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In Colorado, City of Fort Collins bills 79,990 accounts, 88.5% residential, as an municipal utility. Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (11 with them, 11 without).
City of Fort Collins: 621 kWh a month costs roughly $82 in energy at 13.21 ¢/kWh, -11.5% on the Colorado average of 14.92 ¢.
Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (11 with them, 11 without).
Major events weigh on City of Fort Collins: 11 minutes with them, 11 without, so 0% of the total comes from event days, 1.00 times the everyday figure.
SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.24 interruptions a customer a year, 0.24 times the national median (1.01), with 46 minutes per interruption.
| City of Fort Collins, 2024 | Home | Business | Bill | SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fort Collins | 13.21 ¢/kWh | 11.50 ¢/kWh | $82at 621 kWh | 11 minSAIDI |
| Colorado average against this company, which is 4 of 15 on price | +1.71 ¢/kWhcompany 11.5% below | +0.21 ¢/kWhcompany 1.8% below | +$11a month at 621 kWh | +66 mincompany 66 below |
| City of LongmontLowest in this table | 12.30 ¢/kWhcompany 7.4% above | 11.04 ¢/kWhcompany 4.2% above | $766 less than company | 19 mincompany 8 below |
City of Fort Collins: +8.6% on 2024 for homes, Colorado +6.2%.
City of Fort Collins: 14.34 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +8.6% from 13.21 ¢; Colorado as a whole went +6.2%, so City of Fort Collins ran ahead of it by 2.3 points. Its SAIDI is 8 minutes against 11 in 2024.
City of Fort Collins serves 70,803 homes in Colorado. At 621 kWh a month that is about 306 kg of CO₂, or 3,670 kg a year, at the Colorado plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Colorado generation mix.
9.70 ¢ in 2015, 13.21 ¢ in 2024 (+36.1%); Colorado 12.12 to 14.92 ¢.
| Year | City of Fort Collins | Gap to Colorado residential | Gap to U.S. residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.70 | -2.42 | -2.95 |
| 2016 | 10.10 | -1.97 | -2.45 |
| 2017 | 10.50 | -1.67 | -2.39 |
| 2018 | 10.42 | -1.73 | -2.45 |
| 2019 | 10.86 | -1.32 | -2.15 |
| 2020 | 11.54 | -0.82 | -1.61 |
| 2021 | 11.86 | -1.21 | -1.80 |
| 2022 | 11.97 | -2.22 | -3.07 |
| 2023 | 12.68 | -1.62 | -3.32 |
| 2024 | 13.21 | -1.71 | -3.27 |
10 rows from EIA retail sales.
CSV22 min in 2022, 11 in 2024.
| Year | City of Fort Collins, no major events | City of Fort Collins, all events |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 |
3 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSV11.1 min, 0.11x the median reporter, rank 27 of 673.
City of Fort Collins, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.
CSVFrom 9.70 ¢ in 2015 to 13.21 ¢ in 2024, a move of +36.1%: City of Fort Collins outpaced its state (+23.1%) by 13.0 points, and +5.9 points against the U.S. City of Fort Collins's sharpest move came in 2020, +6.2%. The latest year is the high at 13.21 ¢; the low was 9.70 ¢ (2015). 2024: +4.2% here, +4.3% for the Colorado average. SAIDI at City of Fort Collins (major events excluded) fell from 22 minutes in 2022 to 11 in 2024, -50%; best year 2024 at 11. Against the national median, City of Fort Collins came in lower on SAIDI in 3 of 3 years, and 2024 ended at 11 minutes, -88 from the median. City of Fort Collins has 3 cheaper and 11 higher-priced Colorado peers among 15 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of Longmont, bills 12.30 ¢ (-0.91). Next higher-priced, City of Loveland, bills 14.40 ¢ (+1.20).
The data favor customers here: bills run 11.5% under the Colorado norm, and 11 outage minutes sit 89% under the national median.
