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Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop in Kentucky: 13.16 ¢ home rates and 40,645 homes

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop is a cooperative utility serving 47,560 customer accounts in Kentucky; 40,645 of them are residential. 29% of its home meters are advanced (AMI): 11,867 of 40,645.

At 1,185 kWh a month a Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop home pays about $156 in energy: 13.16 ¢/kWh, 2.9% above the Kentucky average of 12.79 ¢.

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop: smart meters

Home meters that are AMI
29%11,867 of 40,645 meters

Metering at Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop: 11,867 AMI and 28,778 AMR meters among 40,645 home meters, 29.2% AMI.

For Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop the 2024 file holds no SAIDI/SAIFI row and no net-metering row, so those rows read "No data" beside 40,645 home accounts; a missing filing says nothing about service quality.

How it compares

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop13.16 ¢/kWh13.47 ¢/kWh$156at 1,185 kWhNo dataSAIDI
Kentucky average against this companyLowest in this table-0.37 ¢/kWhcompany 2.9% above-1.97 ¢/kWhcompany 17.2% above-$4a month at 1,185 kWhNo data

Compare 41 Kentucky companies

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop: 2025

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop: +5.3% on 2024 for homes, Kentucky +2.7%.

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop home price, 2025
13.86 ¢/kWh+5.3% on 2024, early release
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop against Kentucky, 2025
+2.6 pointsPennyrile Rural Electric Coop +5.3%, Kentucky +2.7%

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop reported 13.86 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +5.3% on its 2024 figure of 13.16, while the Kentucky average moved +2.7%.

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop charts

Residential price since 2015: 13.16 ¢ in 2024

11.02 ¢ in 2015, 13.16 ¢ in 2024 (+19.4%).

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearPennyrile Rural Electric CoopGap to Kentucky residentialGap to U.S. residential
201511.02+0.78-1.63
201611.13+0.64-1.42
201711.45+0.60-1.44
201811.44+0.84-1.43
201911.73+0.93-1.28
202011.68+0.81-1.47
202111.93+0.43-1.73
202212.96+0.05-2.08
202312.95+0.30-3.05
202413.16+0.37-3.32

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Home accounts 2015-2024: 40,645

38,064 in 2015, 40,645 in 2024 (+6.8%).

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop home accounts by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearPennyrile Rural Electric Coop
201538064
201638225
201738436
201838691
201938937
202039266
202139755
202240062
202340345
202440645

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Rates 2024: 13.16 and 13.47 ¢

13.16 and 13.47 ¢ for this company.

¢/kWh

  • Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop residential13.16
  • Kentucky residential12.79
  • U.S. residential16.48
  • Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop commercial13.47
  • Kentucky commercial11.50
  • U.S. commercial12.75

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop, Rates 2024: EIA retail sales.

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Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop SAIDI, 2015-2021

243 min in 2015, 163 in 2021.

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2021: 7 rows
YearPennyrile Rural Electric Coop, no major eventsPennyrile Rural Electric Coop, all events
2015243293
2016220395
2017183275
2018216372
2019201514
2020199307
2021163622

7 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Energy sold in 2024 was 1,271,752 MWh over 47,560 accounts, homes 45.5%; the typical home used 14,225 kWh.

EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop, from 11.02 ¢ in 2015 to 13.16 ¢ in 2024 (+19.4%).

What kind of utility is Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop?

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Kentucky, cooperatives serve 39% of residential customers at an average 13.1 cents per kWh, 4% above investor-owned utilities in Kentucky. Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop itself averaged 13.2 cents, 0.1 cents above its type in Kentucky.

Kentucky utilities by type · all states

Reliability and meters, 2024

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop reports reliability under a method other than IEEE 1366, so its figures are not ranked against other utilities. Smart (AMI) meters: 29% of its 40,645 residential meters.

