Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 41 utilities reporting residential rates in Colorado, Public Service Co of Colorado comes 20th 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 1 other investor owned utilities reporting in Colorado, whose customer-weighted average is 17.05¢, Public Service Co of Colorado is below its own ownership class within the state (-11.7%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Public Service Co of Colorado reported 1.4M residential customers, ranking 1st of 41 utilities in Colorado by customers served and covering 54.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,199 kWh per customer per year - -16.3% against the Colorado median of 8,597 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,083.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Colorado

All 41 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Colorado, largest first, with Public Service Co of Colorado 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.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Colorado, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Public Service Co of Colorado in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Public Service Co of Colorado rates

How much does Public Service Co of Colorado charge per kWh?

Public Service Co of Colorado reported an average residential price of 15.05¢ 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 Public Service Co of Colorado 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 +0.7%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 41 utilities reporting residential service in Colorado.

What is the average electricity bill for Public Service Co of Colorado customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,199 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,083 a year, or about $90 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Public Service Co of Colorado?

EIA classifies Public Service Co of Colorado as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ 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.