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Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association electricity rates

What homes pay Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association for electricity, from EIA.

Cooperative utility, 55,335 homes in Minnesota. EIA lists it as Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn.

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Average price
15.6¢ a kWh
Up 5.0% on a year ago
Average bill
$148 a month
Up 5.9% on a year ago
Average use
951 kWh
A month. Minnesota 745 kWh
Price rank in Minnesota
6 of 8
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to August 2026, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association homes paid 15.6¢ a kWh, against 16.3¢ across Minnesota.

Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association vs Minnesota

Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric AssociationMinnesota
Average price, 12 months to August 202615.6¢16.3¢
Price in August 202617.1¢17.2¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$148$121
Bill in August 2026$211$145
Average monthly use951 kWh745 kWh
Price change, past year+5.0%+4.2%
Price change since 2019+26%+25%

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