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Colorado

Black Hills Colorado Electric electricity rates

What homes pay Black Hills Colorado Electric for electricity, from EIA.

Investor-owned utility, 90,165 homes in Colorado. EIA lists it as Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC.

Headlines

Average price
19.2¢ a kWh
Up 5.9% on a year ago
Average bill
$107 a month
Up 4.1% on a year ago
Average use
554 kWh
A month. Colorado 679 kWh
Price rank in Colorado
1 of 7
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to August 2026, Black Hills Colorado Electric homes paid 19.2¢ a kWh, against 16.6¢ across Colorado.

Black Hills Colorado Electric vs Colorado

Black Hills Colorado ElectricColorado
Average price, 12 months to August 202619.2¢16.6¢
Price in August 202620.8¢17.2¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$107$113
Bill in August 2026$162$167
Average monthly use554 kWh679 kWh
Price change, past year+5.9%+7.9%
Price change since 2019+17%+36%

Electricity price

Average residential price a kilowatt-hour, by month.

Up to and including August 2026

Source: EIA-861M monthly utility survey. Revenue over kilowatt-hours sold, including fixed charges.

Average monthly bill

What an average home pays a month.

Up to and including August 2026

Source: EIA-861M monthly utility survey.