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Carroll Electric Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering

Carroll Electric Coop Corp is an cooperative utility serving 108,120 customer accounts in Arkansas; 101,154 of them are residential. Major event days make 91% of its yearly outage minutes (1796 with them, 161 without).

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: 1,087 kWh a month costs roughly $133 in energy at 12.25 ¢/kWh, -0.5% on the Arkansas average of 12.32 ¢.

Major event days make 91% of its yearly outage minutes (1796 with them, 161 without).

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events
91%1796 minutes with events, 161 without

Major events weigh on Carroll Electric Coop Corp: 1796 minutes with them, 161 without, so 91% of the total comes from event days, 11.12 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 2.07 interruptions a customer a year, 2.04 times the national median (1.01), with 78 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Carroll Electric Coop Corp
Carroll Electric Coop Corp, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Carroll Electric Coop CorpLowest in this table12.25 ¢/kWh10.30 ¢/kWh$133at 1,087 kWh161 minSAIDI
Arkansas average against this company, which is 6 of 13 on price+0.07 ¢/kWhcompany 0.5% below-0.06 ¢/kWhcompany 0.6% above+$1a month at 1,087 kWh+7 mincompany 7 below
First Electric Coop Corp12.27 ¢/kWhcompany 0.1% below16.16 ¢/kWhcompany 36.3% below$1330 more than company191 mincompany 29 below

Compare 25 Arkansas companies

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: 2025

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: +9.3% on 2024 for homes, Arkansas +4.2%.

Carroll Electric Coop Corp home price, 2025
13.39 ¢/kWh+9.3% on 2024, early release
Carroll Electric Coop Corp SAIDI, 2025
142 min-12% on 2024, early release
Carroll Electric Coop Corp against Arkansas, 2025
+5.1 pointsCarroll Electric Coop Corp +9.3%, Arkansas +4.2%, price in Arkansas 12.84 ¢

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: 13.39 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +9.3% from 12.25 ¢; Arkansas as a whole went +4.2%, so Carroll Electric Coop Corp ran ahead of it by 5.1 points. Its SAIDI is 142 minutes against 161 in 2024.

Carbon context

Carroll Electric Coop Corp serves 101,154 homes in Arkansas. At 1,087 kWh a month that is about 490 kg of CO₂, or 5,880 kg a year, at the Arkansas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Arkansas generation mix.

Carroll Electric Coop Corp charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.25 ¢ in 2024

9.68 ¢ in 2015, 12.25 ¢ in 2024 (+26.5%); Arkansas 9.82 to 12.32 ¢.

Carroll Electric Coop Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCarroll Electric Coop CorpGap to Arkansas residentialGap to U.S. residential
20159.68-0.14-2.97
20169.62-0.30-2.93
20179.91-0.37-2.98
20189.60-0.21-3.27
20199.55-0.25-3.46
20209.66-0.75-3.49
202110.44-0.83-3.22
202211.93-0.12-3.11
202312.37+0.12-3.63
202412.25-0.07-4.23

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Carroll Electric Coop Corp SAIDI, 2015-2024

123 min in 2015, 161 in 2024.

Carroll Electric Coop Corp SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCarroll Electric Coop , no major events
2015123
201676
2017102
201888
201994
2020110
2021123
202290
2023141
2024161

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 161.4 min

161.4 min, 1.62x the median reporter, rank 473 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events161.4
  • Company, with major events1,795.7

Carroll Electric Coop Corp, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 9.68 ¢ in 2015 to 12.25 ¢ in 2024, a move of +26.5%: Carroll Electric Coop Corp tracked its state (+25.5%) within 1.1 points, and -3.7 points against the U.S. Carroll Electric Coop Corp's sharpest move came in 2022, +14.3%. The high is 12.37 ¢ (2023) and the low 9.55 ¢ (2019). 2024: -1.0% here, +0.6% for the Arkansas average. SAIDI at Carroll Electric Coop Corp (major events excluded) rose from 123 minutes in 2015 to 161 in 2024, +31%; worst year 2024 at 161. At 161 minutes in 2024, Carroll Electric Coop Corp sat +62 from the national SAIDI median, with 4 of 10 years below it. 2024: 1796 minutes with major events, 161 without, the widest gap of any year. Carroll Electric Coop Corp has 5 cheaper and 7 higher-priced Arkansas peers among 13 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of North Little Rock, bills 12.23 ¢ (-0.03). Next higher-priced, First Electric Coop Corp, bills 12.27 ¢ (+0.02).

