Southwestern Public Service Co Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 24 utilities reporting residential rates in New Mexico, Southwestern Public Service Co comes 5th of 24. The state's range runs from Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc at 8.91¢ to Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK) at 38.00¢, so where a household sits inside New Mexico depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other investor owned utilities reporting in New Mexico, which averaged 12.87¢, Southwestern Public Service Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (-6.9%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 24 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Southwestern Public Service Co reported 100.5K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 24 utilities in New Mexico by customers served and covering 11.3% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 11,953 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,432.

Within New Mexico the median reporting utility sells about 7,694 kWh per customer, so Southwestern Public Service Co customers use +55.4% against their own state's middle. Consumption this heavy usually tracks electric heating, sustained air-conditioning load or a largely detached-housing territory, which makes the price per kWh bite harder here than the headline rate suggests.

Every utility reporting in New Mexico

All 24 utilities reporting bundled residential service in New Mexico, largest first, with Southwestern Public Service Co 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 New Mexico.

Common questions about Southwestern Public Service Co rates

How much does Southwestern Public Service Co charge per kWh?

Southwestern Public Service Co reported an average residential price of 11.98¢ 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 Southwestern Public Service Co expensive compared with the rest of New Mexico?

Its average residential price is below the New Mexico customer-weighted average of 14.51¢ per kWh, a difference of -17.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 24 utilities reporting residential service in New Mexico.

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

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 11,953 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,432 a year, or about $119 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Southwestern Public Service Co?

EIA classifies Southwestern Public Service Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ 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.