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Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company electricity: 47,859 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 74 min in 2024

In Minnesota, Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company bills 47,859 accounts, 93.4% residential, as a cooperative utility. Among the 9 Minnesota cooperative utilities listed here it is number 2 on price for homes, -0.65 ¢ from their median.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company: 809 kWh a month costs roughly $108 in energy at 13.33 ¢/kWh, -13.7% on the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.

Among the 9 Minnesota cooperative utilities listed here it is number 2 on price for homes, -0.65 ¢ from their median.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power against its kind: Minnesota cooperatives

Home price place, Minnesota cooperatives
2 of 9-0.65 ¢ from the median of 13.98 ¢

Take the 9 Minnesota cooperative utilities listed here, sorted by home price: Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company is number 2 of 9 at 13.33 ¢, while the group median is 13.98 ¢. The cheapest is Lake Region Electric Cooperative (MN) at 13.28 ¢, +0.05 ¢ from here; the most expensive is Lake Country Power (MN), 4.57 ¢ above.

On outage minutes it ranks 6th of 9 (1 = fewest), with 74 against a group median of 57. By accounts it is number 6, with 47,859 against 146,640 for Connexus Energy.

How it compares

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company
Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company13.33 ¢/kWh11.50 ¢/kWh$108at 809 kWh74 minSAIDI
Minnesota average against this company, which is 3 of 16 on price+2.12 ¢/kWhcompany 13.7% below+0.65 ¢/kWhcompany 5.3% below+$17a month at 809 kWh-11 mincompany 11 above
Lake Region Electric CooperativeLowest in this table13.28 ¢/kWhcompany 0.4% above10.47 ¢/kWhcompany 9.9% above$107same bill as company102 mincompany 29 below

Compare 44 Minnesota companies

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company: 2025

Crow Wing Cooperative Power: +7.3% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.5%.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power home price, 2025
14.30 ¢/kWh+7.3% on 2024, early release
Crow Wing Cooperative Power SAIDI, 2025
62 min-16% on 2024, early release
Crow Wing Cooperative Power against Minnesota, 2025
+4.9 pointsCrow Wing Cooperative Power +7.3%, Minnesota +2.5%, price in Minnesota 15.83 ¢

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company reported 14.30 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +7.3% on its 2024 figure of 13.33, while the Minnesota average moved +2.5%. Its SAIDI is 62 minutes against 74 in 2024.

Carbon context

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company serves 44,698 homes in Minnesota. At 809 kWh a month that is about 274 kg of CO₂, or 3,291 kg a year, at the Minnesota plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Minnesota generation mix.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company charts

Residential price since 2015: 13.33 ¢ in 2024

11.34 ¢ in 2015, 13.33 ¢ in 2024 (+17.5%); Minnesota 12.12 to 15.45 ¢.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCrow Wing Cooperative PowerGap to Minnesota residentialGap to U.S. residential
201511.34-0.78-1.31
201611.92-0.75-0.63
201712.28-0.76-0.61
201811.93-1.21-0.94
201912.05-0.99-0.96
202012.16-1.01-0.99
202112.17-1.33-1.49
202212.80-1.45-2.24
202312.97-1.76-3.03
202413.33-2.12-3.15

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company SAIDI, 2015-2024

71 min in 2015, 74 in 2024.

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearCrow Wing Cooperative Power, no major events
201571
201689
201767
201874
201966
202056
202184
202277
202356
202474

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 73.8 min

73.8 min, 0.74x the median reporter, rank 246 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events73.8
  • Company, with major events122.8

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company billed homes 11.34 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 13.33 ¢ in 2024, +17.5% in all, and lagged the Minnesota average (+27.5%) by 10.0 points. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company's sharpest move came in 2022, +5.2%. The latest year is the high at 13.33 ¢; the low was 11.34 ¢ (2015). 2024: +2.8% here, +4.9% for the Minnesota average. SAIDI at Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company (major events excluded) went from 71 minutes in 2015 to 74 in 2024, +3%, between 56 (2020) and 89 (2016). At 74 minutes in 2024, Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company sat -26 from the national SAIDI median, with 10 of 10 years below it. 2022: 1196 minutes with major events, 77 without, the widest gap of any year. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company has 2 cheaper and 13 higher-priced Minnesota peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Lake Region Electric Cooperative, bills 13.28 ¢ (-0.05). Next higher-priced, Connexus Energy, bills 13.66 ¢ (+0.33).

