Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Salt River Project reported 1.1M residential customers, ranking 2nd of 26 utilities in Arizona by customers served and covering 32.9% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 14,532 kWh per customer per year - +22.7% against the Arizona median of 11,839 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,956.

Rate comparison

Public-power price placement

Ranked by price against the 26 utilities reporting residential rates in Arizona, Salt River Project comes 13th of 26. The state's range runs from Palmetto Solar, LLC at 8.86¢ to USBIA-San Carlos Project at 19.49¢, so where a household sits inside Arizona depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other political subdivision utilities reporting in Arizona, whose customer-weighted average is 13.84¢, Salt River Project is close to its own ownership class within the state (-2.7%).

Price distribution in the state

State peers

Every utility reporting in Arizona

All 26 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Arizona, largest first, with Salt River Project 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 Arizona.

Ownership class peers

Political Subdivision utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Arizona, these indexable political subdivision utilities report the closest residential averages to Salt River Project in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Salt River Project rates

How much does Salt River Project charge per kWh?

Salt River Project reported an average residential price of 13.46¢ 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 Salt River Project expensive compared with the rest of Arizona?

Its average residential price is below the Arizona customer-weighted average of 15.03¢ per kWh, a difference of -10.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 26 utilities reporting residential service in Arizona.

What is the average electricity bill for Salt River Project customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 14,532 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,956 a year, or about $163 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Salt River Project?

EIA classifies Salt River Project as Political Subdivision, a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Political Subdivision utilities was 13.45¢ 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.