[ Mountain View Elec Assn / CO ]
Mountain View Elec Assn electricity rates in Colorado
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Mountain View Elec Assn's average effective residential rate (15.65¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.66¢ | — | 44,738 |
| 2016 | 14.02¢ | +2.6% | 46,823 |
| 2017 | 14.35¢ | +2.4% | 47,578 |
| 2018 | 14.48¢ | +0.9% | 49,038 |
| 2019 | 14.57¢ | +0.6% | 50,629 |
| 2020 | 14.42¢ | −1.0% | 52,390 |
| 2021 | 14.48¢ | +0.4% | 54,312 |
| 2022 | 14.56¢ | +0.6% | 56,320 |
| 2023 | 15.76¢ | +8.2% | 58,270 |
| 2024 | 15.52¢ | −1.5% | 59,789 |
| 2025 | 15.65¢ | +0.8% | 61,343 |
How this compares
Serves 8 counties in Colorado: Arapahoe, Crowley, Douglas, El Paso, Elbert, Lincoln, Pueblo, Washington. 65 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Mountain View Elec Assn's average residential rate has gone from 13.66¢ to 15.65¢ per kWh: +14.6% over 10 years, or about +1.4% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.2% in 2023. The largest drop was −1.5% in 2024.
For a home using 658 kWh a month, the Colorado average, Mountain View Elec Assn's 2025 rate works out to about $1,236 a year, about the same as the same home would pay at Colorado's average rate of 15.69¢. Of the 33 Colorado utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 17th most expensive.
Mountain View Elec Assn served 44,738 homes in 2015 and 61,343 in 2025 (+37.1%), about 2% of Colorado's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Mountain View Elec Assn's rates
Mountain View Elec 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 Mountain View Elec Assn raising rates in 2026?
Mountain View Elec 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 +0.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Mountain View Elec Assn charge per kWh?
Mountain View Elec Assn's average effective residential rate was 15.65¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Colorado's 2025 average was 15.69¢.
How much have Mountain View Elec Assn rates gone up in five years?
+8.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.0% for Colorado as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Mountain View Elec Assn have in Colorado?
61,343 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Arapahoe, Crowley, Douglas, 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)
