Oahe Electric Cooperative

About Oahe Electric Cooperative

Oahe Electric Cooperative provides electricity to 2 counties and is classified as an electricity cooperative. At the moment, there are 3,309 customers of the provider. Exactly 225 of them are industrial properties, 783 are commercial customers and 2,301 of them are residential customers. Patrons of Oahe Electric Cooperative spend, on average, 9.06 cents per kilowatt hour for their electricity, which is 25.87% lower than the average state price of 12.22 cents and 41.99% lower than the US average of 15.61. The company had total sales and disposition of 131,466 megawatt hours in 2019, of which 88.49% were from retail sales and 7.12% were from wholesale sales. The purchase of wholesale electricity made up 100.00% of the electricity sourced by the company. Their revenue for 2019 from electricity related activities was $12,293,800, with 92.57% coming from retail sales to end users and 5.88% from sales to the wholesale electricity market.

The average residential power bill for a customer of Oahe Electric Cooperative is $193.72 per month. Consumers of the supplier pay 49.59% more compared to the rest of the state. Electricity generation is not part of the Oahe Electric Cooperative business plan, as they purchase electricity at wholesale rates to then be resold to their customers.