[ Three Rivers Electric Coop / MO ]
Three Rivers Electric Coop electricity rates in Missouri
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Three Rivers Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (13.03¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.20¢ | — | 20,569 |
| 2016 | 10.29¢ | +0.9% | 20,727 |
| 2017 | 10.80¢ | +5.0% | 20,809 |
| 2018 | 10.62¢ | −1.7% | 21,004 |
| 2019 | 10.71¢ | +0.8% | 21,172 |
| 2020 | 10.81¢ | +0.9% | 21,533 |
| 2021 | 10.79¢ | −0.2% | 21,801 |
| 2022 | 11.10¢ | +2.9% | 22,064 |
| 2023 | 11.80¢ | +6.3% | 22,309 |
| 2024 | 12.47¢ | +5.7% | 22,561 |
| 2025 | 13.03¢ | +4.5% | 22,757 |
How this compares
Serves 7 counties in Missouri: Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Osage. 48 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Three Rivers Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.20¢ to 13.03¢ per kWh: +27.8% over 10 years, or about +2.5% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.3% in 2023. The largest drop was −1.7% in 2018.
For a home using 1,037 kWh a month, the Missouri average, Three Rivers Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,621 a year, $34 less than at Missouri's average rate of 13.30¢. Of the 45 Missouri utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 30th most expensive.
Three Rivers Electric Coop served 20,569 homes in 2015 and 22,757 in 2025 (+10.6%), under 1% of Missouri's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Three Rivers Electric Coop's rates
Three Rivers Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Missouri 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: Missouri Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Three Rivers Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Three Rivers Electric Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Missouri Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +4.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Three Rivers Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Three Rivers Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 13.03¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Missouri's 2025 average was 13.30¢.
How much have Three Rivers Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+20.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.4% for Missouri as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Three Rivers Electric Coop have in Missouri?
22,757 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, 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)
