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Electric utilities serving Noble County, Indiana

Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.

Noble County, Indiana, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 7 utilities for 2024; Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co, Indiana Michigan Power Co and Northeastern Rural E M C are the largest by residential customers statewide.

Their average residential prices ran from 13.53¢ to 19.09¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 15.64¢, against a Indiana average of 14.77¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Indiana customers, not for this county alone.

The median SAIDI they reported was 146.3 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Indiana utilities reporting was 196.1.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 47,937. 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.

7utilities list the county3 on EIA's short form
15.64¢median of their residential pricesIndiana 14.77¢ · US 16.48¢
$135.63median of their monthly billsIndiana $133.06
146.3median SAIDI minutes, all eventsIndiana median 196.1

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 Indiana operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Northern Indiana Pub Serv CoInvestor-owned430,64819.09¢$125.77534.0169.0
Indiana Michigan Power CoInvestor-owned422,06216.31¢$134.94156.797.5
Northeastern Rural E M CCooperative30,61014.96¢$149.4360.658.2
Noble County R E M CCooperative10,98613.53¢$136.32135.975.9
Lagrange County Rural E M C short formCooperative7,293————
City of Columbia City short formMunicipal5,008————
Town of Avilla short formMunicipal1,216————

Ordered by residential customers in Indiana. 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 Lagrange County Rural E M C 14.51¢, City of Columbia City 13.87¢, Town of Avilla 9.75¢. 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, 2024Utilities listing Noble CountyIndianaUnited States
Average residential price per kWh15.64¢ median14.77¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$135.63 median$133.06$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)146.3 median196.1 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days86.7 median114.1 median99.8 median
Utilities counted7451,413

Outage minutes reported

Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co534 min
Indiana Michigan Power Co156.7 min
Northeastern Rural E M C60.6 min
Noble County R E M C135.9 min

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 Noble County itself.

Population: 47,937 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 4,739 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Noble County?

Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co, Indiana Michigan Power Co, Northeastern Rural E M C, Noble County R E M C, Lagrange County Rural E M C and City of Columbia City and 1 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 Noble County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.53¢ to 19.09¢ per kilowatthour across their Indiana customers in 2024; the state average was 14.77¢.

How reliable is power in Noble County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 146.3 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 86.7 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.