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Delaware Electric Cooperative member rates
Cooperative residential average from EIA Form 861, 2024 - compared with other Delaware utilities that serve the same state.
- 14.22¢
- Co-op avg ¢/kWh
- 104.8K
- Member-customers
- 1
- Cooperative utilities in DE
- -13.4%
- vs Delaware average
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Delaware Electric Cooperative ranks #109 by average cents per kWh and #186 by residential customers. Delaware Electric Cooperative (cooperative) averaged 14.22¢/kWh for members in 2024 - below the Delaware 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. Delaware Electric Cooperative 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 Delaware customer-weighted average (-13.4%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 12,376 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 DE-2024 · Delaware Electric Cooperative BELOW STATE
Delaware Electric Cooperative · Form 861 2024 · BELOW STATE
- RATE 14.22¢/kWh
- RANK #2/9
- VS-ST -13.4%
- VS-US -16.9%
- CUST 105k
- BILL $1,760
- OWN COOP
- PHOTO MT 0.01¢
- BOOK 186/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) (MT) (+0.01¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Delaware rates
Delaware Electric Cooperative in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- VA
Virginia Electric & Power Co
14 ¢/kWh
- this util
Delaware Electric Cooperative
14 ¢/kWh
- MT
NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)
14 ¢/kWh
- KS
Evergy Kansas South, Inc
14 ¢/kWh
- KS
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
14 ¢/kWh
What this shows Delaware Electric Cooperative reports 14.22¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 186 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Delaware Electric Cooperative 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 Delaware; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 88/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 38/100
- State renewable generation context
- 16/100
14.22¢/kWh · median 16.02¢/kWh
$1,760/yr · median $1,692/yr
7.7% · 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 Delaware utilities members might otherwise face
All 9 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Delaware, largest first, with Delaware Electric Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | Investor Owned | 275.0K | 17.23¢ |
| Delaware Electric Cooperative (this page) | Cooperative | 104.8K | 14.22¢ |
| City of Dover - (DE) | Municipal | 21.6K | 15.52¢ |
| City of Newark - (DE) | Municipal | 11.9K | 18.99¢ |
| Town of Middletown - (DE) | Municipal | 9.1K | 17.12¢ |
| City of Milford - (DE) | Municipal | 7.2K | 15.17¢ |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | 3.3K | 16.02¢ |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | 390 | 12.98¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 19 | 18.12¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Delaware.
Rate comparison
Member price against the state
Ranked by price against the 9 utilities reporting residential rates in Delaware, Delaware Electric Cooperative comes 2nd of 9. The state's range runs from Sunrun Inc. at 12.98¢ to City of Newark - (DE) at 18.99¢, so where a household sits inside Delaware depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Where this co-op sits on price
Where Delaware Electric Cooperative sits among Delaware utilities
2024 average residential price across the 9 utilities reporting a rate in Delaware
14.22¢/kWh Top 23% most affordable More affordable than 88% of 8 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware Electric Cooperative | 14.22¢ | - |
| Delaware (customer-weighted, 9 utilities) | 16.42¢ | -13.4% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -16.9% |
| Cooperative customer-weighted US avg (622 utilities) | 13.78¢ | +3.2% |
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Delaware Electric Cooperative reported 104.8K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 9 utilities in Delaware by customers served and covering 24.2% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,376 kWh per customer per year - +16.7% against the Delaware median of 10,603 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,760.
Rate against consumption: Delaware utilities
Ownership class peers
Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Delaware, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Delaware Electric Cooperative in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Electric Association | Minnesota | 108.1K | 14.00¢ |
| Denton County Elec Coop, Inc | Texas | 298.7K | 13.77¢ |
| Brunswick Electric Member Corp | North Carolina | 105.6K | 13.66¢ |
| Connexus Energy | Minnesota | 134.1K | 13.66¢ |
| Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc | Maryland | 158.4K | 14.84¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Delaware Electric Cooperative member rates
- How much does Delaware Electric Cooperative charge per kWh?
- Delaware Electric Cooperative reported an average residential price of 14.22¢ 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 Delaware Electric Cooperative expensive compared with the rest of Delaware?
- Its average residential price is below the Delaware customer-weighted average of 16.42¢ per kWh, a difference of -13.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 9 utilities reporting residential service in Delaware.
- What is the average electricity bill for Delaware Electric Cooperative customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,376 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,760 a year, or about $147 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Delaware Electric Cooperative?
- EIA classifies Delaware Electric Cooperative 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 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, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.