Minnesota · Cooperative
Connexus Energy Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 13.66¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 134.1K
- Residential customers
- -14.0%
- vs Minnesota average
- $1,266
- Implied avg annual bill
Connexus Energy charged an average of 13.66¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - below the Minnesota average and below the US average.
Connexus Energy is cooperative - a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Its reported average residential price is below the Minnesota customer-weighted average (-14.0%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 9,267 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 46 utilities reporting residential rates in Minnesota, Connexus Energy comes 17th of 46. The state's range runs from City of Marshall - (MN) at 9.70¢ to City of Lake Crystal - (MN) at 20.97¢, so where a household sits inside Minnesota depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 25 other cooperative utilities reporting in Minnesota, which averaged 14.51¢, Connexus Energy is close to its own ownership class within the state (-5.9%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 46 reporting utilities.
Where Connexus Energy sits among Minnesota utilities
2024 average residential price across the 46 utilities reporting a rate in Minnesota
13.66¢/kWh Top 37% most affordable More affordable than 64% of 45 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Connexus Energy | 13.66¢ | - |
| Minnesota (customer-weighted, 46 utilities) | 15.89¢ | -14.0% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -17.1% |
| Cooperative utilities nationally (622) | 14.14¢ | -3.4% |
Rate against consumption: Minnesota utilities
Scale and consumption
Connexus Energy reported 134.1K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 46 utilities in Minnesota by customers served and covering 5.8% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 9,267 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,266.
Within Minnesota the median reporting utility sells about 9,946 kWh per customer, so Connexus Energy customers use -6.8% 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 Minnesota
All 46 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Minnesota, largest first, with Connexus Energy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | Investor Owned | 1.2M | 16.98¢ |
| Connexus Energy (this page) | Cooperative | 134.1K | 13.66¢ |
| ALLETE, Inc. | Investor Owned | 125.9K | 15.66¢ |
| Dakota Electric Association | Cooperative | 108.1K | 14.00¢ |
| East Central Energy | Cooperative | 55.3K | 16.89¢ |
| Rochester Public Utilities | Municipal | 54.9K | 17.91¢ |
| Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn | Cooperative | 53.7K | 14.59¢ |
| Otter Tail Power Co | Investor Owned | 50.1K | 11.33¢ |
| Lake Country Power | Cooperative | 47.2K | 17.90¢ |
| Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Comp | Cooperative | 44.7K | 13.33¢ |
| Minnesota Valley Electric Coop | Cooperative | 43.4K | 13.98¢ |
| Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (MN) | Cooperative | 27.2K | 13.28¢ |
| Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn | Cooperative | 26.1K | 13.88¢ |
| People's Cooperative Services | Cooperative | 21.7K | 16.70¢ |
| Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 20.7K | 14.40¢ |
| Shakopee Public Utilities Comm | Municipal | 18.5K | 15.54¢ |
| BENCO Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 18.4K | 15.03¢ |
| City of Moorhead - (MN) | Municipal | 18.2K | 11.38¢ |
| Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 17.8K | 15.15¢ |
| MiEnergy Cooperative | Cooperative | 15.2K | 16.56¢ |
| Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative | Cooperative | 14.5K | 17.58¢ |
| Runestone Electric Assn | Cooperative | 14.3K | 14.36¢ |
| Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 13.9K | 14.35¢ |
| City of Elk River | Municipal | 11.8K | 15.83¢ |
| City of Anoka | Municipal | 11.6K | 15.88¢ |
| City of Owatonna - (MN) | Municipal | 11.4K | 15.27¢ |
| Itasca-Mantrap Co-op Electrical Assn | Cooperative | 11.2K | 13.44¢ |
| City of Chaska - (MN) | Municipal | 11.0K | 16.28¢ |
| City of Austin - (MN) | Municipal | 10.8K | 15.34¢ |
| Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric | Cooperative | 10.7K | 15.63¢ |
| City of Alexandria - (MN) | Municipal | 8.8K | 11.57¢ |
| Willmar Municipal Utilities | Municipal | 8.7K | 12.21¢ |
| Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn | Cooperative | 8.6K | 14.09¢ |
| Brainerd Public Utilities | Municipal | 7.0K | 12.15¢ |
| Hutchinson Utilities Comm | Municipal | 6.7K | 11.09¢ |
| City of Marshall - (MN) | Municipal | 5.9K | 9.70¢ |
| Federated Rural Electric Assn | Cooperative | 5.7K | 11.64¢ |
| Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn | Cooperative | 4.9K | 12.22¢ |
| South Central Electric Assn | Cooperative | 4.7K | 15.20¢ |
| City of Worthington - (MN) | Municipal | 4.7K | 12.08¢ |
| Agralite Electric Coop | Cooperative | 4.3K | 13.94¢ |
| Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop | Cooperative | 3.4K | 12.61¢ |
| Glencoe Light & Power Comm | Municipal | 2.6K | 11.17¢ |
| City of Lake Crystal - (MN) | Municipal | 1.1K | 20.97¢ |
| Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co | Investor Owned | 88 | 14.45¢ |
| Heartland Power Coop | Cooperative | 38 | 12.14¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Minnesota.
Common questions about Connexus Energy rates
- How much does Connexus Energy charge per kWh?
- Connexus Energy reported an average residential price of 13.66¢ 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 Connexus Energy expensive compared with the rest of Minnesota?
- Its average residential price is below the Minnesota customer-weighted average of 15.89¢ per kWh, a difference of -14.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 46 utilities reporting residential service in Minnesota.
- What is the average electricity bill for Connexus Energy customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 9,267 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,266 a year, or about $105 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Connexus Energy?
- EIA classifies Connexus Energy 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.