Dakota Electric Association Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 46 utilities reporting residential rates in Minnesota, Dakota Electric Association comes 21st 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 14.50¢, Dakota Electric Association is close to its own ownership class within the state (-3.5%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 46 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Dakota Electric Association reported 108.1K residential customers, ranking 4th of 46 utilities in Minnesota by customers served and covering 4.6% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,595 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,203.

Within Minnesota the median reporting utility sells about 9,946 kWh per customer, so Dakota Electric Association customers use -13.6% 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 Dakota Electric Association 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 Minnesota.

Common questions about Dakota Electric Association rates

How much does Dakota Electric Association charge per kWh?

Dakota Electric Association reported an average residential price of 14.00¢ 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 Dakota Electric Association 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 -11.9%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 46 utilities reporting residential service in Minnesota.

What is the average electricity bill for Dakota Electric Association customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,595 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,203 a year, or about $100 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Dakota Electric Association?

EIA classifies Dakota Electric Association 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.