Arkansas · Cooperative

Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

12.25¢
Avg residential price / kWh
101.2K
Residential customers
-0.7%
vs Arkansas average
$1,599
Implied avg annual bill

Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) charged an average of 12.25¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Arkansas average and far below the US average.

Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) is cooperative - a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Its reported average residential price is close to the Arkansas customer-weighted average (-0.7%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 13,050 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 30 utilities reporting residential rates in Arkansas, Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) comes 16th of 30. The state's range runs from City Water and Light Plant at 6.63¢ to Sunnova at 29.53¢, so where a household sits inside Arkansas depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 13 other cooperative utilities reporting in Arkansas, which averaged 12.87¢, Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) is close to its own ownership class within the state (-4.8%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 30 reporting utilities.

Where Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) sits among Arkansas utilities

2024 average residential price across the 30 utilities reporting a rate in Arkansas

12.25¢/kWh 48th affordability percentile More affordable than 48% of 29 other utilities

Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) 12.25¢ -
Arkansas (customer-weighted, 30 utilities) 12.34¢ -0.7%
United States average 16.48¢ -25.6%
Cooperative utilities nationally (622) 14.14¢ -13.3%

Rate against consumption: Arkansas utilities

Each dot is one of the 30 Arkansas utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) is highlighted. In Arkansas the cheapest rate belongs to City Water and Light Plant (6.63¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to EverBright, LLC ($300) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 30 Arkansas utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) is highlighted. In Arkansas the cheapest rate belongs to City Water and Light Plant (6.63¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to EverBright, LLC ($300) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists.

Scale and consumption

Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) reported 101.2K residential customers, ranking 3rd of 30 utilities in Arkansas by customers served and covering 7.0% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,050 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,599.

Within Arkansas the median reporting utility sells about 11,979 kWh per customer, so Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) customers use +8.9% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in Arkansas

All 30 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Arkansas, largest first, with Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Arkansas, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Entergy Arkansas LLC Investor Owned 608.4K 12.97¢
Southwestern Electric Power Co Investor Owned 108.1K 11.53¢
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) (this page) Cooperative 101.2K 12.25¢
First Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 95.2K 12.27¢
Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) Cooperative 72.1K 13.03¢
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co Investor Owned 58.2K 11.49¢
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp Cooperative 54.4K 13.33¢
North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 36.4K 12.86¢
City Water and Light Plant Municipal 35.0K 6.63¢
City of North Little Rock - (AR) Municipal 35.0K 12.23¢
Conway Corporation Municipal 31.0K 8.29¢
Craighead Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 25.3K 11.99¢
City of Bentonville - (AR) Municipal 25.1K 11.65¢
Southwest Arkansas E C C Cooperative 24.9K 12.96¢
C & L Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 20.0K 13.26¢
Petit Jean Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 18.8K 15.62¢
City of Benton - (AR) Municipal 13.0K 10.30¢
Paragould Municipal Utilities Municipal 12.5K 9.48¢
Woodruff Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 12.1K 11.40¢
Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR) Cooperative 10.5K 14.19¢
City of West Memphis - (AR) Municipal 10.2K 8.08¢
South Central Ark El Coop, Inc Cooperative 9.4K 14.70¢
City of Siloam Springs - (AR) Municipal 8.6K 11.65¢
Ouachita Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 8.4K 13.19¢
City of Hope - (AR) Municipal 5.8K 11.69¢
Empire District Electric Co Investor Owned 4.8K 13.39¢
Clarksville Connected Utilities Municipal 3.8K 8.67¢
Mississippi County Electric Co Cooperative 3.2K 8.48¢
Sunnova Behind the Meter 30 29.53¢
EverBright, LLC Behind the Meter 2 20.00¢

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

Common questions about Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) rates

How much does Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) charge per kWh?
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) reported an average residential price of 12.25¢ 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 Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) expensive compared with the rest of Arkansas?
Its average residential price is close to the Arkansas customer-weighted average of 12.34¢ per kWh, a difference of -0.7%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 30 utilities reporting residential service in Arkansas.
What is the average electricity bill for Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,050 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,599 a year, or about $133 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)?
EIA classifies Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) as Cooperative, a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Nationally, Cooperative utilities averaged 14.14¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

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, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

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

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.