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
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% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -25.6% |
| Cooperative utilities nationally (622) | 14.14¢ | -13.3% |
Rate against consumption: Arkansas utilities
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.
| 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.
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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.