Tahlequah Public Works Authority

About Tahlequah Public Works Authority

Tahlequah Public Works Authority is headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and supplies electricity in 4 cities in the state. There are 11,002 customer accounts receiving electricity from the company. These customer accounts are made up of 84.95% residential accounts, 15.03% commercial customers and 0.02% industrial customers. Tahlequah Public Works Authority's customers are billed an average residential electricity price of 9.14 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 21.32% below the average Oklahoma price of 11.62 cents and 31.06% below the nationwide average of 13.26. They sold 184,284 megawatt hours via retail sales in 2019. The electricity sourced by the company primarily came from megawatt hours that they acquired by way of the wholesale market. They purchased 196,245 on the wholesale market. The provider made a total of $14,909,000 for 2019 through electricity sales to retail consumers.

The state average monthly residential power bill is $125.77, while the Tahlequah Public Works Authority average is 61.42% below at $53.34 per month. This is the 1st lowest average monthly bill amount for a provider in Oklahoma. The provider currently does not generate their own electricity. Instead, they must purchase that electricity at wholesale prices and then resell it at a higher rate to end consumers.