Rochester Public Utilities: rates, outages and net metering

Rochester Public Utilities is an municipal utility serving 60,133 customer accounts in Minnesota; 54,943 of them are residential. Its home price sits 15.9% over the Minnesota average and ranks 16 of 16 among larger utilities.

Rochester Public Utilities: 560 kWh a month costs roughly $100 in energy at 17.91 ¢/kWh, +15.9% on the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.

Its home price sits 15.9% over the Minnesota average and ranks 16 of 16 among larger utilities.

Rochester Public Utilities on price: 15.9% over Minnesota

Home price against Minnesota: +15.9%place 16 of 16, cheapest first

Home price is where Rochester Public Utilities departs furthest from the Minnesota pattern: 17.91 ¢ against a state average of 15.45 ¢, place 16 of 16 among Minnesota utilities with 20,000+ homes. The cheapest of those is Otter Tail Power Co at 11.33 ¢ (-6.57 ¢ from here), the most expensive Rochester Public Utilities at 17.91 ¢ (+0.00 ¢).

A home using 560 kWh a month pays about $100 in energy here; at the Minnesota average the same use would cost $87, a difference of +$14 a month.

How it compares

Rochester Public Utilities
Rochester Public Utilities, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Rochester Public Utilities	17.91 ¢/kWh	13.56 ¢/kWh	$100at 560 kWh	43 minSAIDI
Minnesota average against this company, which is 16 of 16 on priceLowest in this table	-2.46 ¢/kWhcompany 15.9% above	-1.41 ¢/kWhcompany 11.6% above	-$14a month at 560 kWh	+19 mincompany 19 below
Lake Country Power	17.90 ¢/kWhcompany 0.1% above	15.33 ¢/kWhcompany 11.5% below	$1000 less than company	188 mincompany 145 below

Compare 44 Minnesota companies

Rochester Public Utilities: 2025

Rochester Public Utilities: +3.8% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.4%.

Rochester Public Utilities home price, 2025: 18.58 ¢/kWh+3.8% on 2024, early release
Rochester Public Utilities SAIDI, 2025: 24 min-43% on 2024, early release
Rochester Public Utilities against Minnesota, 2025: +1.4 pointsRochester Public Utilities +3.8%, Minnesota +2.4%, price in Minnesota 15.82 ¢

Rochester Public Utilities: 18.58 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +3.8% from 17.91 ¢; Minnesota as a whole went +2.4%, so Rochester Public Utilities ran ahead of it by 1.4 points. Its SAIDI is 24 minutes against 43 in 2024.

Carbon context

Rochester Public Utilities serves 54,943 homes in Minnesota. At 560 kWh a month that is about 190 kg of CO₂, or 2,280 kg a year, at the Minnesota plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Minnesota generation mix.

Rochester Public Utilities charts

Residential price since 2015: 17.91 ¢ in 2024

13.11 ¢ in 2015, 17.91 ¢ in 2024 (+36.6%); Minnesota 12.12 to 15.45 ¢.

Rochester Public Utilities residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Rochester Public Utilities	Gap to Minnesota residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	13.11	+0.99	+0.46
2016	13.51	+0.84	+0.96
2017	14.47	+1.43	+1.58
2018	14.76	+1.62	+1.89
2019	15.19	+2.15	+2.18
2020	14.91	+1.74	+1.76
2021	14.90	+1.40	+1.24
2022	15.58	+1.33	+0.54
2023	16.87	+2.14	+0.87
2024	17.91	+2.46	+1.43

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Rochester Public Utilities SAIDI, 2015-2024

34 min in 2015, 43 in 2024.

Rochester Public Utilities SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Rochester Public Utili, no major events	Rochester Public Utili, all events
2015	34	112
2016	35	59
2017	34	73
2018	31	64
2019	39	109
2020	30	30
2021	40	63
2022	37	75
2023	26	30
2024	43	102

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 42.8 min

42.8 min, 0.43x the median reporter, rank 137 of 673.

min

Company, no major events42.8
Company, with major events102.1

Rochester Public Utilities, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 13.11 ¢ in 2015 to 17.91 ¢ in 2024, a move of +36.6%: Rochester Public Utilities outpaced its state (+27.5%) by 9.1 points, and +6.3 points against the U.S. Rochester Public Utilities's sharpest move came in 2023, +8.2%. The latest year is the high at 17.91 ¢; the low was 13.11 ¢ (2015). 2024: +6.2% here, +4.9% for the Minnesota average. SAIDI at Rochester Public Utilities (major events excluded) rose from 34 minutes in 2015 to 43 in 2024, +26%; worst year 2024 at 43. Rochester Public Utilities filed SAIDI under the national median in 10 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 43 minutes, -57 from that year's median. 2015: 112 minutes with major events, 34 without, the widest gap of any year. Rochester Public Utilities has 15 cheaper and 0 higher-priced Minnesota peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Lake Country Power, bills 17.90 ¢ (-0.01).

