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CORE Electric Cooperative electricity: 180,823 accounts in Colorado, SAIDI 74

CORE Electric Cooperative is an cooperative utility serving 180,823 customer accounts in Colorado; 165,067 of them are residential. It connects 60.7 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 6.9 times the national median.

At 864 kWh a month a CORE Electric Cooperative home pays about $130 in energy: 15.04 ¢/kWh, 0.8% above the Colorado average of 14.92 ¢.

It connects 60.7 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 6.9 times the national median.

Rooftop solar on the CORE Electric Cooperative grid

Net-metered homes per 1,000
60.76.9x the national median of 8.7

Net metering stands out at CORE Electric Cooperative: 10,023 residential installations on 165,067 home accounts, 60.7 per 1,000. That is place 7 of 15 Colorado utilities and 6.9 times the national median (8.7). All installations together total 59.4 MW, an average of 5.9 kW each.

How it compares

CORE Electric Cooperative
CORE Electric Cooperative, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
CORE Electric Cooperative15.04 ¢/kWh12.27 ¢/kWh$130at 864 kWh74 minSAIDI
Colorado average against this company, which is 8 of 15 on priceLowest in this table-0.12 ¢/kWhcompany 0.8% above-0.56 ¢/kWhcompany 4.8% above-$1a month at 864 kWh+3 mincompany 3 below
Public Service Co of Colorado15.05 ¢/kWhcompany 0.0% below11.84 ¢/kWhcompany 3.6% above$1300 more than company158 mincompany 84 below

Compare 28 Colorado companies

CORE Electric Cooperative: 2025

CORE Electric Cooperative: +3.8% on 2024 for homes, Colorado +6.2%.

CORE Electric Cooperative home price, 2025
15.62 ¢/kWh+3.8% on 2024, early release
CORE Electric Cooperative SAIDI, 2025
52 min-30% on 2024, early release
CORE Electric Cooperative against Colorado, 2025
-2.4 pointsCORE Electric Cooperative +3.8%, Colorado +6.2%, price in Colorado 15.85 ¢

CORE Electric Cooperative reported 15.62 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +3.8% on its 2024 figure of 15.04, while the Colorado average moved +6.2%. Its SAIDI is 52 minutes against 74 in 2024.

Carbon context

CORE Electric Cooperative serves 165,067 homes in Colorado. At 864 kWh a month that is about 425 kg of CO₂, or 5,101 kg a year, at the Colorado plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Colorado generation mix.

CORE Electric Cooperative charts

Residential price since 2015: 15.04 ¢ in 2024

13.06 ¢ in 2015, 15.04 ¢ in 2024 (+15.2%); Colorado 12.12 to 14.92 ¢.

CORE Electric Cooperative residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCORE Electric CooperativeGap to Colorado residentialGap to U.S. residential
201513.06+0.94+0.41
201613.05+0.98+0.50
201713.10+0.93+0.21
201813.06+0.91+0.19
201913.12+0.94+0.11
202013.05+0.69-0.10
202113.47+0.40-0.19
202214.28+0.09-0.76
202314.53+0.23-1.47
202415.04+0.12-1.44

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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CORE Electric Cooperative SAIDI, 2015-2024

112 min in 2015, 74 in 2024.

CORE Electric Cooperative SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCORE Electric Cooperat, no major eventsCORE Electric Cooperat, all events
2015112271
201677160
20177095
20187689
201988144
202089117
202146160
2022101136
202364118
202474212

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 74.2 min

74.2 min, 0.75x the median reporter, rank 249 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events74.2
  • Company, with major events212.4

CORE Electric Cooperative, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

CORE Electric Cooperative billed homes 13.06 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 15.04 ¢ in 2024, +15.2% in all, and lagged the Colorado average (+23.1%) by 7.9 points. CORE Electric Cooperative's sharpest move came in 2022, +6.0%. The latest year is the high at 15.04 ¢; the low was 13.05 ¢ (2016). 2024: +3.6% here, +4.3% for the Colorado average. SAIDI at CORE Electric Cooperative (major events excluded) fell from 112 minutes in 2015 to 74 in 2024, -34%; best year 2021 at 46. CORE Electric Cooperative filed SAIDI under the national median in 9 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 74 minutes, -25 from that year's median. 2015: 271 minutes with major events, 112 without, the widest gap of any year. CORE Electric Cooperative has 7 cheaper and 7 higher-priced Colorado peers among 15 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Delta Montrose Electric Assn, bills 14.97 ¢ (-0.07). Next higher-priced, Public Service Co of Colorado, bills 15.05 ¢ (+0.00).

