City of Colorado Springs - (CO) Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 41 utilities reporting residential rates in Colorado, City of Colorado Springs - (CO) comes 17th of 41. The state's range runs from City of Fort Morgan at 6.97¢ to SunPower Capital, LLC at 24.78¢, so where a household sits inside Colorado depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 5 other municipal utilities reporting in Colorado, which averaged 12.12¢, City of Colorado Springs - (CO) is above its own ownership class within the state (+19.2%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 41 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

City of Colorado Springs - (CO) reported 216.8K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 41 utilities in Colorado by customers served and covering 8.6% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,432 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,074.

Within Colorado the median reporting utility sells about 8,597 kWh per customer, so City of Colorado Springs - (CO) customers use -13.5% 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 Colorado

All 41 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Colorado, largest first, with City of Colorado Springs - (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 Colorado.

Common questions about City of Colorado Springs - (CO) rates

How much does City of Colorado Springs - (CO) charge per kWh?

City of Colorado Springs - (CO) reported an average residential price of 14.45¢ 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 City of Colorado Springs - (CO) expensive compared with the rest of Colorado?

Its average residential price is close to the Colorado customer-weighted average of 14.94¢ per kWh, a difference of -3.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 41 utilities reporting residential service in Colorado.

What is the average electricity bill for City of Colorado Springs - (CO) customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,432 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,074 a year, or about $90 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns City of Colorado Springs - (CO)?

EIA classifies City of Colorado Springs - (CO) as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, Municipal utilities averaged 13.03¢ 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.