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Electric utilities serving Carter County, Missouri
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Carter County, Missouri, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 1 utility for 2024: Ozark Border Electric Coop.
Its average residential price was 11.66¢ per kilowatthour, against a Missouri average of 12.91¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Missouri customers, not for this county alone.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 5,418. 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 Missouri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark Border Electric Coop | Cooperative | 33,229 | 11.66¢ | $149.95 | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Missouri. 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 Carter County | Missouri | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 11.66¢ median | 12.91¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $149.95 median | $129.18 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | — median | 157.6 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | — median | 97.0 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 1 | 45 | 1,413 |
Population: 5,418 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,618 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Missouri counties
- Butler County 4
- Caldwell County 3
- Callaway County 5
- Camden County 6
- Cape Girardeau County 5
- Carroll County 4
- Cass County 5
- Cedar County 6
- Chariton County 6
- Christian County 5
- Clark County 4
- Clay County 4
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Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Carter County?
Ozark Border Electric Coop 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 Carter County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 11.66¢ per kilowatthour across their Missouri customers in 2024; the state average was 12.91¢.
How reliable is power in Carter County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county, and none of the utilities listed has an entry in EIA's 2024 reliability file.
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.