Home accounts at City of Fort Collins went from 61,738 in 2015 to 70,803 in 2024, +14.7%. Business customers paid 0.87 times the home price in 2024 (11.50 against 13.21 ¢); the ratio was 0.83 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.33 in 2022 to 0.24 in 2024, between 0.24 and 0.33.
Yearly SAIDI at City of Fort Collins: 22 minutes in 2022, 11 in 2024, a drop of 50%. Its best year was 2024 (11 min), its worst 2022 (22 min), across 3 filed years. Against a Colorado median of 74 minutes in 2024, City of Fort Collins was below the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a City of Fort Collins home paid 13.55 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 13.13 ¢ in 2013, +3.2%; the bill itself went 9.50 ¢ to 13.21 ¢ (+39.0%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,575 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,627 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 7th cheapest of 37 in 2013, 9th of 35 in 2024 among Colorado utilities with 1,000+ homes.
City of Fort Collins at 11 min in 2024 and the Colorado median at 74.
City of Fort Collins: 13.55 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 13.21 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
| Year, City of Fort Colli | ¢ billed | ¢ in 2025 $ | Price place, City of Fort C | SAIDI min | SAIFI | SAIDI place, City of Fort C | Colorado median SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 9.50 | 13.13 | 7 of 37 | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 9.70 | 13.20 | 9 of 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | 9.70 | 13.18 | 6 of 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 10.10 | 13.54 | 8 of 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | 10.50 | 13.79 | 8 of 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 10.42 | 13.36 | 5 of 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | 10.86 | 13.68 | 8 of 47 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 11.54 | 14.36 | 8 of 33 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | 11.86 | 14.09 | 9 of 34 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022 | 11.97 | 13.17 | 7 of 34 | 22 | 0.33 | 1 of 15 | 83 |
| 2023 | 12.68 | 13.40 | 9 of 35 | 20 | 0.24 | 1 of 15 | 67 |
| 2024 | 13.21 | 13.55 | 9 of 35 | 11 | 0.24 | 1 of 17 | 74 |
City of Fort Collins, EIA utility 6604: EIA-861, CPI-U.
CSV| City of Fort Collins sector | Accounts | Rate ¢/kWh | Gap to Colorado ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 70,803 | 13.21 | -1.71 |
| Commercial | 9,174 | 11.50 | -0.21 |
| Year | Home accounts, City of Fort Collins | Home ¢ | Business ¢ | Ratio | SAIDI | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61,738 | 9.70 | 8.02 | 0.83 | No data | No data |
| 2016 | 62,770 | 10.10 | 8.34 | 0.83 | No data | No data |
| 2017 | 63,760 | 10.50 | 8.63 | 0.82 | No data | No data |
| 2018 | 65,303 | 10.42 | 8.75 | 0.84 | No data | No data |
| 2019 | 66,865 | 10.86 | 9.26 | 0.85 | No data | No data |
| 2020 | 67,807 | 11.54 | 9.67 | 0.84 | No data | No data |
| 2021 | 68,924 | 11.86 | 10.17 | 0.86 | No data | No data |
| 2022 | 69,552 | 11.97 | 10.45 | 0.87 | 22 | 0.33 |
| 2023 | 70,098 | 12.68 | 11.01 | 0.87 | 20 | 0.24 |
| 2024 | 70,803 | 13.21 | 11.50 | 0.87 | 11 | 0.24 |
| Utility near City of Fort Collins on price | SAIDI min, gap to City of Fort Collins | Home ¢, gap to City of Fort Collins | Gap % to City of Fort Collins | Accounts, City of Fort Collins = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc | +45 | -1.17 | -8.9% | 0.77 |
| 2. Poudre Valley REA, Inc | +63 | -0.99 | -7.5% | 0.69 |
| 3. City of Longmont | +8 | -0.91 | -6.9% | 0.55 |
| 4. City of Fort Collins (this utility) | 11 | 13.21 | - | 1.00 |
