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Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar
In Delaware, Delaware Electric Cooperative bills 118,644 accounts, 88.4% residential, as a cooperative utility. Businesses and industry take 19% of the 1,606,853 MWh it sells; homes take 81%.
At 1,031 kWh a month a Delaware Electric Cooperative home pays about $147 in energy: 14.22 ¢/kWh, 14.2% below the Delaware average of 16.57 ¢.
Businesses and industry take 19% of the 1,606,853 MWh it sells; homes take 81%.
Who buys power from Delaware Electric Cooperative
Business share of sales
19%homes 81% of 1,606,853 MWh
The customer mix of Delaware Electric Cooperative is its own: 104,839 home accounts buy 80.8% of 1,606,853 MWh, 13,488 commercial accounts buy 19.0%, and the remaining 0.3% goes to 317 industrial and other accounts. A typical Delaware Electric Cooperative home uses 12,376 kWh a year, a typical business account 22,585.
How it compares
Delaware Electric Cooperative
Delaware Electric Cooperative, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Delaware Electric CooperativeLowest in this table
14.22 ¢/kWh
13.85 ¢/kWh
$147at 1,031 kWh
61 minSAIDI
Delaware average against this company, which is 1 of 3 on price
Delaware Electric Cooperative: -2.4% on 2024 for homes, Delaware +3.5%.
Delaware Electric Cooperative home price, 2025
13.88 ¢/kWh-2.4% on 2024, early release
Delaware Electric Cooperative SAIDI, 2025
75 min+23% on 2024, early release
Delaware Electric Cooperative against Delaware, 2025
-5.9 pointsDelaware Electric Cooperative -2.4%, Delaware +3.5%, price in Delaware 17.15 ¢
Delaware Electric Cooperative reported 13.88 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, -2.4% on its 2024 figure of 14.22, while the Delaware average moved +3.5%. Its SAIDI is 75 minutes against 61 in 2024.
Carbon context
Delaware Electric Cooperative serves 104,839 homes in Delaware. At 1,031 kWh a month that is about 329 kg of CO₂, or 3,948 kg a year, at the Delaware plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Delaware generation mix.
Delaware Electric Cooperative charts
Residential price since 2015: 14.22 ¢ in 2024
11.90 ¢ in 2015, 14.22 ¢ in 2024 (+19.5%); Delaware 13.42 to 16.57 ¢.
Delaware Electric Cooperative residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Delaware Electric Cooperative billed homes 11.90 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.22 ¢ in 2024, +19.5% in all, and lagged the Delaware average (+23.5%) by 4.0 points. Delaware Electric Cooperative's sharpest move came in 2023, +15.5%. The high is 14.96 ¢ (2023) and the low 11.42 ¢ (2018). 2024: -5.0% here, +5.3% for the Delaware average. SAIDI at Delaware Electric Cooperative (major events excluded) fell from 109 minutes in 2015 to 61 in 2024, -44%; best year 2024 at 61. Against the national median, Delaware Electric Cooperative came in lower on SAIDI in 7 of 10 years, and 2024 ended at 61 minutes, -38 from the median. 2020: 292 minutes with major events, 108 without, the widest gap of any year. Delaware Electric Cooperative has 0 cheaper and 2 higher-priced Delaware peers among 3 with 20,000+ homes. Next higher-priced, City of Dover, bills 15.52 ¢ (+1.30).
Two good signs together. Rates are 14.2% below Delaware and outage time of 61 minutes beats the national median by 38%.
Home accounts at Delaware Electric Cooperative went from 80,259 in 2015 to 104,839 in 2024, +30.6%. Business customers paid 0.97 times the home price in 2024 (13.85 against 14.22 ¢); the ratio was 0.93 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.53 in 2015 to 0.94 in 2024, between 0.94 and 1.70.
Outages and home price of Delaware Electric Cooperative (EIA utility 5070), 2013 to 2024
Delaware Electric Cooperative customers lost power for 61 minutes in 2024, down from 94 in 2013 (−35%). Its best year was 2024 (61 min), its worst 2014 (148 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Delaware median of 68 minutes in 2024, Delaware Electric Cooperative was below the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Delaware Electric Cooperative home paid 14.59 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 15.36 ¢ in 2013, −5.0%; the bill itself went 11.12 ¢ to 14.22 ¢ (+27.9%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,844 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,751 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 1st cheapest of 11 in 2013, 1st of 8 in 2024 among Delaware utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Delaware Electric Cooperative outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 61 in 2024
Delaware Electric Cooperative at 61 min in 2024 and the Delaware median at 68.
