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Electric utilities serving Polk County, Minnesota
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Polk County, Minnesota, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 11 utilities for 2024; Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Otter Tail Power Co and Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 11.33¢ to 16.98¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 14.35¢, against a Minnesota average of 15.45¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Minnesota customers, not for this county alone.
WAPA: Western Area Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Minnesota under its own name.
The median SAIDI they reported was 168.0 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Minnesota utilities reporting was 76.7.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 30,545. 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 Minnesota 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | Investor-owned | 1,230,057 | 16.98¢ | $99.82 | 308.7 | 110.4 |
| Otter Tail Power Co | Investor-owned | 50,118 | 11.33¢ | $95.49 | 155.0 | 141.7 |
| Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 13,948 | 14.35¢ | $168.00 | 168.0 | 168.0 |
| Red Lake Electric Coop, Inc short form | Cooperative | 5,811 | — | — | — | — |
| Red River Valley Coop Pwr Assn short form | Cooperative | 4,853 | — | — | — | — |
| Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc short form | Cooperative | 4,572 | — | — | — | — |
| City of East Grand Forks short form | Municipal | 4,494 | — | — | — | — |
| P K M Electric Coop, Inc short form | Cooperative | 4,063 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Fosston short form | Municipal | 869 | — | — | — | — |
| City of Nielsville short form | Municipal | 48 | — | — | — | — |
| WAPA: Western Area Power Administration | Federal | — | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Minnesota. 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 Red Lake Electric Coop, Inc 13.61¢, Red River Valley Coop Pwr Assn 12.04¢, Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc 15.20¢, City of East Grand Forks 10.07¢, P K M Electric Coop, Inc 13.62¢, City of Fosston 12.11¢, City of Nielsville 13.88¢. 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 Polk County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 14.35¢ median | 15.45¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $99.82 median | $110.06 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 168.0 median | 76.7 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 141.7 median | 56.9 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 11 | 46 | 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 Polk County itself.
Population: 30,545 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,784 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Minnesota counties
- Norman County 6
- Olmsted County 6
- Otter Tail County 8
- Pennington County 3
- Pine County 5
- Pipestone County 4
- Pope County 5
- Ramsey County 3
- Red Lake County 3
- Redwood County 9
- Renville County 8
- Rice County 5
All 87 counties and every Minnesota utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Polk County?
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Otter Tail Power Co, Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc, Red Lake Electric Coop, Inc, Red River Valley Coop Pwr Assn and Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc and 5 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 Polk County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 11.33¢ to 16.98¢ per kilowatthour across their Minnesota customers in 2024; the state average was 15.45¢.
How reliable is power in Polk County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 168.0 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 141.7 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.