Louisiana · Cooperative
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 11.91¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 110.7K
- Residential customers
- +1.3%
- vs Louisiana average
- $1,889
- Implied avg annual bill
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) charged an average of 11.91¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Louisiana average and far below the US average.
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) 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 Louisiana customer-weighted average (+1.3%). Its customers used well above the national residential norm at about 15,853 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 22 utilities reporting residential rates in Louisiana, Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) comes 12th of 22. The state's range runs from City of Ruston - (LA) at 5.66¢ to Sunnova at 17.28¢, so where a household sits inside Louisiana depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 10 other cooperative utilities reporting in Louisiana, which averaged 12.39¢, Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) is close to its own ownership class within the state (-3.9%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 22 reporting utilities.
Where Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) sits among Louisiana utilities
2024 average residential price across the 22 utilities reporting a rate in Louisiana
11.91¢/kWh 48th affordability percentile More affordable than 48% of 21 other utilities
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | 11.91¢ | - |
| Louisiana (customer-weighted, 22 utilities) | 11.76¢ | +1.3% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -27.7% |
| Cooperative utilities nationally (622) | 14.14¢ | -15.7% |
Rate against consumption: Louisiana utilities
Scale and consumption
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) reported 110.7K residential customers, ranking 5th of 22 utilities in Louisiana by customers served and covering 5.2% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 15,853 kWh per customer per year - well above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,889.
Within Louisiana the median reporting utility sells about 14,394 kWh per customer, so Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) customers use +10.1% 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 Louisiana
All 22 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Louisiana, largest first, with Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) 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 Louisiana LLC | Investor Owned | 957.5K | 11.05¢ |
| Cleco Power LLC | Investor Owned | 251.9K | 12.33¢ |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | 207.0K | 13.46¢ |
| Entergy New Orleans, LLC | Investor Owned | 188.2K | 13.03¢ |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) (this page) | Cooperative | 110.7K | 11.91¢ |
| Southwest Louisiana E M C | Cooperative | 108.4K | 11.55¢ |
| City of Lafayette - (LA) | Municipal | 60.0K | 10.12¢ |
| Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc | Cooperative | 50.9K | 11.85¢ |
| Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 40.1K | 13.70¢ |
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21.4K | 13.00¢ |
| City of Alexandria - (LA) | Municipal | 19.5K | 11.10¢ |
| South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 17.0K | 13.48¢ |
| Concordia Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11.9K | 13.36¢ |
| Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc. | Cooperative | 11.5K | 10.66¢ |
| Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't | Municipal | 11.2K | 10.73¢ |
| City of Ruston - (LA) | Municipal | 9.9K | 5.66¢ |
| Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9.1K | 14.05¢ |
| Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 8.5K | 8.84¢ |
| Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 8.3K | 13.42¢ |
| City of Natchitoches | Municipal | 7.2K | 9.25¢ |
| Spruce Finance | Behind the Meter | 89 | 7.46¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 22 | 17.28¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Louisiana.
Common questions about Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) rates
- How much does Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) charge per kWh?
- Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) reported an average residential price of 11.91¢ 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 Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) expensive compared with the rest of Louisiana?
- Its average residential price is close to the Louisiana customer-weighted average of 11.76¢ per kWh, a difference of +1.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 22 utilities reporting residential service in Louisiana.
- What is the average electricity bill for Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 15,853 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,889 a year, or about $157 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)?
- EIA classifies Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) 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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