Customers pay 15.9% over the Minnesota average and get some return: 43 outage minutes, 57% under the national median.

Home accounts at Rochester Public Utilities went from 46,355 in 2015 to 54,943 in 2024, +18.5%. Business customers paid 0.76 times the home price in 2024 (13.56 against 17.91 ¢); the ratio was 0.79 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.77 in 2015 to 0.74 in 2024, between 0.47 and 0.87.

Outages and home price of Rochester Public Utilities (EIA utility 16181), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average Rochester Public Utilities customer sat through 43 minutes of outage, against 34 in 2013 (+26%). The low came in 2023 at 26, the high in 2024 at 43; 12 years were filed. The Minnesota median in 2024 was 57 minutes, so Rochester Public Utilities ran below it.

Home rates at Rochester Public Utilities climbed from 12.13 ¢ in 2013 to 17.91 ¢ in 2024 (+47.6%), or 16.77 ¢ to 18.38 ¢ in 2025 dollars (+9.6%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,012 in 2013 and $2,205 in 2024. Of 45 Minnesota utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Rochester Public Utilities stood 44th cheapest (71st of 99 in 2013).

Rochester Public Utilities outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 43 in 2024

Rochester Public Utilities at 43 min in 2024 and the Minnesota median at 57.

Rochester Public Utilities home price since 2013: +9.6% after inflation

Rochester Public Utilities: 18.38 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 17.91 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Rochester Public Utilities, EIA utility 16181, year by year among Minnesota utilities

Rochester Public Utilities 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Rochester Public U	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Rochester Publ	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Rochester Publ	Minnesota median SAIDI
2013	12.13	16.77	71 of 99	34	0.77	7 of 35	66
2014	12.54	17.05	76 of 99	31	0.72	9 of 39	74
2015	13.11	17.81	84 of 100	34	0.77	10 of 41	67
2016	13.51	18.13	82 of 98	35	0.56	12 of 45	89
2017	14.47	19.01	91 of 99	34	0.56	10 of 43	68
2018	14.76	18.92	93 of 99	31	0.51	10 of 49	80
2019	15.19	19.12	106 of 114	39	0.61	15 of 48	79
2020	14.91	18.54	39 of 43	30	0.68	8 of 31	62
2021	14.90	17.70	37 of 43	40	0.87	10 of 33	66
2022	15.58	17.14	36 of 43	37	0.64	10 of 33	67
2023	16.87	17.82	40 of 43	26	0.47	8 of 34	59
2024	17.91	18.38	44 of 45	43	0.74	14 of 36	57

Rochester Public Utiliti, EIA utility 16181: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Minnesota real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 60,1332.1% of Minnesota total
Residential accounts: 54,9432.1% of Minnesota homes
Commercial accounts: 5,1898.6% of the base
Residential rate: 17.91 ¢/kWhplace 16 of 16, +15.9% against the state
Commercial rate: 13.56 ¢/kWhplace 30 of 34, +11.6% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 42.8 minbetter than 80% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.740.73x the median
SAIDI with major events: 102.1 min58.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 6.1 MW859 installations
Counties served: 1all in Minnesota
Average residential use: 6,724 kWh/yr560 a month
Implied monthly bill: $100+$8 on the U.S. rate, 560 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +36.6%13.11 to 17.91 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +26%34 min in 2015, 43 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Rochester Public Utilities

Rochester Public Utilities sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Minnesota ¢/kWh
Residential	54,943	17.91	+2.46
Commercial	5,189	13.56	+1.41

Year by year, Rochester Public Utilities

Year	Home accounts, Rochester Public Utili	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	46,355	13.11	10.34	0.79	34	0.77
2016	47,632	13.51	10.72	0.79	35	0.56
2017	48,988	14.47	11.40	0.79	34	0.56
2018	49,785	14.76	11.54	0.78	31	0.51
2019	50,902	15.19	11.76	0.77	39	0.61
2020	52,058	14.91	11.51	0.77	30	0.68
2021	52,862	14.90	11.54	0.77	40	0.87
2022	53,047	15.58	11.97	0.77	37	0.64
2023	53,932	16.87	12.88	0.76	26	0.47
2024	54,943	17.91	13.56	0.76	43	0.74

