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ALLETE, Inc.
ALLETE, Inc. served 126,520 residential customers in Minnesota in 2025 (4.9% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 46 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority MISO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of ALLETE, Inc.'s average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 673 kWh
- At 15.86¢/kWh
- $107
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 15.86¢ sits.
ALLETE, Inc. averaged 15.86¢ per kWh against a Minnesota residential average of 15.82¢: 0.3% above the state figure. Among the 4 investor owned utilities in Minnesota with bundled residential sales, it ranks 3rd from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average ALLETE, Inc. home used 706 kWh a month at 11.18¢ and paid $78.93. In 2025 it used 673 kWh at 15.86¢ and paid $107: the price per kWh is up 41.8%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 11.18 | 15.86 |
| Use, kWh a month | 706 | 673 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 78.93 | 106.8 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 126,520 | 1,022,157 | 15.86 |
| Commercial | 26,251 | 1,215,382 | 14.75 |
| Industrial | 421 | 5,358,747 | 9.37 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 13.5% of the electricity ALLETE, Inc. sold in Minnesota in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
1,210 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 1,210installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 11.8 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 9.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
17 counties.
AitkinBentonCarltonCassCookCrow WingHubbardItascaKoochichingLakeMorrisonOtter TailPineSt LouisStearnsToddWadena
Counties in Minnesota where ALLETE, Inc. reported serving customers in 2025 (17 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 12647
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 15.86 | ¢/kWh |
| Minnesota average price | 15.82 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 0.3 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 41.8 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 673 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 106.8 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 126,520 | accounts |
| Share of MN residential customers | 4.9 | % |
| Size rank in MN | 3 of 46 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 3 of 4 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
6 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 2more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $9US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 10.82¢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.
Minnesota: state average, five-year steps and every provider