The rate is within 0.5% of Arkansas, but reliability is the weak side: 161 minutes, 1.6 times the national median.

Home accounts at Carroll Electric Coop Corp went from 76,599 in 2015 to 101,154 in 2024, +32.1%. Business customers paid 0.84 times the home price in 2024 (10.30 against 12.25 ¢); the ratio was 0.85 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.63 in 2015 to 2.07 in 2024, between 1.14 and 2.07.

Facts

Customer accounts
108,1206.3% of Arkansas total
Residential accounts
101,1546.8% of Arkansas homes
Commercial accounts
6,9146.4% of the base
Residential rate
12.25 ¢/kWhplace 6 of 13, -0.5% against the state
Commercial rate
10.30 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 21, +0.6% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
161.4 minbetter than 30% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
2.072.04x the median
SAIDI with major events
1795.7 min91.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity
19.4 MW2,264 installations
Counties served
7Arkansas plus 1 more
Average residential use
13,050 kWh/yr1,087 a month
Implied monthly bill
$133-$46 on the U.S. rate, 1,087 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+26.5%9.68 to 12.25 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
+31%123 min in 2015, 161 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Carroll Electric Coop Corp

Carroll Electric Coop Corp sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Arkansas ¢/kWh
Residential101,15412.25-0.07
Commercial6,91410.30+0.06

Year by year, Carroll Electric Coop Corp

YearHome accounts, Carroll Electric Coop Home ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
201576,5999.688.270.851231.63
201678,7419.628.220.85761.15
201780,9319.918.440.851021.35
201882,8379.608.230.86881.14
201984,7009.558.260.87941.23
202086,6889.668.450.871101.51
202191,39010.449.070.871231.52
202294,42511.9310.530.88901.41
202397,87312.3710.700.871411.84
2024101,15412.2510.300.841612.07

Peers of Carroll Electric Coop Corp in Arkansas, place 6 of 13 on home price

Utility near Carroll Electric Coop Corp on priceSAIDI min, gap to Carroll Electric Coop CorpHome ¢, gap to Carroll Electric Coop CorpGap % to Carroll Electric Coop CorpAccounts, Carroll Electric Coop Corp = 1
3. City of BentonvilleNo data-0.61-5.0%0.27
4. Craighead Electric Coop Corp+7-0.26-2.1%0.30
5. City of North Little RockNo data-0.03-0.2%0.37
6. Carroll Electric Coop Corp (this utility)16112.25-1.00
7. First Electric Coop Corp+29+0.02+0.1%0.96
8. North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc+82+0.61+5.0%0.36
9. Southwest Arkansas E C C+29+0.71+5.8%0.26

Who buys Carroll Electric Coop Corp's electricity

Class at Carroll Electric Coop CorpAccountsOf Carroll Electric Coop Corp accountsOf Carroll Electric Coop Corp MWh soldkWh a year per Carroll Electric Coop Corp account
Residential101,15493.6%62.0%13,050
Commercial6,9146.4%20.8%64,124
Industrial and other520.05%17.1%7,005,346

Carroll Electric Coop Corp among Arkansas cooperatives

Carroll Electric Coop Corp and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to Carroll Electric Coop CorpHome ¢, gap to Carroll Electric Coop CorpAccounts, Carroll Electric Coop Corp = 1
1. Craighead Electric Coop Corp (AR)+7-0.260.30
2. Carroll Electric Coop Corp (AR, this utility)16112.251.00
3. First Electric Coop Corp (AR)+29+0.020.96
4. North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc (AR)+82+0.610.36
5. Southwest Arkansas E C C (AR)+29+0.710.26
6. Ozarks Electric Coop Corp (AR)-78+0.780.72
7. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp (AR)+36+1.070.54

