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Electric utilities serving Saguache 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.
Saguache County, Colorado, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 6 utilities for 2024; Public Service Co of Colorado, Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc and Gunnison County Elec Assn. are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 15.05¢ to 18.38¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 16.72¢, 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 324.0 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 6,732. 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 |
| Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc short form | Cooperative | 14,568 | — | — | — | — |
| Gunnison County Elec Assn. short form | Cooperative | 11,738 | — | — | — | — |
| San Luis Valley R E C, Inc | Cooperative | 9,115 | 18.38¢ | $118.72 | 296.2 | 96.4 |
| City of Center short form | Municipal | 903 | — | — | — | — |
| 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; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc 18.66¢, Gunnison County Elec Assn. 17.36¢, City of Center 10.24¢. 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 Saguache County | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 16.72¢ median | 14.92¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $104.49 median | $100.57 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 324.0 median | 157.8 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 127.2 median | 85.4 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 6 | 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 Saguache County itself.
Population: 6,732 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,442 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Colorado counties
- Pitkin County 3
- Prowers County 6
- Pueblo County 6
- Rio Blanco County 6
- Rio Grande County 3
- Routt County 5
- San Juan County 2
- San Miguel County 4
- Sedgwick County 3
- Summit County 3
- Teller County 4
- Washington County 6
All 64 counties and every Colorado utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Saguache County?
Public Service Co of Colorado, Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc, Gunnison County Elec Assn., San Luis Valley R E C, Inc, City of Center and WAPA: Western Area Power Administration 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 Saguache County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 15.05¢ to 18.38¢ per kilowatthour across their Colorado customers in 2024; the state average was 14.92¢.
How reliable is power in Saguache County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 324.0 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 127.2 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.