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USBIA-Mission Valley Power
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.
USBIA-Mission Valley Power serves 16,292 residential customers in Montana as a federal power agency, according to its 2024 Form EIA-861 filing, with a service territory that touches 4 counties.
Its average residential price that year was 8.91¢ per kilowatthour, 30% below the Montana average of 12.66¢ and 46% 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 $116.92 a month on average use of 1,313 kWh a month. Across Montana the average bill was $107.91 on 852 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.
EIA's reliability file has no SAIDI or SAIFI entry for it in 2024; smaller respondents and energy-only suppliers are not asked for one.
The average price is up 30.1% on 2019, against up 13.7% for Montana as a whole, and up 13.2% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 9.39¢.
Compared with Montana, the US and other utilities
| Measure, 2024 | This utility | Same ownership | Montana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 8.91¢ | — | 12.66¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $116.92 | — | $107.91 | $142.26 |
| Average monthly use, kWh | 1,313 | — | 852 | 863 |
| Residential price change, 1 year | +13.2% | — | +1.0% | +3.0% |
| Residential price change, 5 years | +30.1% | — | +13.7% | +26.7% |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | — | — | 352.4 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | — | — | 177.2 median | 99.8 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. In Montana this utility's price ranks 9 of 10, counting from the highest.
Average price by year
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Year by year
| Year | ¢ per kWh | Montana ¢ | Monthly bill | kWh a month | Residential customers | All sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 early release | 9.39¢ | 12.98¢ | $119.71 | 1,274 | 16,353 | 404.4 GWh |
| 2024 | 8.91¢ | 12.66¢ | $116.92 | 1,313 | 16,292 | 407.2 GWh |
| 2023 | 7.87¢ | 12.54¢ | $108.40 | 1,377 | 16,061 | 416.3 GWh |
| 2022 | 6.95¢ | 11.33¢ | $97.54 | 1,403 | 15,830 | 422.4 GWh |
| 2021 | 6.89¢ | 11.22¢ | $91.83 | 1,333 | 15,327 | 390.7 GWh |
| 2020 | 6.89¢ | 11.24¢ | $89.40 | 1,297 | 15,120 | 375 GWh |
| 2019 | 6.85¢ | 11.13¢ | $94.40 | 1,379 | 14,969 | 396.7 GWh |
| 2018 | 6.83¢ | 10.96¢ | $89.08 | 1,304 | 15,017 | 380.2 GWh |
| 2017 | 6.92¢ | 10.95¢ | $90.09 | 1,302 | 14,903 | 388 GWh |
| 2016 | 6.57¢ | 10.94¢ | $79.14 | 1,205 | 14,811 | 357.2 GWh |
| 2015 | 6.31¢ | 10.88¢ | $77.35 | 1,226 | 14,758 | 360.2 GWh |
| 2014 | 6.20¢ | 10.18¢ | $82.62 | 1,333 | 14,726 | 380.2 GWh |
| 2013 | 6.05¢ | 10.33¢ | $78.25 | 1,293 | 14,689 | 369.9 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.
Month by month
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Sales by sector, 2024
| Sector | Customers | Sales | Share of sales | Revenue | ¢ per kWh, bundled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 16,292 | 256.6 GWh | 63% | $22,859,000 | 8.91¢ |
| Commercial | 5,726 | 135.5 GWh | 33% | $11,321,000 | 8.35¢ |
| Industrial | 1,106 | 15.1 GWh | 4% | $1,073,000 | 7.12¢ |
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: 433.6 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 433.6 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 86 MW.
Reliability
EIA's reliability file has no entry for USBIA-Mission Valley Power in 2024. Energy-only suppliers do not own the wires, and the smallest distribution utilities are not asked for SAIDI and SAIFI.
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 Montana
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 14,732 | 10.50¢ | $113.02 | 1,606.3 | 505.9 |
| Yellowstone Valley Elec Co-op | Cooperative | 21,182 | 13.35¢ | $120.60 | — | — |
| Fergus Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 6,682 | 15.52¢ | $124.30 | 1,238.9 | 443.9 |
| Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc | Cooperative | 4,298 | 8.86¢ | $107.16 | 77.8 | 77.8 |
| Flathead Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 63,317 | 9.67¢ | $116.16 | 586.4 | 235.2 |
| NorthWestern Energy LLC | Investor-owned | 328,421 | 14.23¢ | $101.19 | 233.4 | 117.9 |
Questions and answers
How much does electricity cost from USBIA-Mission Valley Power?
Residential customers paid an average of 8.91¢ 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 Montana?
The Montana average residential price in 2024 was 12.66¢ and the US average 16.48¢; USBIA-Mission Valley Power was 30% below the state figure. Among 10 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Montana, it had the 9th highest.
What is the average USBIA-Mission Valley Power bill?
$116.92 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,313 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Montana average was $107.91 on 852 kWh.
How reliable is USBIA-Mission Valley Power service?
EIA's 2024 reliability file has no entry for USBIA-Mission Valley Power.
Is the USBIA-Mission Valley Power price rising?
The average residential price was up 13.2% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 30.1% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 9.39¢.
Which counties does USBIA-Mission Valley Power serve?
Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 4 counties: Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT and Sanders County, MT. 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 "USBIA-Mission Valley Power", utility number 19603; the 2025 row is from EIA's early release. Monthly utility figures are from the Form EIA-861M sample. 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.