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Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17 min in 2024
In Minnesota, Dakota Electric Association bills 116,814 accounts, 92.5% residential, as a cooperative utility. Its home price moved +11.4% from 2015 to 2024, 16.1 points slower than Minnesota.
At 716 kWh a month a Dakota Electric Association home pays about $100 in energy: 14.00 ¢/kWh, 9.4% below the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.
Its home price moved +11.4% from 2015 to 2024, 16.1 points slower than Minnesota.
Dakota Electric Association: price path since 2015
Home price since 2015
+11.4%Minnesota +27.5%, a gap of -16.1 points
The record that sets Dakota Electric Association apart is the path of its home price: 12.57 ¢ in 2015, 14.00 ¢ in 2024. That is +11.4%, while the Minnesota average went +27.5%, so this utility climbed slower by 16.1 points.
Among Minnesota utilities with 20,000+ homes it stood 9th cheapest of 14 in 2015 and is 7th of 16 in 2024, so it moved up the list.
How it compares
Dakota Electric Association
Dakota Electric Association, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Dakota Electric Association
14.00 ¢/kWh
9.83 ¢/kWh
$100at 716 kWh
17 minSAIDI
Minnesota average against this company, which is 7 of 16 on price
+1.45 ¢/kWhcompany 9.4% below
+2.32 ¢/kWhcompany 19.1% below
+$10a month at 716 kWh
+45 mincompany 45 below
Minnesota Valley Electric CoopLowest in this table
Dakota Electric Association: +11.7% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.5%.
Dakota Electric Association home price, 2025
15.63 ¢/kWh+11.7% on 2024, early release
Dakota Electric Association SAIDI, 2025
20 min+18% on 2024, early release
Dakota Electric Association against Minnesota, 2025
+9.2 pointsDakota Electric Association +11.7%, Minnesota +2.5%, price in Minnesota 15.83 ¢
Dakota Electric Association reported 15.63 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +11.7% on its 2024 figure of 14.00, while the Minnesota average moved +2.5%. Its SAIDI is 20 minutes against 17 in 2024.
Carbon context
Dakota Electric Association serves 108,097 homes in Minnesota. At 716 kWh a month that is about 243 kg of CO₂, or 2,915 kg a year, at the Minnesota plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Minnesota generation mix.
Dakota Electric Association charts
Residential price since 2015: 14.00 ¢ in 2024
12.57 ¢ in 2015, 14.00 ¢ in 2024 (+11.4%); Minnesota 12.12 to 15.45 ¢.
Dakota Electric Association residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Dakota Electric Association billed homes 12.57 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.00 ¢ in 2024, +11.4% in all, and lagged the Minnesota average (+27.5%) by 16.1 points. Dakota Electric Association's sharpest move came in 2016, +3.9%. The latest year is the high at 14.00 ¢; the low was 12.57 ¢ (2015). 2024: +2.9% here, +4.9% for the Minnesota average. SAIDI at Dakota Electric Association (major events excluded) went from 18 minutes in 2015 to 17 in 2024, -6%, between 17 (2017) and 23 (2022). Dakota Electric Association filed SAIDI under the national median in 10 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 17 minutes, -82 from that year's median. 2021: 58 minutes with major events, 21 without, the widest gap of any year. Dakota Electric Association has 6 cheaper and 9 higher-priced Minnesota peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Minnesota Valley Electric Coop, bills 13.98 ¢ (-0.02). Next higher-priced, Adjustment 2024, bills 14.09 ¢ (+0.10).
Two good signs together. Rates are 9.4% below Minnesota and outage time of 17 minutes beats the national median by 83%.
Home accounts at Dakota Electric Association went from 96,153 in 2015 to 108,097 in 2024, +12.4%. Business customers paid 0.70 times the home price in 2024 (9.83 against 14.00 ¢); the ratio was 0.70 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.29 in 2015 to 0.27 in 2024, between 0.25 and 0.49.
Outages and home price of Dakota Electric Association (EIA utility 25177), 2013 to 2024
Yearly SAIDI at Dakota Electric Association: 25 minutes in 2013, 17 in 2024, a drop of 30%. The low came in 2017 at 17, the high in 2014 at 28; 12 years were filed. The Minnesota median in 2024 was 57 minutes, so Dakota Electric Association ran below it.
