Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

In Delaware, Delaware Electric Cooperative bills 118,644 accounts, 88.4% residential, as an 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	+2.35 ¢/kWhcompany 14.2% below	-1.65 ¢/kWhcompany 13.5% above	+$24a month at 1,031 kWh	+7 mincompany 7 below
Delmarva Power	16.37 ¢/kWhcompany 13.1% below	6.20 ¢/kWhcompany 123.5% above	$16922 more than company	68 mincompany 7 below

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Delaware Electric Cooperative: 2025

Delaware Electric Cooperative: -2.4% on 2024 for homes, Delaware +3.4%.

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: -5.7 pointsDelaware Electric Cooperative -2.4%, Delaware +3.4%, price in Delaware 17.13 ¢

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 +3.4%. 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

Year	Delaware Electric Cooperativ	Gap to Delaware residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	11.90	-1.52	-0.75
2016	12.08	-1.34	-0.47
2017	11.67	-1.68	-1.22
2018	11.42	-1.11	-1.45
2019	12.02	-0.53	-0.99
2020	12.15	-0.41	-1.00
2021	11.52	-1.00	-2.14
2022	12.96	-0.75	-2.08
2023	14.96	-0.77	-1.04
2024	14.22	-2.35	-2.26

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Delaware Electric Cooperative SAIDI, 2015-2024

109 min in 2015, 61 in 2024.

Delaware Electric Cooperative SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Delaware Electric Coop, no major events	Delaware Electric Coop, all events
2015	109	121
2016	109	121
2017	94	94
2018	84	122
2019	83	92
2020	108	292
2021	78	78
2022	73	90
2023	68	83
2024	61	96

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 61.3 min

61.3 min, 0.62x the median reporter, rank 201 of 673.

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Company, no major events61.3
Company, with major events95.7

Delaware Electric Cooperative, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

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	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Delaware Elect	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Delaware Elect	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 Cooper, EIA utility 5070: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Delaware real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 118,64422.2% of Delaware total
Residential accounts: 104,83922.1% of Delaware homes
Commercial accounts: 13,48811.4% of the base
Residential rate: 14.22 ¢/kWhplace 1 of 3, -14.2% against the state
Commercial rate: 13.85 ¢/kWhplace 3 of 5, +13.5% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 61.3 minbetter than 70% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.940.93x the median
SAIDI with major events: 95.7 min35.9% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 38.2 MW3,254 installations
Counties served: 2all in Delaware
Average residential use: 12,376 kWh/yr1,031 a month
Implied monthly bill: $147-$23 on the U.S. rate, 1,031 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +19.5%11.90 to 14.22 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -44%109 min in 2015, 61 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Delaware Electric Cooperative

Delaware Electric Cooperative sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Delaware ¢/kWh
Residential	104,839	14.22	-2.35
Commercial	13,488	13.85	+1.65

Year by year, Delaware Electric Cooperative

Year	Home accounts, Delaware Electric Coop	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	80,259	11.90	11.06	0.93	109	1.53
2016	82,210	12.08	11.18	0.92	109	1.70
2017	85,425	11.67	10.84	0.93	94	1.43
2018	87,984	11.42	10.76	0.94	84	1.36
2019	90,750	12.02	11.48	0.96	83	1.28
2020	93,712	12.15	11.51	0.95	108	1.55
2021	96,726	11.52	10.99	0.95	78	1.47
2022	100,127	12.96	12.46	0.96	73	1.17
2023	103,287	14.96	14.42	0.96	68	1.13
2024	104,839	14.22	13.85	0.97	61	0.94

Peers of Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware, place 1 of 3 on home price

Utility near Delaware Electric Cooperative on price	SAIDI min, gap to Delaware Electric Cooperative	Home ¢, gap to Delaware Electric Cooperative	Gap % to Delaware Electric Cooperative	Accounts, Delaware Electric Cooperative = 1
1. Delaware Electric Cooperative (this utility)	61	14.22	-	1.00
2. City of Dover	No data	+1.30	+9.1%	0.21
3. Delmarva Power	+7	+2.15	+15.1%	2.86

Who buys Delaware Electric Cooperative's electricity

Class at Delaware Electric Cooperative	Accounts	Of Delaware Electric Cooperative accounts	Of Delaware Electric Cooperative MWh sold	kWh a year per Delaware Electric Cooperative account
Residential	104,839	88.4%	80.8%	12,376
Commercial	13,488	11.4%	19.0%	22,585
Industrial and other	317	0.27%	0.3%	14,801

Delaware Electric Cooperative: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Delaware Electric Cooperative	Delaware context	Delaware Electric Cooperative detail
Delaware Electric Cooperative home meters on AMI	100.0%	Delaware 93.6%	104,812 of 104,839 meters
Homes with daily digital access	104,785	Delaware figure not published	100% of the 104,839 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Delaware Electric Cooperative homes	Offered	1 of 8 Delaware utilities offer one	6 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.01% of 104,839
Net-metered installations	3,254	96% residential	29.7 homes per 1,000 accounts, 11.7 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Delaware Electric Cooperative

kWh	Share of a 1,031 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.22 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	24%	$35.55	-$5.65	$427
500	48%	$71.10	-$11.30	$853
750	73%	$106.65	-$16.95	$1,280
1,000	97%	$142.20	-$22.60	$1,706
1,500	145%	$213.29	-$33.91	$2,560
2,000	194%	$284.39	-$45.21	$3,413

Outage record, Delaware Electric Cooperative

Measure, Delaware Electric Co	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	61.3	95.7	1.02 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.943	1.108	1.06 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	65.0	86.3	1.08 h

Territory of Delaware Electric Cooperative

2 Delaware counties, region RFC:

Delaware other states: 2 of 2 counties of Delaware Electric Cooperative drawn

Delaware Electric Cooperative: 2 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Kent
Sussex

Questions on Delaware Electric Cooperative

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.

Linn County RECIowa, 14.23 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
NorthWestern Energy LLCMontana, 14.23 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Okefenoke Rural El Member CorpGeorgia, 14.24 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
Evergy Kansas South, IncKansas, 14.25 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 7.8 to 49.9 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 4, e.g. Residential Space Heating
Tiered: 2, e.g. Residential Space Heating

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

Primary sources for Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Delaware Electric Cooperative in Delaware: 14.22 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average