Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering

Roughly 58,567 Arkansas accounts belong to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 54,372. Its home price sits 8.2% over the Arkansas average and ranks 13 of 13 among larger utilities.

DeGray Dam and Lake on the Caddo River in Hot Spring County, Arkansas — USACE DeGray Dam and Lake. Photo by Alfred Dulaney, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: 1,105 kWh a month costs roughly $147 in energy at 13.33 ¢/kWh, +8.2% on the Arkansas average of 12.32 ¢.

Its home price sits 8.2% over the Arkansas average and ranks 13 of 13 among larger utilities.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp on price: 8.2% over Arkansas

Home price against Arkansas: +8.2%place 13 of 13, cheapest first

Home price is where Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp departs furthest from the Arkansas pattern: 13.33 ¢ against a state average of 12.32 ¢, place 13 of 13 among Arkansas utilities with 20,000+ homes. The cheapest of those is City Water and Light Plant at 6.63 ¢ (-6.70 ¢ from here), the most expensive Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp at 13.33 ¢ (+0.00 ¢).

A home using 1,105 kWh a month pays about $147 in energy here; at the Arkansas average the same use would cost $136, a difference of +$11 a month.

How it compares

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	13.33 ¢/kWh	12.09 ¢/kWh	$147at 1,105 kWh	197 minSAIDI
Arkansas average against this company, which is 13 of 13 on priceLowest in this table	-1.01 ¢/kWhcompany 8.2% above	-1.85 ¢/kWhcompany 18.0% above	-$11a month at 1,105 kWh	-29 mincompany 29 above
Ozarks Electric Coop Corp	13.03 ¢/kWhcompany 2.3% above	12.56 ¢/kWhcompany 3.7% below	$1443 less than company	83 mincompany 114 above

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Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: 2025

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: +5.9% on 2024 for homes, Arkansas +4.2%.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp home price, 2025: 14.11 ¢/kWh+5.9% on 2024, early release
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp SAIDI, 2025: 249 min+26% on 2024, early release
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp against Arkansas, 2025: +1.7 pointsArkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp +5.9%, Arkansas +4.2%, price in Arkansas 12.84 ¢

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: 14.11 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +5.9% from 13.33 ¢; Arkansas as a whole went +4.2%, so Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp ran ahead of it by 1.7 points. Its SAIDI is 249 minutes against 197 in 2024.

Carbon context

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp serves 54,372 homes in Arkansas. At 1,105 kWh a month that is about 498 kg of CO₂, or 5,977 kg a year, at the Arkansas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Arkansas generation mix.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp charts

Residential price since 2015: 13.33 ¢ in 2024

10.29 ¢ in 2015, 13.33 ¢ in 2024 (+29.5%); Arkansas 9.82 to 12.32 ¢.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Co	Gap to Arkansas residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	10.29	+0.47	-2.36
2016	10.44	+0.52	-2.11
2017	10.98	+0.70	-1.91
2018	10.64	+0.83	-2.23
2019	10.57	+0.77	-2.44
2020	10.70	+0.29	-2.45
2021	12.29	+1.02	-1.37
2022	12.75	+0.70	-2.29
2023	12.73	+0.48	-3.27
2024	13.33	+1.01	-3.15

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp SAIDI, 2017-2024

227 min in 2017, 197 in 2024.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp SAIDI by year, 2017 to 2024: 8 rows

Year	Arkansas Valley Elec C, no major events	Arkansas Valley Elec C, all events
2017	227	463
2018	97	251
2019	182	437
2020	269	322
2021	188	430
2022	237	265
2023	271	778
2024	197	586

8 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 197.3 min

197.3 min, 1.98x the median reporter, rank 530 of 673.

min

Company, no major events197.3
Company, with major events585.8

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 10.29 ¢ in 2015 to 13.33 ¢ in 2024, a move of +29.5%: Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp outpaced its state (+25.5%) by 4.0 points, and -0.8 points against the U.S. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp's sharpest move came in 2021, +14.8%. The latest year is the high at 13.33 ¢; the low was 10.29 ¢ (2015). 2024: +4.7% here, +0.6% for the Arkansas average. SAIDI at Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp (major events excluded) went from 227 minutes in 2017 to 197 in 2024, -13%, between 97 (2018) and 271 (2023). Against the national median, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp came in lower on SAIDI in 1 of 8 years, and 2024 ended at 197 minutes, +98 from the median. 2023: 778 minutes with major events, 271 without, the widest gap of any year. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp has 12 cheaper and 0 higher-priced Arkansas peers among 13 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, C & L Electric Coop Corp, bills 13.26 ¢ (-0.07).