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureCarroll Electric Coop CorpArkansas contextCarroll Electric Coop Corp detail
Carroll Electric Coop Corp home meters on AMI100.0%Arkansas 83.8%101,154 of 101,154 meters
Homes with daily digital access68,988Arkansas figure not published68% of the 101,154 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Carroll Electric Coop Corp homesNot on file3 of 7 Arkansas utilities offer oneno dynamic-pricing count filed by Carroll Electric Coop Corp
Net-metered installations2,264100% residential22.4 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.6 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Carroll Electric Coop Corp

kWhShare of a 1,087 kWh monthCost a month at 12.25 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25023%$30.63-$10.57$368
50046%$61.27-$21.13$735
75069%$91.90-$31.70$1,103
1,00092%$122.54-$42.26$1,470
1,500138%$183.81-$63.39$2,206
2,000184%$245.07-$84.53$2,941

Outage record, Carroll Electric Coop Corp

Measure, Carroll Electric CooNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes161.41795.72.69 h
SAIFI interruptions2.0703.9000.48 yr apart
CAIDI minutes78.0460.41.30 h

Territory of Carroll Electric Coop Corp

7 Arkansas counties plus 1 other state, region SPP:

Counties served by Carroll Electric Coop CorpNewtonBooneWashingtonPopeBentonMadisonCarrollStoneMcDonaldBarryTaney

Arkansas other states: 11 of 11 counties of Carroll Electric Coop Corp drawn

Carroll Electric Coop Corp: 11 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Benton
  • Boone
  • Carroll
  • Madison
  • Newton
  • Pope
  • Washington

Questions on Carroll Electric Coop Corp

How many customers does Carroll Electric Coop Corp serve in Arkansas?

108,120 accounts in 2024: residential 101,154, commercial 6,914, industrial 52.

What is the average residential rate of Carroll Electric Coop Corp?

In 2024 homes paid 12.25 cents; against the Arkansas average that is -0.5%.

How reliable is Carroll Electric Coop Corp by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 161.4 min and SAIFI 2.07 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.62, CAIDI 78 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Carroll Electric Coop Corp grid?

2,264 installations with 19.4 MW, of which residential installations number 2,264.

What is the monthly bill at Carroll Electric Coop Corp for average use?

1,087 kWh at 12.25 cents comes to about $133, energy only.

How does Carroll Electric Coop Corp rank on price within Arkansas?

Rank 6 of 13 in Arkansas on price, -0.5% against the state average; 5 charge less than 12.25 ¢.

What share of Carroll Electric Coop Corp sales do homes buy?

Homes take 62.0% of 2,127,661 MWh, commercial accounts 20.8%, industrial and other 17.1%; the 6,914 commercial accounts use 64,124 kWh each, 4.9 times a home.

At Carroll Electric Coop Corp, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

101,154 of 101,154 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Carroll Electric Coop Corp reports no home time-of-use rate; 3 of 7 Arkansas filers do.

Has Carroll Electric Coop Corp moved up the Arkansas price list since 2015?

4th cheapest of 11 in 2015, 6th of 13 in 2024; its price rose 26.5% while Arkansas rose 25.5%.

Where does Carroll Electric Coop Corp stand among 6 peers?

Place 2 of 7 on home price at 12.25 ¢ (Arkansas cooperatives); median 12.86 ¢, cheapest member 11.99 ¢.

Did Carroll Electric Coop Corp cut or raise its 2025 home price?

13.39 cents per kWh, +9.3% on the 12.25 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Carroll Electric Coop Corp at 12.25 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on Carroll Electric Coop Corp

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 7.0 to 7.9 ¢/kWh.

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

Primary sources for Carroll Electric Coop Corp: rates, outages and net metering

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Carroll Electric Coop Corp: 1,087 kWh a month costs roughly $133 in energy at 12.25 ¢/kWh, -0.5% on the Arkansas average of 12.32 ¢.