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CORE Electric Cooperative electricity rates

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

Cooperative utility, 170,150 homes in Colorado. EIA lists it as CORE Electric Cooperative.

Headlines

Average price
17.1¢ a kWh
Up 11% on a year ago
Average bill
$145 a month
Up 10% on a year ago
Average use
848 kWh
A month. Colorado 679 kWh
Price rank in Colorado
3 of 7
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to August 2026, CORE Electric Cooperative homes paid 17.1¢ a kWh, against 16.6¢ across Colorado.

CORE Electric Cooperative vs Colorado

CORE Electric CooperativeColorado
Average price, 12 months to August 202617.1¢16.6¢
Price in August 202616.9¢17.2¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$145$113
Bill in August 2026$181$167
Average monthly use848 kWh679 kWh
Price change, past year+11%+7.9%
Price change since 2019+30%+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.