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Electric utilities serving El Paso County, Colorado
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
El Paso County, Colorado, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 8 utilities for 2024; Public Service Co of Colorado, City of Colorado Springs and CORE Electric Cooperative are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 13.74¢ to 17.22¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 15.05¢, against a Colorado average of 14.92¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Colorado customers, not for this county alone.
WAPA: Western Area Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Colorado under its own name.
The median SAIDI they reported was 212.4 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Colorado utilities reporting was 157.8.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 757,040. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Colorado operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of Colorado | Investor-owned | 1,365,053 | 15.05¢ | $90.26 | 351.7 | 158.0 |
| City of Colorado Springs | Municipal | 216,771 | 14.45¢ | $89.51 | 62.7 | 44.8 |
| CORE Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 165,067 | 15.04¢ | $129.93 | 212.4 | 74.2 |
| Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC | Investor-owned | 89,252 | 17.05¢ | $97.37 | 323.3 | 101.4 |
| Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 59,789 | 15.52¢ | $139.24 | 55.6 | 42.0 |
| City of Fountain | Municipal | 17,242 | 13.74¢ | $99.44 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Southeast Colorado Power Assn | Cooperative | 8,148 | 17.22¢ | $126.72 | 674.8 | 472.1 |
| WAPA: Western Area Power Administration | Federal | — | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Colorado. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing El Paso County | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 15.05¢ median | 14.92¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $99.44 median | $100.57 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 212.4 median | 157.8 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 74.2 median | 85.4 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 8 | 33 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in El Paso County itself.
Population: 757,040 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,442 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Colorado counties
- Custer County 5
- Delta County 5
- Denver County 1
- Dolores County 4
- Douglas County 3
- Eagle County 3
- Elbert County 3
- Fremont County 6
- Garfield County 7
- Gilpin County 2
- Grand County 4
- Gunnison County 6
All 64 counties and every Colorado utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in El Paso County?
Public Service Co of Colorado, City of Colorado Springs, CORE Electric Cooperative, Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC, Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc and City of Fountain and 2 more list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in El Paso County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.74¢ to 17.22¢ per kilowatthour across their Colorado customers in 2024; the state average was 14.92¢.
How reliable is power in El Paso County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 212.4 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 74.2 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.