Price tracks Colorado (+0.8%) while reliability, at 0.75x the national median, is the stronger side.

Home accounts at CORE Electric Cooperative went from 136,251 in 2015 to 165,067 in 2024, +21.1%. Business customers paid 0.82 times the home price in 2024 (12.27 against 15.04 ¢); the ratio was 0.89 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.04 in 2015 to 0.75 in 2024, between 0.54 and 1.04.

Facts

Customer accounts
180,8236.1% of Colorado total
Residential accounts
165,0676.5% of Colorado homes
Commercial accounts
15,7448.7% of the base
Residential rate
15.04 ¢/kWhplace 8 of 15, +0.8% against the state
Commercial rate
12.27 ¢/kWhplace 14 of 27, +4.8% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
74.2 minbetter than 63% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
0.750.74x the median
SAIDI with major events
212.4 min65.1% from event days
Net-metered capacity
59.4 MW10,062 installations
Counties served
11all in Colorado
Average residential use
10,363 kWh/yr864 a month
Implied monthly bill
$130-$12 on the U.S. rate, 864 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+15.2%13.06 to 15.04 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
-34%112 min in 2015, 74 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, CORE Electric Cooperative

CORE Electric Cooperative sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Colorado ¢/kWh
Residential165,06715.04+0.12
Commercial15,74412.27+0.56

Year by year, CORE Electric Cooperative

YearHome accounts, CORE Electric CooperatHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
2015136,25113.0611.620.891121.04
2016138,68813.0511.440.88770.79
2017141,77413.1011.460.87700.73
2018145,37113.0611.360.87760.59
2019148,61813.1211.360.87880.89
2020151,95913.0511.060.85890.68
2021155,79813.4711.320.84460.54
2022158,05014.2811.970.841010.92
2023161,80014.5312.100.83640.77
2024165,06715.0412.270.82740.75

Peers of CORE Electric Cooperative in Colorado, place 8 of 15 on home price

Utility near CORE Electric Cooperative on priceSAIDI min, gap to CORE Electric CooperativeHome ¢, gap to CORE Electric CooperativeGap % to CORE Electric CooperativeAccounts, CORE Electric Cooperative = 1
5. City of Loveland-55-0.64-4.3%0.23
6. City of Colorado Springs-29-0.59-3.9%1.44
7. Delta Montrose Electric Assn+22-0.07-0.5%0.20
8. CORE Electric Cooperative (this utility)7415.04-1.00
9. Public Service Co of Colorado+84+0.00+0.0%8.79
10. Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc-32+0.47+3.1%0.36
11. United Power, Inc+3+0.71+4.7%0.63

Who buys CORE Electric Cooperative's electricity

Class at CORE Electric CooperativeAccountsOf CORE Electric Cooperative accountsOf CORE Electric Cooperative MWh soldkWh a year per CORE Electric Cooperative account
Residential165,06791.3%65.0%10,363
Commercial15,7448.7%32.5%54,393
Industrial and other120.01%2.5%5,387,667

CORE Electric Cooperative among Colorado cooperatives

CORE Electric Cooperative and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to CORE Electric CooperativeHome ¢, gap to CORE Electric CooperativeAccounts, CORE Electric Cooperative = 1
1. Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc (CO)-18-3.010.34
2. Poudre Valley REA, Inc (CO)+0-2.830.31
3. CORE Electric Cooperative (CO, this utility)7415.041.00
4. Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc (CO)-32+0.470.36
5. United Power, Inc (CO)+3+0.710.63
6. La Plata Electric Assn, Inc (CO)-2+1.660.26

