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East Central Energy
East Central Energy served 55,839 residential customers in Minnesota in 2025 (2.1% of the state's residential customers), the 5th largest of 46 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority MISO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of East Central Energy's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 857 kWh
- At 17.63¢/kWh
- $151
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 17.63¢ sits.
East Central Energy averaged 17.63¢ per kWh against a Minnesota residential average of 15.82¢: 11.5% above the state figure. Among the 26 cooperative utilities in Minnesota with bundled residential sales, it ranks 25th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average East Central Energy home used 862 kWh a month at 15.01¢ and paid $129. In 2025 it used 857 kWh at 17.63¢ and paid $151: the price per kWh is up 17.5%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 15.01 | 17.63 |
| Use, kWh a month | 862 | 857 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 129.29 | 151.16 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 55,839 | 574,390 | 17.63 |
| Commercial | 6,544 | 270,622 | 13.29 |
| Industrial | 183 | 111,052 | 9.08 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 60.1% of the electricity East Central Energy sold in Minnesota in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
682 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 682installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 8.9 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 12.2installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
10 counties.
AitkinBentonChisagoIsantiKanabecMille LacsMorrisonPineSherburneWashington
Counties in Minnesota where East Central Energy reported serving customers in 2025 (10 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5574
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 17.63 | ¢/kWh |
| Minnesota average price | 15.82 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 11.5 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 17.5 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 857 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 151.16 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 55,839 | accounts |
| Share of MN residential customers | 2.1 | % |
| Size rank in MN | 5 of 46 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 25 of 26 | 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.
Minnesota: state average, five-year steps and every provider