Pricier by 8.2% than Arkansas and slower to restore, at 197 minutes or 2.0 times the median.

Home accounts at Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp went from 49,887 in 2015 to 54,372 in 2024, +9.0%. Business customers paid 0.91 times the home price in 2024 (12.09 against 13.33 ¢); the ratio was 0.91 in 2015. SAIFI went from 2.41 in 2017 to 2.49 in 2024, between 0.61 and 2.49.

Outages and home price of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp (EIA utility 817), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: 227 minutes in 2017, 197 in 2024, a drop of 13%. The low came in 2018 at 97, the high in 2023 at 271; 8 years were filed. The Arkansas median in 2024 was 168 minutes, so Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp ran above it.

Measured in 2025 dollars, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp home rates went 13.61 ¢ to 13.68 ¢ (+0.5%) from 2013 to 2024; on the bill 9.85 ¢ to 13.33 ¢. Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,633 in 2013 and $1,641 in 2024. Of 29 Arkansas utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp stood 25th cheapest (14th of 31 in 2013).

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp outage minutes a customer, 2017 to 2024: 197 in 2024

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp at 197 min in 2024 and the Arkansas median at 168.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp home price since 2013: +0.5% after inflation

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: 13.68 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 13.33 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, EIA utility 817, year by year among Arkansas utilities

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Arkansas Valley El	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Arkansas Valle	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Arkansas Valle	Arkansas median SAIDI
2013	9.85	13.61	14 of 31	–	–	–	–
2014	10.52	14.30	18 of 31	–	–	–	–
2015	10.29	13.98	18 of 31	–	–	–	–
2016	10.44	14.00	19 of 31	–	–	–	–
2017	10.98	14.42	18 of 31	227	2.41	13 of 13	118
2018	10.64	13.64	18 of 31	97	0.61	8 of 14	95
2019	10.57	13.32	21 of 35	182	1.50	11 of 14	118
2020	10.70	13.31	17 of 29	269	2.40	13 of 14	115
2021	12.29	14.60	21 of 29	188	1.90	12 of 15	117
2022	12.75	14.03	19 of 29	237	2.15	13 of 15	101
2023	12.73	13.45	21 of 29	271	2.42	13 of 15	166
2024	13.33	13.68	25 of 29	197	2.49	11 of 15	168

Arkansas Valley Elec Coo, EIA utility 817: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Arkansas real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 58,5673.4% of Arkansas total
Residential accounts: 54,3723.7% of Arkansas homes
Commercial accounts: 4,1477.1% of the base
Residential rate: 13.33 ¢/kWhplace 13 of 13, +8.2% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.09 ¢/kWhplace 14 of 21, +18.0% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 197.3 minbetter than 21% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.492.46x the median
SAIDI with major events: 585.8 min66.3% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 14.1 MW996 installations
Counties served: 11Arkansas plus 1 more
Average residential use: 13,266 kWh/yr1,105 a month
Implied monthly bill: $147-$35 on the U.S. rate, 1,105 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +29.5%10.29 to 13.33 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -13%227 min in 2017, 197 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Arkansas ¢/kWh
Residential	54,372	13.33	+1.01
Commercial	4,147	12.09	+1.85

Year by year, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

Year	Home accounts, Arkansas Valley Elec C	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	49,887	10.29	9.42	0.91	No data	No data
2016	50,491	10.44	9.59	0.92	No data	No data
2017	50,951	10.98	10.07	0.92	227	2.41
2018	51,173	10.64	9.58	0.90	97	0.61
2019	51,385	10.57	9.49	0.90	182	1.50
2020	51,735	10.70	9.61	0.90	269	2.40
2021	52,575	12.29	11.24	0.91	188	1.90
2022	53,096	12.75	11.76	0.92	237	2.15
2023	53,654	12.73	11.24	0.88	271	2.42
2024	54,372	13.33	12.09	0.91	197	2.49

Peers of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp in Arkansas, place 13 of 13 on home price

