Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 26 utilities reporting residential rates in Arizona, Arizona Public Service Co comes 22nd of 26. The state's range runs from Palmetto Solar, LLC at 8.86¢ to USBIA-San Carlos Project at 19.49¢, so where a household sits inside Arizona depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 4 other investor owned utilities reporting in Arizona, whose customer-weighted average is 15.68¢, Arizona Public Service Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (+4.9%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Arizona Public Service Co reported 1.3M residential customers, ranking 1st of 26 utilities in Arizona by customers served and covering 39.3% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,403 kWh per customer per year - +4.8% against the Arizona median of 11,839 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,040.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Arizona

All 26 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Arizona, largest first, with Arizona Public Service Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Arizona.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Arizona, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Arizona Public Service Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Arizona Public Service Co rates

How much does Arizona Public Service Co charge per kWh?

Arizona Public Service Co reported an average residential price of 16.45¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Arizona Public Service Co expensive compared with the rest of Arizona?

Its average residential price is above the Arizona customer-weighted average of 15.03¢ per kWh, a difference of +9.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 26 utilities reporting residential service in Arizona.

What is the average electricity bill for Arizona Public Service Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,403 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,040 a year, or about $170 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Arizona Public Service Co?

EIA classifies Arizona Public Service Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.