Brainerd Public Utilities

About Brainerd Public Utilities

Brainerd Public Utilities is a municipally owned entity. This means that the local government owns and runs the company. The average residential electricity rate for consumers of Brainerd Public Utilities is around 12.49 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 19.67% below the state's average rate of 15.54 cents. This ranks the provider 70th out of 175 suppliers in the state for lowest average electricity price. In 2019 they sold 175,319 megawatt hours to end users (known as retail sales). Power facilities owned by the company generated 9.59% of the megawatt hours sourced by the company and an additional 90.41% was purchased via wholesale channels. The revenue for Brainerd Public Utilities in 2019 from electricity sales was $21,283,000, with $21,006,000 coming from retail sales to end users.

The nationwide average monthly residential power bill is $135.34, while the Brainerd Public Utilities average is 44.04% below at $75.73 per month. This is the 219th lowest average monthly bill amount for a provider in the nation. Brainerd Public Utilities is the 39th largest supplier out of 162 suppliers in Minnesota based on number of customers. They rank 1st in the United States out of the 3526 suppliers we track for their ratio of renewable versus non-renewable fuel sources used. The supplier is the 6th largest producer of hydroelectric power in Minnesota out of 162 suppliers.