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Electric utilities serving Washington County, Oklahoma

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

3 utilities list Washington County, Oklahoma, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being Public Service Co of Oklahoma, Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc and Copan Public Works Authority.

Their average residential prices ran from 11.93¢ to 12.73¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 12.33¢, against a Oklahoma average of 12.24¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Oklahoma customers, not for this county alone.

The median SAIDI they reported was 397.6 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Oklahoma utilities reporting was 285.9.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 54,037. 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.

3utilities list the county1 on EIA's short form
12.33¢median of their residential pricesOklahoma 12.24¢ · US 16.48¢
$149.91median of their monthly billsOklahoma $132.05
397.6median SAIDI minutes, all eventsOklahoma median 285.9

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 Oklahoma operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Public Service Co of OklahomaInvestor-owned501,09312.73¢$133.19188.5116.7
Verdigris Valley Elec Coop IncCooperative35,10211.93¢$166.63606.6361.9
Copan Public Works Authority short formMunicipal401————

Ordered by residential customers in Oklahoma. 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 Copan Public Works Authority 13.61¢. 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 Washington CountyOklahomaUnited States
Average residential price per kWh12.33¢ median12.24¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$149.91 median$132.05$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)397.6 median285.9 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days239.3 median115.4 median99.8 median
Utilities counted3331,413

Outage minutes reported

Public Service Co of Oklahoma188.5 min
Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc606.6 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 Washington County itself.

Population: 54,037 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,900 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Washington County?

Public Service Co of Oklahoma, Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc and Copan Public Works Authority 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 Washington County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 11.93¢ to 12.73¢ per kilowatthour across their Oklahoma customers in 2024; the state average was 12.24¢.

How reliable is power in Washington County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 397.6 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 239.3 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.