[ Corridor Energy Cooperative / IA ]
Corridor Energy Cooperative electricity rates in Iowa
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Corridor Energy Cooperative's average effective residential rate (14.18¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.31¢ | — | 24,098 |
| 2016 | 12.12¢ | −1.5% | 24,610 |
| 2017 | 12.06¢ | −0.5% | 25,337 |
| 2018 | 11.47¢ | −4.9% | 25,807 |
| 2019 | 11.55¢ | +0.7% | 26,328 |
| 2020 | 11.81¢ | +2.3% | 27,026 |
| 2021 | 12.25¢ | +3.7% | 28,068 |
| 2022 | 12.73¢ | +3.9% | 28,721 |
| 2023 | 14.25¢ | +11.9% | 29,455 |
| 2024 | 14.23¢ | −0.1% | 30,323 |
| 2025 | 14.18¢ | −0.3% | 30,992 |
How this compares
Serves 6 counties in Iowa: Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn. 41 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Corridor Energy Cooperative's average residential rate has gone from 12.31¢ to 14.18¢ per kWh: +15.2% over 10 years, or about +1.4% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.9% in 2023. The largest drop was −4.9% in 2018.
For a home using 861 kWh a month, the Iowa average, Corridor Energy Cooperative's 2025 rate works out to about $1,465 a year, $58 more than at Iowa's average rate of 13.62¢. Of the 25 Iowa utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 10th most expensive.
Corridor Energy Cooperative served 24,098 homes in 2015 and 30,992 in 2025 (+28.6%), about 2% of Iowa's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Corridor Energy Cooperative's rates
Corridor Energy Cooperative is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Iowa Utilities 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: Iowa Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Corridor Energy Cooperative raising rates in 2026?
Corridor Energy Cooperative's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Iowa Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved −0.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Corridor Energy Cooperative charge per kWh?
Corridor Energy Cooperative's average effective residential rate was 14.18¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Iowa's 2025 average was 13.62¢.
How much have Corridor Energy Cooperative rates gone up in five years?
+20.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +11.1% for Iowa as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Corridor Energy Cooperative have in Iowa?
30,992 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Benton, Cedar, Iowa, 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)
