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Flathead Electric Coop Inc

Flathead Electric Coop Inc served 64,334 residential customers in Montana in 2025 (11.4% of the state's residential customers), the 2nd largest of 14 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority BPAT.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of Flathead Electric Coop Inc's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30
Used so far
1,184 kWh
At 10.04¢/kWh
$119
An average 2025 month: 1,184 kWh at 10.04¢ comes to about $119, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 10.04¢ sits.

Flathead Electric Coop Inc averaged 10.04¢ per kWh against a Montana residential average of 12.98¢: 22.6% below the state figure. Among the 9 cooperative utilities in Montana with bundled residential sales, it ranks 3rd from the lowest price.

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average Flathead Electric Coop Inc home used 1,142 kWh a month at 9.57¢ and paid $109. In 2025 it used 1,184 kWh at 10.04¢ and paid $119: the price per kWh is up 4.9%.

Flathead Electric Coop Inc, Montana, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure20202025
Price, ¢/kWh9.5710.04
Use, kWh a month1,1421,184
Bill, US$ a month109.25118.87
Flathead Electric Coop Inc customers and sales by class in Montana, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
ClassCustomersMWh sold¢/kWh
Residential64,334913,72910.04
Commercial12,854492,4207.82
Industrial100204,1846.12

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 56.7% of the electricity Flathead Electric Coop Inc sold in Montana in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

278 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV
278installations reported for 2025
Capacity
3.4 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes
4.3installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

6 counties.

CarbonFlatheadLakeLincolnParkSanders

Counties in Montana where Flathead Electric Coop Inc reported serving customers in 2025 (6 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 6395

The filing, line by line.

Flathead Electric Coop Inc, Montana, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
MeasureValueUnit
Average price10.04¢/kWh
Montana average price12.98¢/kWh
Difference from state average-22.6%
Price change over 5 years4.9%
Typical monthly use1,184kWh
Typical monthly bill118.87US$
Residential customers64,334accounts
Share of MT residential customers11.4%
Size rank in MT2 of 14by customers
Price rank, cooperative peers3 of 91 = 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.

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

Read this first

  • Class-wide averages, not a quote or a bill for any one customer.
  • Plan data comes from a public, crowd-maintained database and can be out of date.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

Credits and notices

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