Lower Yellowstone Electric REA

About Lower Yellowstone Electric REA

Lower Yellowstone Electric REA is an electric cooperative located in Sidney, Montana and providing electricity to customers in 2 states in the country. Presently, 6,418 consumers are supplied electricity by the supplier. These customers are a mix of 4,407 residential accounts, 909 commercial customers and 1,102 industrial properties. On average, Lower Yellowstone Electric REA's consumers spend 9.57 cents per kilowatt hour for their residential electricity, which is 41.02% less than the nationwide average of 16.22 cents. Of the 388,849 megawatt hours Lower Yellowstone Electric REA sold and dispossessed, 99.78% were from retail sales. During the same timeframe, Lower Yellowstone Electric REA procured 403,184 megawatt hours via the wholesale electricity market. In 2023, the provider made a total of $40,626,300 from business activities relating to the sale and transfer of electricity. They had 97.01% of their revenue coming from retail sales to end users.

The US average monthly residential electricity bill is $143.38, while the Lower Yellowstone Electric REA average is 17.59% less at $118.17 per month. This is the 998th lowest average monthly bill amount for a supplier in the United States. Electricity production is not part of the Lower Yellowstone Electric REA business plan, as they purchase electricity at wholesale rates to then be resold to their end users.