12.93¢
per kWh, 2025
[ First Electric Coop / AR ]
First Electric Coop electricity rates in Arkansas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.4%
vs 2024
96,685
residential customers
+28.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at First Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (12.93¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.11¢ | — | 83,964 |
| 2016 | 10.27¢ | +1.6% | 84,977 |
| 2017 | 10.86¢ | +5.7% | 85,983 |
| 2018 | 10.43¢ | −4.0% | 86,944 |
| 2019 | 10.39¢ | −0.4% | 87,926 |
| 2020 | 10.03¢ | −3.5% | 89,394 |
| 2021 | 11.87¢ | +18.3% | 91,046 |
| 2022 | 12.60¢ | +6.2% | 92,346 |
| 2023 | 11.90¢ | −5.6% | 93,591 |
| 2024 | 12.27¢ | +3.1% | 95,175 |
| 2025 | 12.93¢ | +5.4% | 96,685 |
How this compares
12.87¢
Arkansas average, 2025
+0.5%
First Electric Coop vs AR 2025 average
−25.0%
vs US 2025 average
#13
priciest in AR
Serves 17 counties in Arkansas: Arkansas, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Independence, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Stone, White, Yell. 103 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, First Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.11¢ to 12.93¢ per kWh: +27.9% over 10 years, or about +2.5% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +18.3% in 2021. The largest drop was −5.6% in 2023.
For a home using 1,076 kWh a month, the Arkansas average, First Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,670 a year, about the same as the same home would pay at Arkansas's average rate of 12.87¢. Of the 28 Arkansas utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 13th most expensive.
First Electric Coop served 83,964 homes in 2015 and 96,685 in 2025 (+15.2%), about 6% of Arkansas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets First Electric Coop's rates
First Electric 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 First Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
First Electric 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 +5.4% from 2024 to 2025.
What does First Electric Coop charge per kWh?
First Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 12.93¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Arkansas's 2025 average was 12.87¢.
How much have First Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+28.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Arkansas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does First Electric Coop have in Arkansas?
96,685 residential customers in 2025, across 17 counties including Arkansas, Cleburne, Conway, 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)