Two good signs together. Rates are 13.7% below Minnesota and outage time of 74 minutes beats the national median by 26%.

Home accounts at Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company went from 40,643 in 2015 to 44,698 in 2024, +10.0%. Business customers paid 0.86 times the home price in 2024 (11.50 against 13.33 ¢); the ratio was 0.90 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.65 in 2015 to 0.65 in 2024, between 0.54 and 0.84.

What kind of utility is Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company?

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Minnesota, cooperatives serve 31% of residential customers at an average 14.6 cents per kWh, 12% below investor-owned utilities in Minnesota. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company itself averaged 13.3 cents, 1.3 cents below its type in Minnesota.

Minnesota utilities by type · all states

Shutoffs for nonpayment, 2024

Reliability and meters, 2024

In 2024 the average Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company customer was without power 74 minutes without major events and 123 with them. That is 18th fewest of 27 Minnesota utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Minnesota utility reported 57 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 58,615 residential meters.

EIA-861 2024, retrieved 2026-10-01. Minnesota reliability, best and worst utilities, utility report card.

Facts

Customer accounts
47,8591.7% of Minnesota total
Residential accounts
44,6981.7% of Minnesota homes
Commercial accounts
2,9356.1% of the base
Residential rate
13.33 ¢/kWh3rd place of 16, -13.7% against the state
Commercial rate
11.50 ¢/kWh12th place of 34, -5.3% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
73.8 minbetter than 64% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
0.650.64x the median
SAIDI with major events
122.8 min39.9% from event days
Net-metered capacity
4.9 MW452 installations
Counties served
4all in Minnesota
Average residential use
9,704 kWh/yr809 a month
Implied monthly bill
$108-$25 on the U.S. rate, 809 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+17.5%11.34 to 13.33 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
+3%71 min in 2015, 74 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Minnesota ¢/kWh
Residential44,69813.33-2.12
Commercial2,93511.50-0.65

Year by year, Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

YearHome accounts, Crow Wing Cooperative PowerHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
201540,64311.3410.150.90710.65
201640,94511.9210.120.85890.76
201741,26412.2810.390.85670.55
201841,63811.9310.420.87740.70
201941,96412.0510.450.87660.63
202042,37812.1610.230.84560.54
202143,08312.1710.700.88840.84
202243,69412.8010.480.82770.70
202344,15412.9710.660.82560.58
202444,69813.3311.500.86740.65

Peers of Crow Wing Cooperative Power in Minnesota, 3rd place of 16 on home price

Utility near Crow Wing Cooperative Power on priceSAIDI min, gap to Crow Wing Cooperative PowerHome ¢, gap to Crow Wing Cooperative PowerGap % to Crow Wing Cooperative PowerAccounts, Crow Wing Cooperative Power = 1
1. Otter Tail Power Co+68-2.00-15.0%1.32
2. Lake Region Electric Cooperative+29-0.05-0.4%0.63
3. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company (this utility)7413.33-1.00
4. Connexus Energy-44+0.33+2.5%3.06
5. Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn-17+0.54+4.1%0.60
6. Minnesota Valley Electric Coop-32+0.65+4.9%1.00

Who buys Crow Wing Cooperative Power's electricity

Class at Crow Wing Cooperative PowerAccountsOf Crow Wing Cooperative Power accountsOf Crow Wing Cooperative Power MWh soldkWh a year per Crow Wing Cooperative Power account
Residential44,69893.4%63.3%9,704
Commercial2,9356.1%20.8%48,517
Industrial and other2260.47%15.9%480,637

