[ Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn / MN ]
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn electricity rates in Minnesota
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's average effective residential rate (15.00¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.12¢ | — | 44,119 |
| 2016 | 11.74¢ | +5.6% | 45,194 |
| 2017 | 12.02¢ | +2.4% | 46,230 |
| 2018 | 12.20¢ | +1.5% | 47,354 |
| 2019 | 12.33¢ | +1.1% | 48,439 |
| 2020 | 12.51¢ | +1.5% | 48,888 |
| 2021 | 12.55¢ | +0.3% | 51,050 |
| 2022 | 13.63¢ | +8.6% | 51,517 |
| 2023 | 13.66¢ | +0.2% | 52,381 |
| 2024 | 14.59¢ | +6.8% | 53,714 |
| 2025 | 15.00¢ | +2.8% | 54,582 |
How this compares
Serves 7 counties in Minnesota: Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright. 44 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's average residential rate has gone from 11.12¢ to 15.00¢ per kWh: +34.9% over 10 years, or about +3.0% a year. It rose in 10 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.6% in 2022.
For a home using 743 kWh a month, the Minnesota average, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's 2025 rate works out to about $1,337 a year, $74 less than at Minnesota's average rate of 15.83¢. Of the 46 Minnesota utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 22nd most expensive.
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn served 44,119 homes in 2015 and 54,582 in 2025 (+23.7%), about 2% of Minnesota's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's rates
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Minnesota 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: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn raising rates in 2026?
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +2.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn charge per kWh?
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's average effective residential rate was 15.00¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Minnesota's 2025 average was 15.83¢.
How much have Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn rates gone up in five years?
+19.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Minnesota as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn have in Minnesota?
54,582 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, 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)
