12.59¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Owen Electric Coop / KY ]
Owen Electric Coop electricity rates in Kentucky
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+0.3%
vs 2024
65,069
residential customers
+19.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Owen Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (12.59¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.12¢ | — | 57,009 |
| 2016 | 10.93¢ | −1.7% | 57,701 |
| 2017 | 11.11¢ | +1.6% | 58,403 |
| 2018 | 10.75¢ | −3.2% | 59,088 |
| 2019 | 10.73¢ | −0.2% | 59,736 |
| 2020 | 10.52¢ | −2.0% | 60,566 |
| 2021 | 11.32¢ | +7.6% | 61,667 |
| 2022 | 12.86¢ | +13.6% | 62,542 |
| 2023 | 12.80¢ | −0.5% | 63,270 |
| 2024 | 12.55¢ | −1.9% | 63,984 |
| 2025 | 12.59¢ | +0.3% | 65,069 |
How this compares
13.13¢
Kentucky average, 2025
−4.1%
Owen Electric Coop vs KY 2025 average
−26.9%
vs US 2025 average
#37
priciest in KY
Serves 9 counties in Kentucky: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton, Scott. 44 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Owen Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.12¢ to 12.59¢ per kWh: +13.2% over 10 years, or about +1.2% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +13.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −3.2% in 2018.
For a home using 1,094 kWh a month, the Kentucky average, Owen Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,653 a year, $71 less than at Kentucky's average rate of 13.13¢. Of the 45 Kentucky utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 37th most expensive.
Owen Electric Coop served 57,009 homes in 2015 and 65,069 in 2025 (+14.1%), about 3% of Kentucky's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Owen Electric Coop's rates
Owen Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Kentucky 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: Kentucky Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Owen Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Owen Electric Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Kentucky Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +0.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Owen Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Owen Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 12.59¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Kentucky's 2025 average was 13.13¢.
How much have Owen Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+19.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +19.1% for Kentucky as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Owen Electric Coop have in Kentucky?
65,069 residential customers in 2025, across 9 counties including Boone, Campbell, Carroll, 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)