Bluestem Electric Cooperative

About Bluestem Electric Cooperative

Bluestem Electric Cooperative provides electricity to 13 cities throughout Kansas. Electricity providers must regularly report the number of customers they have to government agencies. Most recently the company listed a total of 221 industrial customers, 1,429 commercial accounts and 5,702 residential customers signed on for their services. This is the sum of their customers. Customers of Bluestem Electric Cooperative are charged an average residential electricity rate of 17.37 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 23.80% higher than the state's average price of 14.03 cents and 17.08% more than the nationwide average of 14.84 cents. The supplier had total sales and disposition of 114,456 megawatt hours in 2019, of which 92.88% were from sales to end users. The electricity sourced by the company is made up of multiple sources including megawatt hours they generate and other megawatt hours procured by way of wholesale channels. These categories comprise 0.09% and 99.91%, respectively, of all electricity sourced by the company. In 2019, they made a total of $17,110,300 from business activities relating to the sale and transfer of electricity. They had 99.32% of their revenue coming from retail sales to end users.

The nationwide average monthly residential electric bill is $131.84, while the Bluestem Electric Cooperative average is 38.31% more at $182.33 per month. Bluestem Electric Cooperative is the 2836th ranked company in the United States for average monthly bill amount. Electricity generation is not handled in house at the company, as they purchase electricity at wholesale rates and then resell to their consumers.