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Electric utilities serving Iron County, Wisconsin

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

4 utilities list Iron County, Wisconsin, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being Wisconsin Public Service Corp, Northern States Power Co and Price Electric Coop Inc.

Their average residential prices ran from 15.83¢ to 16.23¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 16.03¢, against a Wisconsin average of 17.18¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Wisconsin customers, not for this county alone.

The median SAIDI they reported was 336.8 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Wisconsin utilities reporting was 51.0.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 6,127. 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.

4utilities list the county2 on EIA's short form
16.03¢median of their residential pricesWisconsin 17.18¢ · US 16.48¢
$102.95median of their monthly billsWisconsin $110.87
336.8median SAIDI minutes, all eventsWisconsin median 51.0

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 Wisconsin operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Wisconsin Public Service CorpInvestor-owned411,77516.23¢$96.60465.095.0
Northern States Power CoInvestor-owned220,57415.83¢$109.30208.6122.4
Price Electric Coop Inc short formCooperative9,590————
Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc short formCooperative9,491————

Ordered by residential customers in Wisconsin. 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 Price Electric Coop Inc 21.48¢, Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc 18.40¢. 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 Iron CountyWisconsinUnited States
Average residential price per kWh16.03¢ median17.18¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$102.95 median$110.87$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)336.8 median51.0 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days108.7 median32.8 median99.8 median
Utilities counted4661,413

Outage minutes reported

Wisconsin Public Service Corp465 min
Northern States Power Co208.6 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 Iron County itself.

Population: 6,127 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,686 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Iron County?

Wisconsin Public Service Corp, Northern States Power Co, Price Electric Coop Inc and Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc 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 Iron County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 15.83¢ to 16.23¢ per kilowatthour across their Wisconsin customers in 2024; the state average was 17.18¢.

How reliable is power in Iron County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 336.8 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 108.7 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.