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electric cooperative · EIA utility 4401

Cotton Electric Coop, Inc

19,696 residential customers in Oklahoma · 8 counties in territory · balancing authority SWPP

Form EIA-861, 2024 final2025 early release shown in trend
OKUS11.86¢ per kWh7.43¢35.66¢
Average residential price, 2024. Dial position: 23% of 1,230 US utilities had this price or lower. Ticks: Oklahoma and US averages.

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. Annual figures: Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release. Monthly state figures run to July 2026.

Cotton Electric Coop, Inc is an electric cooperative that reported 19,696 residential customers in Oklahoma on Form EIA-861 for 2024, with a service territory that touches 8 counties.

Its average residential price that year was 11.86¢ per kilowatthour, 3.1% below the Oklahoma average of 12.24¢ and 28% below the US average of 16.48¢. The figure is residential revenue divided by residential sales, so it folds in fixed charges, riders and every rate schedule the utility bills under.

That works out to an average residential bill of $154.93 a month on average use of 1,306 kWh a month. Across Oklahoma the average bill was $132.05 on 1,079 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.

For reliability it reported a SAIDI of 355.6 minutes per customer with major event days included and 224.7 minutes with them excluded, calculated under IEEE 1366 standard. The median among Oklahoma utilities reporting was 285.9 minutes with major event days; this utility's figure is 24% above that median.

The average price is up 6.8% on 2019, against up 19.9% for Oklahoma as a whole, and down 3.3% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 12.74¢.

11.86¢average residential price per kWhOklahoma 12.24¢ · US 16.48¢
$154.93average monthly residential billon 1,306 kWh a month
19,696residential customers23,744 customers in all sectors
355.6SAIDI minutes per customer, all eventsOklahoma median 285.9

Compared with Oklahoma, the US and other electric cooperatives

Measure, 2024This utilityElectric cooperatives, US medianOklahomaUnited States
Average residential price per kWh11.86¢13.74¢12.24¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$154.93$149.95$132.05$142.26
Average monthly use, kWh1,3061,1261,079863
Residential price change, 1 year-3.3%—+1.3%+3.0%
Residential price change, 5 years+6.8%—+19.9%+26.7%
SAIDI, all events (minutes)355.6263.0285.9 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days224.7147.0115.4 median99.8 median

State and US prices, bills and use are EIA's own averages over every customer. The ownership column and the reliability columns are medians across utilities with at least 1,000 residential customers, computed on this site from the final 2024 file. Among the 25 filings by electric cooperatives in Oklahoma, the median price was 12.25¢. In Oklahoma this utility's price ranks 26 of 33, counting from the highest.

Average price by year

0¢5¢10¢15¢20¢20132015201720192021202320252013 US average: 12.13¢2014 US average: 12.52¢2015 US average: 12.65¢2016 US average: 12.55¢2017 US average: 12.89¢2018 US average: 12.87¢2019 US average: 13.01¢2020 US average: 13.15¢2021 US average: 13.66¢2022 US average: 15.04¢2023 US average: 16¢2024 US average: 16.48¢2025 US average: 17.3¢2013 Oklahoma average: 9.67¢2014 Oklahoma average: 10.03¢2015 Oklahoma average: 10.14¢2016 Oklahoma average: 10.2¢2017 Oklahoma average: 10.61¢2018 Oklahoma average: 10.3¢2019 Oklahoma average: 10.21¢2020 Oklahoma average: 10.12¢2021 Oklahoma average: 11¢2022 Oklahoma average: 12.44¢2023 Oklahoma average: 12.08¢2024 Oklahoma average: 12.24¢2025 Oklahoma average: 13.12¢2013 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 10.42¢2014 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.24¢2015 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.34¢2016 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.29¢2017 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.45¢2018 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 10.81¢2019 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.1¢2020 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.29¢2021 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.98¢2022 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 13.01¢2023 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 12.27¢2024 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 11.86¢2025 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc: 12.74¢

Cotton Electric Coop, IncOklahoma averageUS average

Cents per kWh, nominal. The hollow point is EIA's 2025 early release, which has not been fully edited.

