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. Oconto Electric Cooperative averages 16.00 cents per kilowatt hour billed to their consumers for residential electricity. This is 8.74% lower than the state's average price of 17.53 cents. There were a total of 114,259 megawatt hours sold to retail customers in 2019 by the supplier. The electricity sourced was made up of megawatt hours produced by the company and megawatt hours that they procured on the wholesale market. They purchased 116,772 on the wholesale market and produced 7,384 megawatt hours. In 2019, the company made 99.49% of their revenue from retail electricity sales. Their total revenue from electricity activities was $15,788,800.

The Wisconsin average monthly residential electricity bill is $114.83, while the Oconto Electric Cooperative average is 17.10% higher at $139.29 per month. Oconto Electric Cooperative ranks 107th in the state for average monthly bill total. Oconto Electric Cooperative ranks as the 23rd highest total electricity generator in the state out of 116 companies. Dams and other hydroelectric facilities owned or operated by the electricity provider produce 5,352 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 5,352 megawatt hours, from sustainable fuel types.