| 5. City of Loveland | +8 | +1.20 | +9.1% | 0.53 |
| 6. City of Colorado Springs | +34 | +1.25 | +9.4% | 3.26 |
| 7. Delta Montrose Electric Assn | +85 | +1.77 | +13.4% | 0.46 |
| Class at City of Fort Collins | Accounts | Of City of Fort Collins accounts | Of City of Fort Collins MWh sold | kWh a year per City of Fort Collins account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 70,803 | 88.5% | 36.2% | 7,457 |
| Commercial | 9,174 | 11.5% | 32.8% | 52,133 |
| Industrial and other | 13 | 0.02% | 31.1% | 34,893,308 |
| City of Fort Collins and its neighbours on price | SAIDI min, gap to City of Fort Collins | Home ¢, gap to City of Fort Collins | Accounts, City of Fort Collins = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. City of Longmont (CO) | +8 | -0.91 | 0.55 |
| 2. City of Fort Collins (CO, this utility) | 11 | 13.21 | 1.00 |
| 3. City of Loveland (CO) | +8 | +1.20 | 0.53 |
| 4. City of Colorado Springs (CO) | +34 | +1.25 | 3.26 |
| Measure | City of Fort Collins | Colorado context | City of Fort Collins detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fort Collins home meters on AMI | 99.8% | Colorado 92.5% | 70,656 of 70,803 meters |
| Homes with daily digital access | 70,656 | Colorado figure not published | 100% of the 70,803 home accounts |
| Time-of-use rate for City of Fort Collins homes | Offered | 18 of 24 Colorado utilities offer one | 70,656 homes on dynamic pricing, 99.79% of 70,803 |
| Net-metered installations | 4,404 | 98% residential | 60.7 homes per 1,000 accounts, 7.5 kW average |
| kWh | Share of a 621 kWh month | Cost a month at 13.21 ¢ | vs U.S. | Cost a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 40% | $33.02 | -$8.18 | $396 |
| 500 | 80% | $66.03 | -$16.37 | $792 |
| 750 | 121% | $99.05 | -$24.55 | $1,189 |
| 1,000 | 161% | $132.07 | -$32.73 | $1,585 |
| 1,500 | 241% | $198.10 | -$49.10 | $2,377 |
| 2,000 | 322% | $264.14 | -$65.46 | $3,170 |
| Measure, City of Fort Collins | No events | All events | Converted |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAIDI minutes | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0.18 h |
| SAIFI interruptions | 0.240 | 0.240 | 4.17 yr apart |
| CAIDI minutes | 46.2 | 46.2 | 0.77 h |
1 Colorado counties, region WECC:
Colorado other states: 1 of 1 county of City of Fort Collins drawn
City of Fort Collins: 1 county listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.
CSV79,990 accounts in 2024: residential 70,803, commercial 9,174, industrial 13.
In 2024 homes paid 13.21 cents; against the Colorado average that is -11.5%.
SAIDI 11.1 min and SAIFI 0.24 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.11, CAIDI 46 min.
4,404 installations with 33.1 MW, of which residential installations number 4,295.
621 kWh at 13.21 cents comes to about $82, energy only.
Rank 4 of 15 in Colorado on price, -11.5% against the state average; 3 charge less than 13.21 ¢.
Homes take 36.2% of 1,459,862 MWh, commercial accounts 32.8%, industrial and other 31.1%; the 9,174 commercial accounts use 52,133 kWh each, 7.0 times a home.
70,656 of 70,803 home meters are AMI, 99.8%. City of Fort Collins offers a home time-of-use rate; 70,656 customers use dynamic pricing, 99.79% of its homes.
3rd cheapest of 15 in 2015, 4th of 15 in 2024; its price rose 36.1% while Colorado rose 23.1%.
Place 2 of 4 on home price at 13.21 ¢ (Colorado municipals); median 13.80 ¢, cheapest member 12.30 ¢.
14.34 cents per kWh, +8.6% on the 13.21 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Home prices nearest to City of Fort Collins at 13.21 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
6 home plan records, energy charges: 2.5 to 83.0 ¢/kWh.
Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).