Home rates at Dakota Electric Association went from 12.19 ¢ in 2013 to 14.00 ¢ in 2024 (+14.8%), which is 16.85 ¢ to 14.37 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−14.8%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,022 in 2013 and $1,724 in 2024. Of 45 Minnesota utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Dakota Electric Association stood 20th cheapest (73rd of 99 in 2013).
Dakota Electric Association outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 17 in 2024
Dakota Electric Association at 17 min in 2024 and the Minnesota median at 57.
Dakota Electric Association home price since 2013: −14.8% after inflation
Dakota Electric Association: 14.37 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.00 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Dakota Electric Association, EIA utility 25177, year by year among Minnesota utilities
Dakota Electric Association 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Dakota Electric Association
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Dakota Electric Association
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Dakota Electric Association
Minnesota median SAIDI
2013
12.19
16.85
73 of 99
25
0.42
3 of 35
66
2014
12.43
16.91
74 of 99
28
0.48
6 of 39
74
2015
12.57
17.07
71 of 100
18
0.29
4 of 41
67
2016
13.06
17.52
69 of 98
21
0.31
7 of 45
89
2017
12.95
17.00
63 of 99
17
0.25
4 of 43
68
2018
12.94
16.59
62 of 99
19
0.29
9 of 49
80
2019
13.18
16.59
72 of 114
18
0.32
8 of 48
79
2020
13.58
16.90
29 of 43
19
0.31
3 of 31
62
2021
13.76
16.35
29 of 43
21
0.33
6 of 33
66
2022
13.51
14.86
22 of 43
23
0.49
5 of 33
67
2023
13.60
14.37
21 of 43
19
0.28
7 of 34
59
2024
14.00
14.37
20 of 45
17
0.27
6 of 36
57
Dakota Electric Association, EIA utility 25177: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Dakota Electric Association?
Dakota Electric Association 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. Dakota Electric Association itself averaged 14.0 cents, 0.6 cents below its type in Minnesota.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 2,247 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 1.9 per 100 accounts (Minnesota: 3.4; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Dakota Electric Association customer was without power 17 minutes without major events and 25 with them. That is 5th fewest of 27 Minnesota utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Minnesota utility reported 57 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 108,630 residential meters.
How big is Dakota Electric Association in Minnesota, by customer accounts?
116,814 accounts in 2024: residential 108,097, commercial 8,313, industrial 404.
How many cents per kWh does Dakota Electric Association charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 14.00 cents; against the Minnesota average that is -9.4%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Dakota Electric Association?
SAIDI 17.4 min and SAIFI 0.27 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.17, CAIDI 64 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Dakota Electric Association?
1,581 installations with 16.3 MW, of which residential installations number 1,554.
What would a typical Dakota Electric Association home pay each month?
716 kWh at 14.00 cents comes to about $100, energy only.
Is Dakota Electric Association cheaper than other Minnesota utilities?
Rank 7 of 16 in Minnesota on price, -9.4% against the state average; 6 charge less than 14.00 ¢.
How much of the Dakota Electric Association load is business?
Homes take 51.0% of 1,821,145 MWh, commercial accounts 48.7%, industrial and other 0.3%; the 8,313 commercial accounts use 106,604 kWh each, 12.4 times a home.
Does Dakota Electric Association have smart meters or TOU rates?
108,399 of 108,630 home meters are AMI, 99.8%. Dakota Electric Association offers a home time-of-use rate; 17 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.02% of its homes.
Since 2015, has Dakota Electric Association become cheaper than other Minnesota utilities?
9th cheapest of 14 in 2015, 7th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 11.4% while Minnesota rose 27.5%.
Where does Dakota Electric Association stand among 8 peers?
Place 6 of 9 on home price at 14.00 ¢ (Minnesota cooperatives); median 13.98 ¢, cheapest member 13.28 ¢.
What did Dakota Electric Association charge homes in 2025?
15.63 cents per kWh, +11.7% on the 14.00 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Dakota Electric Association at 14.00 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17 min in 2024, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17 min in 2024, the state price average
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At 716 kWh a month a Dakota Electric Association home pays about $100 in energy: 14.00 ¢/kWh, 9.4% below the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.
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title = {Dakota Electric Association price trend: 15.63 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 17 min in 2024},
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