CORE Electric Cooperative: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureCORE Electric CooperativeColorado contextCORE Electric Cooperative detail
CORE Electric Cooperative home meters on AMI100.0%Colorado 92.5%165,087 of 165,087 meters
Time-of-use rate for CORE Electric Cooperative homesOffered18 of 24 Colorado utilities offer one99 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.06% of 165,067
Net-metered installations10,062100% residential60.7 homes per 1,000 accounts, 5.9 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, CORE Electric Cooperative

kWhShare of a 864 kWh monthCost a month at 15.04 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25029%$37.61-$3.59$451
50058%$75.22-$7.18$903
75087%$112.83-$10.77$1,354
1,000116%$150.44-$14.36$1,805
1,500174%$225.67-$21.53$2,708
2,000232%$300.89-$28.71$3,611

Outage record, CORE Electric Cooperative

Measure, CORE Electric CooperNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes74.2212.41.24 h
SAIFI interruptions0.7520.9331.33 yr apart
CAIDI minutes98.7227.61.64 h

Territory of CORE Electric Cooperative

11 Colorado counties, region WECC:

Counties served by CORE Electric CooperativeAdamsArapahoeElbertTellerChaffeeFremontJeffersonClear CreekParkDouglasEl Paso

Colorado other states: 11 of 11 counties of CORE Electric Cooperative drawn

CORE Electric Cooperative: 11 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Adams
  • Arapahoe
  • Chaffee
  • Clear Creek
  • Douglas
  • El Paso
  • Elbert
  • Fremont
  • Jefferson
  • Park
  • Teller

Questions on CORE Electric Cooperative

How big is CORE Electric Cooperative in Colorado, by customer accounts?

180,823 accounts in 2024: residential 165,067, commercial 15,744, industrial 12.

How many cents per kWh does CORE Electric Cooperative charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 15.04 cents; against the Colorado average that is +0.8%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of CORE Electric Cooperative?

SAIDI 74.2 min and SAIFI 0.75 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.75, CAIDI 99 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to CORE Electric Cooperative?

10,062 installations with 59.4 MW, of which residential installations number 10,023.

What would a typical CORE Electric Cooperative home pay each month?

864 kWh at 15.04 cents comes to about $130, energy only.

Is CORE Electric Cooperative cheaper than other Colorado utilities?

Rank 8 of 15 in Colorado on price, +0.8% against the state average; 7 charge less than 15.04 ¢.

How much of the CORE Electric Cooperative load is business?

Homes take 65.0% of 2,631,678 MWh, commercial accounts 32.5%, industrial and other 2.5%; the 15,744 commercial accounts use 54,393 kWh each, 5.2 times a home.

Does CORE Electric Cooperative have smart meters or TOU rates?

165,087 of 165,087 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. CORE Electric Cooperative offers a home time-of-use rate; 99 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.06% of its homes.

Since 2015, has CORE Electric Cooperative become cheaper than other Colorado utilities?

10th cheapest of 15 in 2015, 8th of 15 in 2024; its price rose 15.2% while Colorado rose 23.1%.

Where does CORE Electric Cooperative stand among 5 peers?

Place 3 of 6 on home price at 15.04 ¢ (Colorado cooperatives); median 15.28 ¢, cheapest member 12.04 ¢.

What did CORE Electric Cooperative charge homes in 2025?

15.62 cents per kWh, +3.8% on the 15.04 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to CORE Electric Cooperative at 15.04 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on CORE Electric Cooperative

Rate plans on file

9 home plan records, energy charges: 6.5 to 30.3 ¢/kWh.

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

Primary sources for CORE Electric Cooperative electricity: 180,823 accounts in Colorado, SAIDI 74

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At 864 kWh a month a CORE Electric Cooperative home pays about $130 in energy: 15.04 ¢/kWh, 0.8% above the Colorado average of 14.92 ¢.