15.43¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Colorado Springs / CO ]
City of Colorado Springs electricity rates in Colorado
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.8%
vs 2024
220,059
residential customers
+26.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Colorado Springs's average effective residential rate (15.43¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.33¢ | — | 188,988 |
| 2016 | 12.03¢ | −2.4% | 191,539 |
| 2017 | 12.42¢ | +3.2% | 192,721 |
| 2018 | 12.77¢ | +2.8% | 195,651 |
| 2019 | 12.81¢ | +0.3% | 198,762 |
| 2020 | 12.25¢ | −4.4% | 202,309 |
| 2021 | 13.33¢ | +8.8% | 206,362 |
| 2022 | 15.10¢ | +13.3% | 209,601 |
| 2023 | 13.80¢ | −8.6% | 211,787 |
| 2024 | 14.45¢ | +4.7% | 216,771 |
| 2025 | 15.43¢ | +6.8% | 220,059 |
How this compares
15.69¢
Colorado average, 2025
−1.7%
City of Colorado Springs vs CO 2025 average
−10.4%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in CO
Serves 2 counties in Colorado: El Paso, Teller. 50 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Colorado Springs's average residential rate has gone from 12.33¢ to 15.43¢ per kWh: +25.1% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +13.3% in 2022. The largest drop was −8.6% in 2023.
For a home using 658 kWh a month, the Colorado average, City of Colorado Springs's 2025 rate works out to about $1,218 a year, $21 less than at Colorado's average rate of 15.69¢. Of the 33 Colorado utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 19th most expensive.
City of Colorado Springs served 188,988 homes in 2015 and 220,059 in 2025 (+16.4%), about 9% of Colorado's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Colorado Springs's rates
City of Colorado Springs is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Colorado Public Utilities Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Colorado Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Colorado Springs raising rates in 2026?
City of Colorado Springs's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +6.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Colorado Springs charge per kWh?
City of Colorado Springs's average effective residential rate was 15.43¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Colorado's 2025 average was 15.69¢.
How much have City of Colorado Springs rates gone up in five years?
+26.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.0% for Colorado as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Colorado Springs have in Colorado?
220,059 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including El Paso, Teller, 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)