15.76¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Jemez Mountains Elec Coop / NM ]
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop electricity rates in New Mexico
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+2.6%
vs 2024
28,185
residential customers
+14.4%
since 2020
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Jemez Mountains Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (15.76¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.49¢ | — | 27,235 |
| 2016 | 13.60¢ | +0.8% | 27,246 |
| 2017 | 14.05¢ | +3.3% | 27,278 |
| 2018 | 13.97¢ | −0.6% | 27,327 |
| 2019 | 13.74¢ | −1.6% | 25,509 |
| 2020 | 13.77¢ | +0.2% | 27,614 |
| 2021 | 14.10¢ | +2.4% | 27,921 |
| 2022 | 13.50¢ | −4.3% | 28,006 |
| 2023 | 15.14¢ | +12.2% | 28,041 |
| 2024 | 15.36¢ | +1.4% | 28,093 |
| 2025 | 15.76¢ | +2.6% | 28,185 |
How this compares
14.85¢
New Mexico average, 2025
+6.1%
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop vs NM 2025 average
−8.5%
vs US 2025 average
#10
priciest in NM
Serves 5 counties in New Mexico: McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe. 62 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Jemez Mountains Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 13.49¢ to 15.76¢ per kWh: +16.8% over 10 years, or about +1.6% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +12.2% in 2023. The largest drop was −4.3% in 2022.
For a home using 638 kWh a month, the New Mexico average, Jemez Mountains Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,207 a year, $70 more than at New Mexico's average rate of 14.85¢. Of the 20 New Mexico utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 10th most expensive.
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop served 27,235 homes in 2015 and 28,185 in 2025 (+3.5%), about 3% of New Mexico's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Jemez Mountains Elec Coop's rates
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the New Mexico Public Regulation 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: New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Jemez Mountains Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +2.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Jemez Mountains Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 15.76¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). New Mexico's 2025 average was 14.85¢.
How much have Jemez Mountains Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+14.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +11.8% for New Mexico as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Jemez Mountains Elec Coop have in New Mexico?
28,185 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, 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)