Arkansas · Cooperative · cooperative
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) member rates
Cooperative residential average from EIA Form 861, 2024 - compared with other Arkansas utilities that serve the same state.
- 12.25¢
- Co-op avg ¢/kWh
- 101.2K
- Member-customers
- 14
- Cooperative utilities in AR
- -0.7%
- vs Arkansas average
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) ranks #160 by average cents per kWh and #191 by residential customers. Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) (cooperative) averaged 12.25¢/kWh for members in 2024 - close to the Arkansas customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. 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.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release AR-2024 · Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) NEAR STATE
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE
- RATE 12.25¢/kWh
- RANK #16/30
- VS-ST -0.7%
- VS-US -28.4%
- CUST 101k
- BILL $1,599
- OWN COOP
- PHOTO KY 0.03¢
- BOOK 191/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Louisville Gas & Electric Co (KY) (+0.03¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Arkansas rates
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- TN
Volunteer Electric Coop
12 ¢/kWh
- GA
GreyStone Power Corporation
12 ¢/kWh
- TX
Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc
12 ¢/kWh
- this util
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)
12 ¢/kWh
- KY
Louisville Gas & Electric Co
12 ¢/kWh
What this shows Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) reports 12.25¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 191 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Arkansas; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 48/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 31/100
- State renewable generation context
- 32/100
12.25¢/kWh · median 12.24¢/kWh
$1,599/yr · median $1,482/yr
12.9% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
State peers
Other Arkansas utilities members might otherwise face
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.
| 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.
Rate comparison
Member price against the state
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, whose customer-weighted average is 12.92¢, Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) is close to its own ownership class within the state (-5.2%).
Where this co-op sits on price
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
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | 12.25¢ | - |
| Arkansas (customer-weighted, 30 utilities) | 12.34¢ | -0.7% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -28.4% |
| Cooperative customer-weighted US avg (622 utilities) | 13.78¢ | -11.1% |
Territory and usage
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 - +8.9% against the Arkansas median of 11,979 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,599.
Rate against consumption: Arkansas utilities
Ownership class peers
Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Arkansas, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Texas | 405.6K | 12.22¢ |
| GreyStone Power Corporation | Georgia | 139.0K | 12.22¢ |
| Volunteer Electric Coop | Tennessee | 104.4K | 12.19¢ |
| Withlacoochee River Elec Coop | Florida | 229.4K | 12.35¢ |
| Snapping Shoals El Member Corp | Georgia | 105.3K | 12.37¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) member 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, the customer-weighted average across Cooperative utilities was 13.78¢ 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.
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