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Rochester Public Utilities

Rochester Public Utilities served 55,728 residential customers in Minnesota in 2025 (2.1% of the state's residential customers), the 6th largest of 46 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: municipal; balancing authority MISO.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of Rochester Public Utilities's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30

Used so far: 581 kWh
At 18.58¢/kWh: $108

An average 2025 month: 581 kWh at 18.58¢ comes to about $108, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 18.58¢ sits.

Rochester Public Utilities averaged 18.58¢ per kWh against a Minnesota residential average of 15.82¢: 17.5% above the state figure. Among the 16 municipal utilities in Minnesota with bundled residential sales, it ranks 15th from the lowest price.

18.58¢ this utility

15.82¢ MN avg

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average Rochester Public Utilities home used 598 kWh a month at 14.91¢ and paid $89.16. In 2025 it used 581 kWh at 18.58¢ and paid $108: the price per kWh is up 24.7%.

Rochester Public Utilities, Minnesota, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure	2020	2025
Price, ¢/kWh	14.91	18.58
Use, kWh a month	598	581
Bill, US$ a month	89.16	107.89

Rochester Public Utilities customers and sales by class in Minnesota, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
Class	Customers	MWh sold	¢/kWh
Residential	55,728	388,238	18.58
Commercial	5,234	684,419	14.03
Industrial	1	85,334	13.04

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 33.5% of the electricity Rochester Public Utilities sold in Minnesota in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

755 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV: 755installations reported for 2025
Capacity: 6.1 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes: 13.5installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

1 counties.

Olmsted

Counties in Minnesota where Rochester Public Utilities reported serving customers in 2025 (1 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 16181

The filing, line by line.

Rochester Public Utilities, Minnesota, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
Measure	Value	Unit
Average price	18.58	¢/kWh
Minnesota average price	15.82	¢/kWh
Difference from state average	17.5	%
Price change over 5 years	24.7	%
Typical monthly use	581	kWh
Typical monthly bill	107.89	US$
Residential customers	55,728	accounts
Share of MN residential customers	2.1	%
Size rank in MN	6 of 46	by customers
Price rank, municipal peers	15 of 16	1 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

1 active plans.

Time-of-use: 1more than one energy period within a month
Seasonal only: 0price changes by month, not by hour
Median fixed charge: $20.50US 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.

Minnesota: state average, five-year steps and every provider