Oconto Electric Cooperative

About Oconto Electric Cooperative

Oconto Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative located in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin and providing electricity to customers in 4 counties in Wisconsin such as the counties of Marinette County, Shawano County, Oconto County, and Menominee County. There are 9,708 residential customers, 496 commercial accounts and 18 industrial customer accounts who are receiving electricity from the company. Oconto Electric Cooperative bills their patrons a residential electricity rate of 14.11 cents per kilowatt hour on average, which is 16.95% below Wisconsin's average price of 16.99 cents and 9.74% less than the US average of 15.64 cents. They sold 114,259 megawatt hours through retail sales in 2019. Of the megawatt hours they sourced, 7,384 of them were produced by power plants owned by Oconto Electric Cooperative and 116,772 megawatt hours were procured via wholesale channels. In 2019, the supplier had revenue of $15,709,000 from retail electricity sales to end users. Their total revenue from all electricity related activities was $15,788,800.

The Wisconsin average monthly residential electricity bill is $111.51, while the Oconto Electric Cooperative average is 10.30% higher at $125.18 per month. Oconto Electric Cooperative ranks 105th in the state for average monthly bill total. Oconto Electric Cooperative ranks as the 24th highest total electricity generator in the state out of 116 companies. Dams and other hydroelectric facilities owned or operated by the electricity provider produce 5,004 megawatt hours, ranking the supplier as the 10th largest generator of hydroelectric power in the state out of 116 suppliers. The supplier generates 100.00% of their total number of megawatt hours generated, which is 5,004 megawatt hours, from sustainable fuel types.