14.90¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Delta Montrose Electric Assn / CO ]
Delta Montrose Electric Assn electricity rates in Colorado
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−0.5%
vs 2024
32,985
residential customers
−0.3%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Delta Montrose Electric Assn's average effective residential rate (14.90¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.70¢ | — | 28,915 |
| 2016 | 13.56¢ | −1.0% | 29,085 |
| 2017 | 14.07¢ | +3.8% | 29,320 |
| 2018 | 14.09¢ | +0.1% | 29,587 |
| 2019 | 14.29¢ | +1.4% | 29,998 |
| 2020 | 14.94¢ | +4.5% | 30,620 |
| 2021 | 14.89¢ | −0.3% | 31,096 |
| 2022 | 14.77¢ | −0.8% | 31,618 |
| 2023 | 14.81¢ | +0.3% | 32,120 |
| 2024 | 14.97¢ | +1.1% | 32,575 |
| 2025 | 14.90¢ | −0.5% | 32,985 |
How this compares
15.69¢
Colorado average, 2025
−5.0%
Delta Montrose Electric Assn vs CO 2025 average
−13.5%
vs US 2025 average
#23
priciest in CO
Serves 4 counties in Colorado: Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray. 23 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Delta Montrose Electric Assn's average residential rate has gone from 13.70¢ to 14.90¢ per kWh: +8.8% over 10 years, or about +0.8% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +4.5% in 2020. The largest drop was −1.0% in 2016.
For a home using 658 kWh a month, the Colorado average, Delta Montrose Electric Assn's 2025 rate works out to about $1,177 a year, $62 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 23rd most expensive.
Delta Montrose Electric Assn served 28,915 homes in 2015 and 32,985 in 2025 (+14.1%), about 1% of Colorado's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Delta Montrose Electric Assn's rates
Delta Montrose Electric Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Colorado Public 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: Colorado Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Delta Montrose Electric Assn raising rates in 2026?
Delta Montrose Electric Assn's rates are set by its member-elected 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 −0.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Delta Montrose Electric Assn charge per kWh?
Delta Montrose Electric Assn's average effective residential rate was 14.90¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Colorado's 2025 average was 15.69¢.
How much have Delta Montrose Electric Assn rates gone up in five years?
−0.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.0% for Colorado as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Delta Montrose Electric Assn have in Colorado?
32,985 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, 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)