Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17

In Minnesota, Dakota Electric Association bills 116,814 accounts, 92.5% residential, as an 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	13.98 ¢/kWhcompany 0.1% above	10.54 ¢/kWhcompany 6.7% below	$1000 less than company	42 mincompany 24 below

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Dakota Electric Association: 2025

Dakota Electric Association: +11.7% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.4%.

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: +9.3 pointsDakota Electric Association +11.7%, Minnesota +2.4%, price in Minnesota 15.82 ¢

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 +2.4%. 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

Year	Dakota Electric Association	Gap to Minnesota residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	12.57	+0.45	-0.08
2016	13.06	+0.39	+0.51
2017	12.95	-0.09	+0.06
2018	12.94	-0.20	+0.07
2019	13.18	+0.14	+0.17
2020	13.58	+0.41	+0.43
2021	13.76	+0.26	+0.10
2022	13.51	-0.74	-1.53
2023	13.60	-1.13	-2.40
2024	14.00	-1.45	-2.48

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Dakota Electric Association SAIDI, 2015-2024

18 min in 2015, 17 in 2024.

Dakota Electric Association SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Dakota Electric Associ, no major events	Dakota Electric Associ, all events
2015	18	28
2016	21	33
2017	17	21
2018	19	34
2019	18	22
2020	19	21
2021	21	58
2022	23	33
2023	19	53
2024	17	25

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 17.4 min

17.4 min, 0.17x the median reporter, rank 43 of 673.

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Company, no major events17.4
Company, with major events25.4

Dakota Electric Association, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

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 As	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Dakota Electri	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Dakota Electri	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 Associat, EIA utility 25177: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Minnesota real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 116,8144.0% of Minnesota total
Residential accounts: 108,0974.2% of Minnesota homes
Commercial accounts: 8,3137.1% of the base
Residential rate: 14.00 ¢/kWhplace 7 of 16, -9.4% against the state
Commercial rate: 9.83 ¢/kWhplace 5 of 34, -19.1% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 17.4 minbetter than 94% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.270.27x the median
SAIDI with major events: 25.4 min31.6% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 16.3 MW1,581 installations
Counties served: 4all in Minnesota
Average residential use: 8,595 kWh/yr716 a month
Implied monthly bill: $100-$18 on the U.S. rate, 716 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +11.4%12.57 to 14.00 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -6%18 min in 2015, 17 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Dakota Electric Association

Dakota Electric Association sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Minnesota ¢/kWh
Residential	108,097	14.00	-1.45
Commercial	8,313	9.83	-2.32

Year by year, Dakota Electric Association

Year	Home accounts, Dakota Electric Associ	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	96,153	12.57	8.77	0.70	18	0.29
2016	96,982	13.06	8.87	0.68	21	0.31
2017	98,048	12.95	8.94	0.69	17	0.25
2018	99,341	12.94	8.78	0.68	19	0.29
2019	100,390	13.18	9.06	0.69	18	0.32
2020	101,687	13.58	9.36	0.69	19	0.31
2021	103,447	13.76	9.27	0.67	21	0.33
2022	105,223	13.51	9.05	0.67	23	0.49
2023	106,752	13.60	9.52	0.70	19	0.28
2024	108,097	14.00	9.83	0.70	17	0.27

Peers of Dakota Electric Association in Minnesota, place 7 of 16 on home price

Utility near Dakota Electric Association on price	SAIDI min, gap to Dakota Electric Association	Home ¢, gap to Dakota Electric Association	Gap % to Dakota Electric Association	Accounts, Dakota Electric Association = 1
4. Connexus Energy	+13	-0.34	-2.4%	1.26
5. Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn	+39	-0.12	-0.9%	0.24
6. Minnesota Valley Electric Coop	+24	-0.02	-0.1%	0.41
7. Dakota Electric Association (this utility)	17	14.00	-	1.00
8. Adjustment 2024	No data	+0.10	+0.7%	2.50
9. Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc	+78	+0.40	+2.9%	0.19
10. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	+6	+0.59	+4.2%	0.48

Who buys Dakota Electric Association's electricity

Class at Dakota Electric Association	Accounts	Of Dakota Electric Association accounts	Of Dakota Electric Association MWh sold	kWh a year per Dakota Electric Association account
Residential	108,097	92.5%	51.0%	8,595
Commercial	8,313	7.1%	48.7%	106,604
Industrial and other	404	0.35%	0.3%	14,488

Dakota Electric Association among Minnesota cooperatives

Dakota Electric Association and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Dakota Electric Association	Home ¢, gap to Dakota Electric Association	Accounts, Dakota Electric Association = 1
1. Lake Region Electric Cooperative (MN)	+85	-0.72	0.26
2. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Comp (MN)	+56	-0.67	0.41
3. Connexus Energy (MN)	+13	-0.34	1.26
4. Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn (MN)	+39	-0.12	0.24
5. Minnesota Valley Electric Coop (MN)	+24	-0.02	0.41
6. Dakota Electric Association (MN, this utility)	17	14.00	1.00
7. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn (MN)	+6	+0.59	0.48
8. East Central Energy (MN)	+67	+2.89	0.53
9. Lake Country Power (MN)	+170	+3.90	0.44

Dakota Electric Association: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Dakota Electric Association	Minnesota context	Dakota Electric Association detail
Dakota Electric Association home meters on AMI	99.8%	Minnesota 87.5%	108,399 of 108,630 meters
Time-of-use rate for Dakota Electric Association homes	Offered	21 of 37 Minnesota utilities offer one	17 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.02% of 108,097
Net-metered installations	1,581	98% residential	14.4 homes per 1,000 accounts, 10.3 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Dakota Electric Association

kWh	Share of a 716 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.00 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	35%	$34.99	-$6.21	$420
500	70%	$69.98	-$12.42	$840
750	105%	$104.98	-$18.62	$1,260
1,000	140%	$139.97	-$24.83	$1,680
1,500	209%	$209.95	-$37.25	$2,519
2,000	279%	$279.93	-$49.67	$3,359

Outage record, Dakota Electric Association

Measure, Dakota Electric Asso	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	17.4	25.4	0.29 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.270	0.350	3.70 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	64.4	72.7	1.07 h

Territory of Dakota Electric Association

4 Minnesota counties, region MRO:

Minnesota other states: 4 of 4 counties of Dakota Electric Association drawn

Dakota Electric Association: 4 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Dakota
Goodhue
Rice
Scott

Questions on Dakota Electric Association

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.

Satilla Rural Elec Member CorporationGeorgia, 13.99 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Southern Pine Electric CooperativeMississippi, 14.01 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Habersham Electric Membership CorpGeorgia, 14.02 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
Minnesota Valley Electric CoopMinnesota, 13.98 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below

Primary sources for Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17

EIA-861 annual report entry for Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Dakota Electric Association electricity: 116,814 accounts in Minnesota, SAIDI 17, the state price average