Crow Wing Cooperative Power among Minnesota cooperatives

Crow Wing Cooperative Power and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to Crow Wing Cooperative PowerHome ¢, gap to Crow Wing Cooperative PowerAccounts, Crow Wing Cooperative Power = 1
1. Lake Region Electric Cooperative (MN)+29-0.050.63
2. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company (MN, this utility)7413.331.00
3. Connexus Energy (MN)-44+0.333.06
4. Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn (MN)-17+0.540.60
5. Minnesota Valley Electric Coop (MN)-32+0.651.00
6. Dakota Electric Association (MN)-56+0.672.44
7. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn (MN)-50+1.261.18
8. East Central Energy (MN)+10+3.561.30
9. Lake Country Power (MN)+114+4.571.07

Crow Wing Cooperative Power: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureCrow Wing Cooperative PowerMinnesota contextCrow Wing Cooperative Power detail
Crow Wing Cooperative Power home meters on AMI100.0%Minnesota 87.5%58,615 of 58,615 meters
Homes with daily digital access39,565Minnesota figure not published89% of the 44,698 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Crow Wing Cooperative Power homesOffered21 of 37 Minnesota utilities offer one68 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.15% of 44,698
Net-metered installations45288% residential8.9 homes per 1,000 accounts, 10.8 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

kWhShare of a 809 kWh monthCost a month at 13.33 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25031%$33.33-$7.87$400
50062%$66.65-$15.75$800
75093%$99.98-$23.62$1,200
1,000124%$133.30-$31.50$1,600
1,500185%$199.96-$47.24$2,399
2,000247%$266.61-$62.99$3,199

Outage record, Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

Measure, Crow Wing Cooperative PowerNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes73.8122.81.23 h
SAIFI interruptions0.6500.8191.54 yr apart
CAIDI minutes113.5149.91.89 h

Territory of Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

4 Minnesota counties, region MRO:

Counties served by Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light CompanyToddCassMorrisonCrow Wing

Minnesota other states: 4 of 4 counties of Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company drawn

Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company: 4 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Cass
  • Crow Wing
  • Morrison
  • Todd

Questions on Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

How big is Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company in Minnesota, by customer accounts?

47,859 accounts in 2024: residential 44,698, commercial 2,935, industrial 226.

How many cents per kWh does Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 13.33 cents; against the Minnesota average that is -13.7%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company?

SAIDI 73.8 min and SAIFI 0.65 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.74, CAIDI 114 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company?

452 installations with 4.9 MW, of which residential installations number 400.

What would a typical Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company home pay each month?

809 kWh at 13.33 cents comes to about $108, energy only.

Is Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company cheaper than other Minnesota utilities?

Rank 3 of 16 in Minnesota on price, -13.7% against the state average; 2 charge less than 13.33 ¢.

What share of Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company sales do homes buy?

Homes take 63.3% of 684,767 MWh, commercial accounts 20.8%, industrial and other 15.9%; the 2,935 commercial accounts use 48,517 kWh each, 5.0 times a home.

At Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

58,615 of 58,615 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Crow Wing Cooperative Power offers a home time-of-use rate; 68 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.15% of its homes.

Has Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company moved up the Minnesota price list since 2015?

6th cheapest of 14 in 2015, 3rd of 16 in 2024; its price rose 17.5% while Minnesota rose 27.5%.

Where does Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company stand among 8 peers?

Place 2 of 9 on home price at 13.33 ¢ (Minnesota cooperatives); median 13.98 ¢, cheapest member 13.28 ¢.

What did Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company charge homes in 2025?

14.30 cents per kWh, +7.3% on the 13.33 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company at 13.33 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 5.3 to 12.4 ¢/kWh.

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

Primary sources for Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company electricity: 47,859 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 74 min in 2024

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Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company: 809 kWh a month costs roughly $108 in energy at 13.33 ¢/kWh, -13.7% on the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.

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