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

Facts

Customer accounts
47,5602.0% of Kentucky total
Residential accounts
40,6452.0% of Kentucky homes
Commercial accounts
6,88914.5% of the base
Industrial accounts
260.05% of the base
Residential rate
13.16 ¢/kWh13th place of 24, +2.9% against the state
Commercial rate
13.47 ¢/kWh+17.2% against Kentucky
Average residential use
14,225 kWh/yr1,185 a month
Implied monthly bill
$1561,185 kWh at 13.16 ¢, energy only
Energy sold or delivered
1,271,752 MWhhomes 45%, business 55%
Residential rate since 2015
+19.4%11.02 to 13.16 ¢/kWh
SAIDI, no major events
No datanone filed for 40,645 homes
Net-metered capacity
No datanone filed for 40,645 homes
Counties listed
8Kentucky

Data tables

2024 by sector, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Kentucky ¢/kWh
Residential40,64513.16+0.37
Commercial6,88913.47+1.97

What EIA-861 holds for Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

Topic, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopStatusDetail
Home price and accounts, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop10 years2015 to 2024, 40,645 homes in 2024
Business price, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopFiled 202413.47 ¢/kWh on 6,889 accounts
SAIDI and SAIFI, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopNo data for 20247 earlier years on file, 2015 to 2021
Net metering, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopNo datanone filed against 40,645 home accounts
Service-territory counties, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop8 countiesin Kentucky
Smart meters (AMI/AMR), Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopFiled 202411,867 of 40,645 home meters AMI
2025 early release, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopFiled13.86 ¢/kWh for homes

Year by year, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

YearHome accounts, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopHome ¢Business ¢SAIDI minSAIFI
201538,06411.0211.512432.51
201638,22511.1311.852202.37
201738,43611.4511.991832.06
201838,69111.4412.182162.32
201938,93711.7312.342012.06
202039,26611.6812.171992.22
202139,75511.9312.331631.66
202240,06212.9613.38No dataNo data
202340,34512.9513.24No dataNo data
202440,64513.1613.47No dataNo data

Peers of Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop in Kentucky, 13th place of 24 on home price

Company near Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop on priceHome ¢Gap % to Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopAccounts, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop = 1
10. Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc13.05-0.9%0.55
11. Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp13.08-0.6%0.81
12. Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp13.08-0.6%0.57
13. Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop (this company)13.16-1.00
14. Clark Energy Coop Inc13.25+0.6%0.60
15. Taylor County Rural E C C13.27+0.8%0.59
16. City of Owensboro13.42+2.0%0.56

Who buys Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's electricity

Class, Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopAccountsOf Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop accountsOf MWhkWh a year per account
Residential40,64585.5%45.5%14,225
Commercial6,88914.5%25.6%47,215
Industrial and other260.05%29.0%14,166,077

Monthly energy cost by use, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

kWhShare of a 1,185 kWh monthCost a month at 13.16 ¢Cost a year
25021%$32.91$395
50042%$65.81$790
75063%$98.72$1,185
1,00084%$131.63$1,580
1,500127%$197.44$2,369
2,000169%$263.26$3,159

Territory of Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

8 Kentucky counties, region SERC:

Counties served by Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopGrantToddLivingstonLoganChristianMuhlenbergButlerTrigg

Kentucky other states: 8 of 8 counties of Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop drawn

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop: 8 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Butler
  • Christian
  • Grant
  • Livingston
  • Logan
  • Muhlenberg
  • Todd
  • Trigg

Questions on Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

How many customers does Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop serve in Kentucky?

47,560 accounts in 2024: residential 40,645, commercial 6,889, industrial 26.

What is the average residential rate of Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop?

In 2024 homes paid 13.16 cents; against the Kentucky average that is +2.9%.

How reliable is Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop by SAIDI and SAIFI?

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop has no reliability row for its 40,645 homes in EIA-861 2024, so no SAIDI or SAIFI is shown; the Kentucky median reporter is 147 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop grid?

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop files no net-metering row for its 40,645 homes, while Kentucky utilities together report 10,726 installations.

What is the monthly bill at Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop for average use?

1,185 kWh at 13.16 cents comes to about $156, energy only.

How does Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop rank on price within Kentucky?

Rank 13 of 24 in Kentucky on price, +2.9% against the state average; 12 charge less than 13.16 ¢.

What data is missing for Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop?

47,560 accounts sit behind Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop, whose 2024 filing lacks no SAIDI/SAIFI row and no net-metering row; the other 5 rows of the coverage table are on file.

Who buys power from Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop?

Homes take 45.5% of 1,271,752 MWh, commercial accounts 25.6%, industrial and other 29.0%.

What did Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop charge homes in 2025?

13.86 cents per kWh, +5.3% on the 13.16 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop at 13.16 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

Primary sources for Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop in Kentucky: 13.16 ¢ home rates and 40,645 homes

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At 1,185 kWh a month a Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop home pays about $156 in energy: 13.16 ¢/kWh, 2.9% above the Kentucky average of 12.79 ¢.

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  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop: smart meters: 13.16 ¢/kWh rates, 40,645 homes},
  year = {2026},
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