13.44¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Kootenai Electric Cooperative / ID ]
Kootenai Electric Cooperative electricity rates in Idaho
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+10.1%
vs 2024
31,004
residential customers
+35.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Kootenai Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate (13.44¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.31¢ | — | 21,481 |
| 2016 | 9.49¢ | +1.9% | 22,082 |
| 2017 | 9.72¢ | +2.4% | 22,796 |
| 2018 | 9.98¢ | +2.7% | 23,653 |
| 2019 | 9.94¢ | −0.4% | 24,818 |
| 2020 | 9.95¢ | +0.1% | 25,867 |
| 2021 | 10.14¢ | +1.9% | 27,152 |
| 2022 | 10.62¢ | +4.7% | 28,426 |
| 2023 | 11.44¢ | +7.7% | 29,976 |
| 2024 | 12.21¢ | +6.7% | 30,378 |
| 2025 | 13.44¢ | +10.1% | 31,004 |
How this compares
11.83¢
Idaho average, 2025
+13.6%
Kootenai Electric Cooperative vs ID 2025 average
−22.0%
vs US 2025 average
#2
priciest in ID
Serves 3 counties in Idaho: Benewah, Bonner, Kootenai. 21 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Kootenai Electric Cooperative's average residential rate has gone from 9.31¢ to 13.44¢ per kWh: +44.4% over 10 years, or about +3.7% a year. It rose in 9 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.1% in 2025. The largest drop was −0.4% in 2019.
For a home using 933 kWh a month, the Idaho average, Kootenai Electric Cooperative's 2025 rate works out to about $1,505 a year, $180 more than at Idaho's average rate of 11.83¢. Of the 13 Idaho utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 2nd most expensive.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative served 21,481 homes in 2015 and 31,004 in 2025 (+44.3%), about 3% of Idaho's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Kootenai Electric Cooperative's rates
Kootenai Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Idaho 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: Idaho Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Kootenai Electric Cooperative raising rates in 2026?
Kootenai Electric Cooperative's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +10.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Kootenai Electric Cooperative charge per kWh?
Kootenai Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate was 13.44¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Idaho's 2025 average was 11.83¢.
How much have Kootenai Electric Cooperative rates gone up in five years?
+35.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +32.1% for Idaho as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Kootenai Electric Cooperative have in Idaho?
31,004 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Benewah, Bonner, Kootenai, 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)