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Carroll Electric Cooperative electricity rates

What homes pay Carroll Electric Cooperative for electricity, from EIA.

Cooperative utility, 106,365 homes in Arkansas. EIA lists it as Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR).

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Average price
14.0¢ a kWh
Up 6.7% on a year ago
Average bill
$150 a month
Up 2.9% on a year ago
Average use
1,076 kWh
A month. Arkansas 1,055 kWh
Price rank in Arkansas
4 of 7
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to August 2026, Carroll Electric Cooperative homes paid 14.0¢ a kWh, against 13.6¢ across Arkansas.

Carroll Electric Cooperative vs Arkansas

Carroll Electric CooperativeArkansas
Average price, 12 months to August 202614.0¢13.6¢
Price in August 202613.7¢14.4¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$150$143
Bill in August 2026$215$217
Average monthly use1,076 kWh1,055 kWh
Price change, past year+6.7%+7.2%
Price change since 2019+46%+39%

Electricity price

Average residential price a kilowatt-hour, by month.

Up to and including August 2026

Average monthly bill

What an average home pays a month.

Up to and including August 2026