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municipal utility · EIA utility 20182

Waterloo Light & Water Comm

1,626 residential customers in Wisconsin · 1 county in territory · balancing authority MISO

Form EIA-861, 2024 final2025 early release shown in trend
USWI13.92¢ per kWh7.43¢35.66¢
Average residential price, 2024. Dial position: 59% of 1,230 US utilities had this price or lower. Ticks: Wisconsin 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.

Waterloo Light & Water Comm serves 1,626 residential customers in Wisconsin as a municipal utility, according to its 2024 Form EIA-861 filing, with a service territory that touches 1 county.

Its average residential price that year was 13.92¢ per kilowatthour, 19% below the Wisconsin average of 17.18¢ and 16% 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 $89.29 a month on average use of 641 kWh a month. Across Wisconsin the average bill was $110.87 on 645 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 27.9% on 2019, against up 21.2% for Wisconsin as a whole, and up 4.0% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 14.69¢.

13.92¢average residential price per kWhWisconsin 17.18¢ · US 16.48¢
$89.29average monthly residential billon 641 kWh a month
1,626residential customers1,926 customers in all sectors
—SAIDI minutes per customerno reliability filing

Compared with Wisconsin, the US and other municipal utilities

Measure, 2024This utilityMunicipal utilities, US medianWisconsinUnited States
Average residential price per kWh13.92¢12.45¢17.18¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$89.29$113.02$110.87$142.26
Average monthly use, kWh641905645863
Residential price change, 1 year+4.0%—+1.8%+3.0%
Residential price change, 5 years+27.9%—+21.2%+26.7%
SAIDI, all events (minutes)—64.451.0 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days—40.332.8 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 45 filings by municipal utilities in Wisconsin, the median price was 12.42¢. In Wisconsin this utility's price ranks 23 of 65, 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 Wisconsin average: 13.55¢2014 Wisconsin average: 13.67¢2015 Wisconsin average: 14.11¢2016 Wisconsin average: 14.07¢2017 Wisconsin average: 14.35¢2018 Wisconsin average: 14.02¢2019 Wisconsin average: 14.18¢2020 Wisconsin average: 14.32¢2021 Wisconsin average: 14.52¢2022 Wisconsin average: 15.62¢2023 Wisconsin average: 16.88¢2024 Wisconsin average: 17.18¢2025 Wisconsin average: 18.16¢2013 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 11.5¢2014 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 11.47¢2015 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 11.56¢2016 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 11.56¢2017 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 11.86¢2018 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 10.95¢2019 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 10.88¢2020 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 11.19¢2021 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 12.43¢2022 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 13.65¢2023 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 13.39¢2024 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 13.92¢2025 Waterloo Light & Water Comm: 14.69¢

Waterloo Light & Water CommWisconsin 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 kWhWisconsin ¢Monthly billkWh a monthResidential customersAll sales
2025 early release14.69¢18.16¢$97.246621,62133.5 GWh
202413.92¢17.18¢$89.296411,62632.3 GWh
202313.39¢16.88¢$85.326371,63632.9 GWh
202213.65¢15.62¢$98.597221,50334 GWh
202112.43¢14.52¢$83.796741,61233.6 GWh
202011.19¢14.32¢$76.126801,59034.5 GWh
201910.88¢14.18¢$74.986891,54736.8 GWh
201810.95¢14.02¢$77.617091,54237 GWh
201711.86¢14.35¢$79.746721,54134.5 GWh
201611.56¢14.07¢$80.516961,54537.3 GWh
201511.56¢14.11¢$82.057101,52239.5 GWh
201411.47¢13.67¢$81.127071,51439.9 GWh
201311.50¢13.55¢$81.407081,51038.8 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
Residential1,62612.5 GWh39%$1,742,30013.92¢
Commercial30019.8 GWh61%$2,567,40012.95¢

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: 34.6 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 34.6 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 8 MW.

Reliability

EIA's reliability file has no entry for Waterloo Light & Water Comm 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 Wisconsin

All Wisconsin utilities · Municipal utilities nationwide

Questions and answers

How much does electricity cost from Waterloo Light & Water Comm?

Residential customers paid an average of 13.92¢ 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 Wisconsin?

The Wisconsin average residential price in 2024 was 17.18¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Waterloo Light & Water Comm was 19% below the state figure. Among 65 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Wisconsin, it had the 23rd highest.

What is the average Waterloo Light & Water Comm bill?

$89.29 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 641 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Wisconsin average was $110.87 on 645 kWh.

How reliable is Waterloo Light & Water Comm service?

EIA's 2024 reliability file has no entry for Waterloo Light & Water Comm.

Is the Waterloo Light & Water Comm price rising?

The average residential price was up 4.0% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 27.9% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 14.69¢.

Which counties does Waterloo Light & Water Comm serve?

Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 1 county: Jefferson County, WI. 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 "Waterloo Light & Water Comm", utility number 20182; 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.