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Southwest Louisiana E M C
Southwest Louisiana E M C served 109,628 residential customers in Louisiana in 2025 (5.1% of the state's residential customers), the 6th largest of 20 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority MISO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Southwest Louisiana E M C's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,404 kWh
- At 11.57¢/kWh
- $162
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 11.57¢ sits.
Southwest Louisiana E M C averaged 11.57¢ per kWh against a Louisiana residential average of 12.57¢: 8% below the state figure. Among the 11 cooperative utilities in Louisiana with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Southwest Louisiana E M C home used 1,377 kWh a month at 9.22¢ and paid $127. In 2025 it used 1,404 kWh at 11.57¢ and paid $162: the price per kWh is up 25.5%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 9.22 | 11.57 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,377 | 1,404 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 126.92 | 162.4 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 109,628 | 1,846,420 | 11.57 |
| Commercial | 9,122 | 501,160 | 12.97 |
| Industrial | 24 | 274,332 | 10.28 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 70.4% of the electricity Southwest Louisiana E M C sold in Louisiana in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
1,063 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 1,063installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 7.5 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 9.7installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
9 counties.
AcadiaAvoyellesCameronEvangelineIberiaLafayetteSt LandrySt MartinVermilion
Counties in Louisiana where Southwest Louisiana E M C reported serving customers in 2025 (9 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 17684
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 11.57 | ¢/kWh |
| Louisiana average price | 12.57 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -8.0 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 25.5 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,404 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 162.4 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 109,628 | accounts |
| Share of LA residential customers | 5.1 | % |
| Size rank in LA | 6 of 20 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 4 of 11 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
Louisiana: state average, five-year steps and every provider