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Southwestern Electric Power Co
Southwestern Electric Power Co served 206,984 residential customers in Louisiana in 2025 (9.6% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 20 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority SWPP.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Southwestern Electric Power Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,175 kWh
- At 13.85¢/kWh
- $163
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.85¢ sits.
Southwestern Electric Power Co averaged 13.85¢ per kWh against a Louisiana residential average of 12.57¢: 10.2% above the state figure. Among the 4 investor owned utilities in Louisiana with bundled residential sales, it ranks 3rd from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Southwestern Electric Power Co home used 1,134 kWh a month at 10.74¢ and paid $122. In 2025 it used 1,175 kWh at 13.85¢ and paid $163: the price per kWh is up 29%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 10.74 | 13.85 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,134 | 1,175 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 121.79 | 162.77 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 206,984 | 2,918,228 | 13.85 |
| Commercial | 25,866 | 2,288,223 | 11.82 |
| Industrial | 1,915 | 1,236,250 | 9.24 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 45.3% of the electricity Southwestern Electric Power Co sold in Louisiana in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
1,375 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 1,375installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 7.8 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 6.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
11 counties.
BienvilleBossierCaddoDeSotoGrantNatchitochesRed RiverSabineVernonWebsterWinn
Counties in Louisiana where Southwestern Electric Power Co reported serving customers in 2025 (11 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 17698
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.85 | ¢/kWh |
| Louisiana average price | 12.57 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 10.2 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 29.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,175 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 162.77 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 206,984 | accounts |
| Share of LA residential customers | 9.6 | % |
| Size rank in LA | 3 of 20 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 3 of 4 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
2 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 0more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 2price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $8.43US dollars per month
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.
Louisiana: state average, five-year steps and every provider