh is up 19.6%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 13.05 | 15.62 |
| Use, kWh a month | 905 | 843 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 118.17 | 131.72 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 168,587 | 1,706,292 | 15.62 |
| Commercial | 14,396 | 858,861 | 12.67 |
| Industrial | 10 | 54,901 | 9.46 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 65.1% of the electricity CORE Electric Cooperative sold in Colorado in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
10,448 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 10,448installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 59.1 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 62.0installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
11 counties.
AdamsArapahoeChaffeeClear CreekDouglasEl PasoElbertFremontJeffersonParkTeller
Counties in Colorado where CORE Electric Cooperative reported serving customers in 2025 (11 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 9336
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 15.62 | ¢/kWh |
| Colorado average price | 15.85 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -1.5 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 19.6 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 843 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 131.72 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 168,587 | accounts |
| Share of CO residential customers | 6.5 | % |
| Size rank in CO | 3 of 33 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 10 of 25 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
2 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 0more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $15.62US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 11.04¢cents per kWh, one period and one tier
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.