State peers

Other Louisiana utilities members might otherwise face

All 22 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Louisiana, largest first, with Southwest Louisiana E M C 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 Louisiana.

Rate comparison

Member price against the state

Ranked by price against the 22 utilities reporting residential rates in Louisiana, Southwest Louisiana E M C comes 10th 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, whose customer-weighted average is 12.35¢, Southwest Louisiana E M C is close to its own ownership class within the state (-6.4%).

Where this co-op sits on price

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Southwest Louisiana E M C reported 108.4K residential customers, ranking 6th of 22 utilities in Louisiana by customers served and covering 5.1% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 16,515 kWh per customer per year - +14.7% against the Louisiana median of 14,394 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,908.

Ownership class peers

Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Louisiana, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Southwest Louisiana E M C in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Southwest Louisiana E M C member rates

How much does Southwest Louisiana E M C charge per kWh?

Southwest Louisiana E M C reported an average residential price of 11.55¢ 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 Southwest Louisiana E M C 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 -1.8%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 22 utilities reporting residential service in Louisiana.

What is the average electricity bill for Southwest Louisiana E M C customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 16,515 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,908 a year, or about $159 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Southwest Louisiana E M C?

EIA classifies Southwest Louisiana E M C 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 comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.