Peers of Rochester Public Utilities in Minnesota, place 16 of 16 on home price

Utility near Rochester Public Utilities on price	SAIDI min, gap to Rochester Public Utilities	Home ¢, gap to Rochester Public Utilities	Gap % to Rochester Public Utilities	Accounts, Rochester Public Utilities = 1
13. East Central Energy	+41	-1.02	-5.7%	1.03
14. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	+68	-0.93	-5.2%	22.87
15. Lake Country Power	+145	-0.01	-0.1%	0.85
16. Rochester Public Utilities (this utility)	43	17.91	-	1.00

Who buys Rochester Public Utilities's electricity

Class at Rochester Public Utilities	Accounts	Of Rochester Public Utilities accounts	Of Rochester Public Utilities MWh sold	kWh a year per Rochester Public Utilities account
Residential	54,943	91.4%	32.6%	6,724
Commercial	5,189	8.6%	59.4%	129,700
Industrial and other	1	0.00%	8.0%	90,802,000

Rochester Public Utilities: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Rochester Public Utilities	Minnesota context	Rochester Public Utilities detail
Time-of-use rate for Rochester Public Utilities homes	Offered	21 of 37 Minnesota utilities offer one	220 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.40% of 54,943
Net-metered installations	859	96% residential	15.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 7.2 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Rochester Public Utilities

kWh	Share of a 560 kWh month	Cost a month at 17.91 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	45%	$44.77	+$3.57	$537
500	89%	$89.54	+$7.14	$1,074
750	134%	$134.31	+$10.71	$1,612
1,000	178%	$179.08	+$14.28	$2,149
1,500	268%	$268.62	+$21.42	$3,223
2,000	357%	$358.16	+$28.56	$4,298

Outage record, Rochester Public Utilities

Measure, Rochester Public Uti	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	42.8	102.1	0.71 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.743	0.983	1.35 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	57.7	103.8	0.96 h

Territory of Rochester Public Utilities

1 Minnesota counties, region MRO:

Minnesota other states: 1 of 1 county of Rochester Public Utilities drawn

Rochester Public Utilities: 1 county listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Olmsted

Questions on Rochester Public Utilities

How many customers does Rochester Public Utilities serve in Minnesota?

60,133 accounts in 2024: residential 54,943, commercial 5,189, industrial 1.

What is the average residential rate of Rochester Public Utilities?

In 2024 homes paid 17.91 cents; against the Minnesota average that is +15.9%.

How reliable is Rochester Public Utilities by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 42.8 min and SAIFI 0.74 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.43, CAIDI 58 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Rochester Public Utilities grid?

859 installations with 6.1 MW, of which residential installations number 827.

What is the monthly bill at Rochester Public Utilities for average use?

560 kWh at 17.91 cents comes to about $100, energy only.

How does Rochester Public Utilities rank on price within Minnesota?

Rank 16 of 16 in Minnesota on price, +15.9% against the state average; 15 charge less than 17.91 ¢.

What share of Rochester Public Utilities sales do homes buy?

Homes take 32.6% of 1,133,267 MWh, commercial accounts 59.4%, industrial and other 8.0%; the 5,189 commercial accounts use 129,700 kWh each, 19.3 times a home.

At Rochester Public Utilities, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

Rochester Public Utilities offers a home time-of-use rate; 220 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.40% of its homes.

Has Rochester Public Utilities moved up the Minnesota price list since 2015?

12th cheapest of 14 in 2015, 16th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 36.6% while Minnesota rose 27.5%.

Did Rochester Public Utilities cut or raise its 2025 home price?

18.58 cents per kWh, +3.8% on the 17.91 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Rochester Public Utilities at 17.91 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Imperial Irrigation DistrictCalifornia, 17.91 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Interstate Power and Light CoIowa, 17.90 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Lake Country PowerMinnesota, 17.90 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Sacramento Municipal Util DistCalifornia, 17.87 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 6.2 to 30.1 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 3, e.g. Residential Service Rate
Tiered: 1, e.g. Residential Service - High Efficiency HVAC Rate

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

Primary sources for Rochester Public Utilities: rates, outages and net metering

EIA-861 annual report entry for Rochester Public Utilities: rates, outages and net metering, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Rochester Public Utilities: rates, outages and net metering, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Rochester Public Utilities: rates, outages and net metering, the state price average