Delaware Electric Cooperative home price since 2013: −5.0% after inflation
Delaware Electric Cooperative: 14.59 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.22 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Delaware Electric Cooperative, EIA utility 5070, year by year among Delaware utilities
Delaware Electric Cooperative 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Delaware Electric Cooperative
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Delaware Electric Cooperative
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Delaware Electric Cooperative
Delaware median SAIDI
2013
11.12
15.36
1 of 11
94
1.29
–
94
2014
11.50
15.64
1 of 11
148
1.88
–
105
2015
11.90
16.16
1 of 11
109
1.53
–
109
2016
12.08
16.21
2 of 12
109
1.70
–
101
2017
11.67
15.33
1 of 11
94
1.43
–
79
2018
11.42
14.64
1 of 11
84
1.36
–
71
2019
12.02
15.14
3 of 12
83
1.28
–
72
2020
12.15
15.12
2 of 8
108
1.55
–
103
2021
11.52
13.69
1 of 8
78
1.47
–
61
2022
12.96
14.26
2 of 8
73
1.17
–
65
2023
14.96
15.81
3 of 8
68
1.13
–
60
2024
14.22
14.59
1 of 8
61
0.94
–
68
Delaware Electric Cooperative, EIA utility 5070: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Delaware Electric Cooperative?
Delaware Electric Cooperative files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Delaware, cooperatives serve 23% of residential customers at an average 14.2 cents per kWh, 17% below investor-owned utilities in Delaware. Delaware Electric Cooperative itself averaged 14.2 cents, 0.0 cents above its type in Delaware.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 1,927 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 1.6 per 100 accounts (Delaware: 6.2; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Delaware Electric Cooperative customer was without power 61 minutes without major events and 96 with them. That is 1st fewest of 3 Delaware utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Delaware utility reported 68 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 104,839 residential meters.
How big is Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware, by customer accounts?
118,644 accounts in 2024: residential 104,839, commercial 13,488, industrial 317.
How many cents per kWh does Delaware Electric Cooperative charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 14.22 cents; against the Delaware average that is -14.2%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Delaware Electric Cooperative?
SAIDI 61.3 min and SAIFI 0.94 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.62, CAIDI 65 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Delaware Electric Cooperative?
3,254 installations with 38.2 MW, of which residential installations number 3,117.
What would a typical Delaware Electric Cooperative home pay each month?
1,031 kWh at 14.22 cents comes to about $147, energy only.
Is Delaware Electric Cooperative cheaper than other Delaware utilities?
Rank 1 of 3 in Delaware on price, -14.2% against the state average; 0 charge less than 14.22 ¢.
How much of the Delaware Electric Cooperative load is business?
Homes take 80.8% of 1,606,853 MWh, commercial accounts 19.0%, industrial and other 0.3%; the 13,488 commercial accounts use 22,585 kWh each, 1.8 times a home.
Does Delaware Electric Cooperative have smart meters or TOU rates?
104,812 of 104,839 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Delaware Electric Cooperative offers a home time-of-use rate; 6 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.01% of its homes.
Since 2015, has Delaware Electric Cooperative become cheaper than other Delaware utilities?
1st cheapest of 3 in 2015, 1st of 3 in 2024; its price rose 19.5% while Delaware rose 23.5%.
What did Delaware Electric Cooperative charge homes in 2025?
13.88 cents per kWh, -2.4% on the 14.22 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Delaware Electric Cooperative at 14.22 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar, the state price average
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At 1,031 kWh a month a Delaware Electric Cooperative home pays about $147 in energy: 14.22 ¢/kWh, 14.2% below the Delaware average of 16.57 ¢.
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author = "Electric Consumer",
title = {Delaware Electric Cooperative customer mix: 13.88 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 61 min in 2024},
year = {2026},
url = {https://electricconsumer.org/companies/delaware-electric-cooperative.html},
note = {Data as of 26 October 2026. Accessed 26 October 2026}
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