Utility near Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp on price	SAIDI min, gap to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Home ¢, gap to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Gap % to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Accounts, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp = 1
10. Entergy Arkansas LLC	+32	-0.36	-2.7%	12.51
11. Ozarks Electric Coop Corp	-114	-0.30	-2.2%	1.32
12. C & L Electric Coop Corp	No data	-0.07	-0.5%	0.38
13. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp (this utility)	197	13.33	-	1.00

Who buys Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp's electricity

Class at Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Accounts	Of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp accounts	Of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp MWh sold	kWh a year per Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp account
Residential	54,372	92.8%	60.7%	13,266
Commercial	4,147	7.1%	15.7%	44,904
Industrial and other	48	0.08%	23.6%	5,839,354

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp among Arkansas cooperatives

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Home ¢, gap to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Accounts, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp = 1
1. Craighead Electric Coop Corp (AR)	-29	-1.33	0.56
2. Carroll Electric Coop Corp (AR)	-36	-1.07	1.85
3. First Electric Coop Corp (AR)	-6	-1.06	1.78
4. North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc (AR)	+46	-0.46	0.67
5. Southwest Arkansas E C C (AR)	-7	-0.36	0.48
6. Ozarks Electric Coop Corp (AR)	-114	-0.30	1.32
7. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp (AR, this utility)	197	13.33	1.00

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Arkansas context	Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp detail
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp home meters on AMI	100.0%	Arkansas 83.8%	54,372 of 54,372 meters
Homes with daily digital access	54,372	Arkansas figure not published	100% of the 54,372 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp homes	Not on file	3 of 7 Arkansas utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp
Net-metered installations	996	98% residential	18.0 homes per 1,000 accounts, 14.1 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

kWh	Share of a 1,105 kWh month	Cost a month at 13.33 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	23%	$33.32	-$7.88	$400
500	45%	$66.63	-$15.77	$800
750	68%	$99.95	-$23.65	$1,199
1,000	90%	$133.26	-$31.54	$1,599
1,500	136%	$199.89	-$47.31	$2,399
2,000	181%	$266.53	-$63.07	$3,198

Outage record, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

Measure, Arkansas Valley Elec	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	197.3	585.8	3.29 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.490	3.320	0.40 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	79.3	176.4	1.32 h

Territory of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

11 Arkansas counties plus 1 other state, region SERC:

Arkansas other states: 14 of 14 counties of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp drawn

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: 14 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Crawford
Franklin
Johnson
Logan
Madison
Newton
Pope
Scott
Sebastian
Washington
Yell

Questions on Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

How many customers does Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp serve in Arkansas?

58,567 accounts in 2024: residential 54,372, commercial 4,147, industrial 48.

What is the average residential rate of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp?

In 2024 homes paid 13.33 cents; against the Arkansas average that is +8.2%.

How reliable is Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 197.3 min and SAIFI 2.49 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.98, CAIDI 79 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp grid?

996 installations with 14.1 MW, of which residential installations number 980.

What is the monthly bill at Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp for average use?

1,105 kWh at 13.33 cents comes to about $147, energy only.

How does Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp rank on price within Arkansas?

Rank 13 of 13 in Arkansas on price, +8.2% against the state average; 12 charge less than 13.33 ¢.

What share of Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp sales do homes buy?

Homes take 60.7% of 1,187,785 MWh, commercial accounts 15.7%, industrial and other 23.6%; the 4,147 commercial accounts use 44,904 kWh each, 3.4 times a home.

At Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

54,372 of 54,372 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp reports no home time-of-use rate; 3 of 7 Arkansas filers do.

Has Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp moved up the Arkansas price list since 2015?

8th cheapest of 11 in 2015, 13th of 13 in 2024; its price rose 29.5% while Arkansas rose 25.5%.

How does Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp compare with 6 similar utilities?

Place 7 of 7 on home price at 13.33 ¢ (Arkansas cooperatives); median 12.86 ¢, cheapest member 11.99 ¢.

Did Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp cut or raise its 2025 home price?

14.11 cents per kWh, +5.9% on the 13.33 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp at 13.33 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light CompMinnesota, 13.33 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Southwestern Public Service CoTexas, 13.35 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
South River Elec Member CorpNorth Carolina, 13.30 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below
Union Electric Membership CorpNorth Carolina, 13.37 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

2 home plan records, energy charges: 7.3 to 9.2 ¢/kWh.

Tiered: 2, e.g. Farm and Home Service- Three Phase

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering

EIA-861 annual report entry for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering, the state price average