Year by year

Year¢ per kWhOklahoma ¢Monthly billkWh a monthResidential customersAll sales
2025 early release12.74¢13.12¢$163.761,28519,906841.2 GWh
202411.86¢12.24¢$154.931,30619,696862.9 GWh
202312.27¢12.08¢$160.111,30519,459848.9 GWh
202213.01¢12.44¢$182.371,40219,241856.6 GWh
202111.98¢11.00¢$155.181,29518,985740.1 GWh
202011.29¢10.12¢$147.731,30918,691739.1 GWh
201911.10¢10.21¢$149.981,35118,453762.7 GWh
201810.81¢10.30¢$148.591,37418,376766.3 GWh
201711.45¢10.61¢$137.801,20418,315712.6 GWh
201611.29¢10.20¢$140.911,24818,267733.7 GWh
201511.34¢10.14¢$143.491,26518,260772.8 GWh
201411.24¢10.03¢$152.531,35718,206820 GWh
201310.42¢9.67¢$140.251,34618,060802.9 GWh

Bundled residential service only in the price, bill and use columns. Bill = residential revenue ÷ customers ÷ 12; use = residential sales ÷ customers ÷ 12. EIA describes its early release as not fully edited; it is shown for this utility alone and enters no average, median or rank on this site.

Sales by sector, 2024

SectorCustomersSalesShare of salesRevenue¢ per kWh, bundled
Residential19,696308.8 GWh36%$36,617,30011.86¢
Commercial4,019205.5 GWh24%$20,718,40010.08¢
Industrial29348.6 GWh40%$21,899,5006.28¢

Customers, sales and revenue count every service type the utility reported (bundled, energy-only and delivery-only). The price column uses bundled service alone, because part-bill revenue would understate it. Sources of energy: 891.9 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 891.9 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 173 MW.

Reliability

SAIDI, all events355.6 min
SAIDI, without major event days224.7 min

Minutes of sustained interruption per customer in 2024, as the utility reported them under IEEE 1366 standard. SAIFI: 3.13 interruptions per customer with major event days, 2.27 without; CAIDI 113.6 minutes per interruption. EIA's Oklahoma total across all reporting utilities was 270.9 minutes with major event days and 119.6 without. Major event days are storms and similar events that a utility's chosen method sets apart; methods differ, so treat comparisons as approximate. What SAIDI and SAIFI mean.

YearSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major eventsSAIFI, all eventsSAIFI, no major eventsMethod
2025 early release549.4237.94.052.54IEEE 1366
2024355.6224.73.132.27IEEE 1366
2023532.8230.74.022.32IEEE 1366
2022240.7240.72.192.19IEEE 1366
2021209.8167.52.321.79IEEE 1366
2020605.9224.43.382.04IEEE 1366
2019190.3141.61.821.48IEEE 1366
2018215.6198.41.911.84IEEE 1366
2017323.1271.82.462.20IEEE 1366
2016364.3198.03.022.33IEEE 1366
20151,091.3199.73.181.92IEEE 1366
2014244.0186.12.422.05IEEE 1366
2013254.9173.72.902.48IEEE 1366

Counties in its service territory

Counties the utility listed on Form EIA-861 for 2024. Listing a county does not mean the utility serves all of it.

Other utilities in Oklahoma

All Oklahoma utilities · Electric cooperatives nationwide

Questions and answers

How much does electricity cost from Cotton Electric Coop, Inc?

Residential customers paid an average of 11.86¢ per kilowatthour in 2024. EIA derives this by dividing residential revenue by residential sales; it is an average across all rate schedules and charges, not a tariff rate.

How does that compare with Oklahoma?

The Oklahoma average residential price in 2024 was 12.24¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Cotton Electric Coop, Inc was 3.1% below the state figure. Among 33 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Oklahoma, it had the 26th highest.

What is the average Cotton Electric Coop, Inc bill?

$154.93 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,306 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Oklahoma average was $132.05 on 1,079 kWh.

How reliable is Cotton Electric Coop, Inc service?

It reported 355.6 minutes of interruption per customer (SAIDI) including major event days and 224.7 minutes excluding them, with 3.13 interruptions per customer (SAIFI) in 2024. Utilities calculate these under differing methods, so comparisons are approximate.

Is the Cotton Electric Coop, Inc price rising?

The average residential price was down 3.3% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 6.8% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 12.74¢.

Which counties does Cotton Electric Coop, Inc serve?

Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 8 counties: Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK and Tillman County, OK. A county can appear in several utilities' territories.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures are from Form EIA-861 (sales to ultimate customers, reliability, operational data and service territory files), final release for 2024, respondent "Cotton Electric Coop, Inc", utility number 4401; the 2025 row is from EIA's early release. State and US averages are from the Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, published through July 2026. All are US government works in the public domain. Page built 1 Oct 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. For tariffs and rate schedules, consult the utility or the state utility commission.