14.11¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Arkansas Valley Elec Coop / AR ]
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop electricity rates in Arkansas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.8%
vs 2024
55,000
residential customers
+31.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Arkansas Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (14.11¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.29¢ | — | 49,887 |
| 2016 | 10.44¢ | +1.5% | 50,491 |
| 2017 | 10.98¢ | +5.2% | 50,951 |
| 2018 | 10.64¢ | −3.1% | 51,173 |
| 2019 | 10.57¢ | −0.7% | 51,385 |
| 2020 | 10.70¢ | +1.2% | 51,735 |
| 2021 | 12.29¢ | +14.9% | 52,575 |
| 2022 | 12.75¢ | +3.7% | 53,096 |
| 2023 | 12.73¢ | −0.2% | 53,654 |
| 2024 | 13.33¢ | +4.7% | 54,372 |
| 2025 | 14.11¢ | +5.8% | 55,000 |
How this compares
12.87¢
Arkansas average, 2025
+9.6%
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop vs AR 2025 average
−18.1%
vs US 2025 average
#5
priciest in AR
Serves 11 counties in Arkansas: Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Newton, Pope, Scott, Sebastian, Washington, Yell. 67 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.29¢ to 14.11¢ per kWh: +37.1% over 10 years, or about +3.2% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.9% in 2021. The largest drop was −3.1% in 2018.
For a home using 1,076 kWh a month, the Arkansas average, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,822 a year, $160 more than at Arkansas's average rate of 12.87¢. Of the 28 Arkansas utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 5th most expensive.
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop served 49,887 homes in 2015 and 55,000 in 2025 (+10.3%), about 4% of Arkansas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Arkansas Valley Elec Coop's rates
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Arkansas Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Arkansas Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Arkansas Valley Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Arkansas Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +5.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Arkansas Valley Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 14.11¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Arkansas's 2025 average was 12.87¢.
How much have Arkansas Valley Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+31.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Arkansas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Arkansas Valley Elec Coop have in Arkansas?
55,000 residential customers in 2025, across 11 counties including Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)