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Rochester Public Utilities: rates, outages and net metering

Rochester Public Utilities is a 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 16th 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 16th of 16 among larger utilities.

Rochester Public Utilities on price: 15.9% over Minnesota

Home price against Minnesota
+15.9%16th place 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 ¢, 16th place 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, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Rochester Public Utilities17.91 ¢/kWh13.56 ¢/kWh$100at 560 kWh43 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 Power17.90 ¢/kWhcompany 0.1% above15.33 ¢/kWhcompany 11.5% below$100same bill as company188 mincompany 145 below

Compare 44 Minnesota companies

Rochester Public Utilities: 2025

Rochester Public Utilities: +3.8% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.5%.

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
+1.3 pointsRochester Public Utilities +3.8%, Minnesota +2.5%, price in Minnesota 15.83 ¢

Rochester Public Utilities: 18.58 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +3.8% from 17.91 ¢; Minnesota as a whole went +2.5%, so Rochester Public Utilities ran ahead of it by 1.3 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
YearRochester Public UtilitiesGap to Minnesota residentialGap to U.S. residential
201513.11+0.99+0.46
201613.51+0.84+0.96
201714.47+1.43+1.58
201814.76+1.62+1.89
201915.19+2.15+2.18
202014.91+1.74+1.76
202114.90+1.40+1.24
202215.58+1.33+0.54
202316.87+2.14+0.87
202417.91+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
YearRochester Public Utilities, no major eventsRochester Public Utilities, all events
201534112
20163559
20173473
20183164
201939109
20203030
20214063
20223775
20232630
202443102

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.

What kind of utility is Rochester Public Utilities?

Rochester Public Utilities files with EIA as a municipal utility. In Minnesota, municipal utilities serve 8% of residential customers at an average 14.7 cents per kWh, 11% below investor-owned utilities in Minnesota. Rochester Public Utilities itself averaged 17.9 cents, 3.2 cents above its type in Minnesota.

Minnesota utilities by type · all states

Reliability and meters, 2024

In 2024 the average Rochester Public Utilities customer was without power 43 minutes without major events and 102 with them. That is 12th fewest of 27 Minnesota utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Minnesota utility reported 57 minutes.

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

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 ¢/kWh16th place of 16, +15.9% against the state
Commercial rate
13.56 ¢/kWh30th place 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 sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Minnesota ¢/kWh
Residential54,94317.91+2.46
Commercial5,18913.56+1.41

Year by year, Rochester Public Utilities

YearHome accounts, Rochester Public UtilitiesHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
201546,35513.1110.340.79340.77
201647,63213.5110.720.79350.56
201748,98814.4711.400.79340.56
201849,78514.7611.540.78310.51
201950,90215.1911.760.77390.61
202052,05814.9111.510.77300.68
202152,86214.9011.540.77400.87
202253,04715.5811.970.77370.64
202353,93216.8712.880.76260.47
202454,94317.9113.560.76430.74

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

Utility near Rochester Public Utilities on priceSAIDI min, gap to Rochester Public UtilitiesHome ¢, gap to Rochester Public UtilitiesGap % to Rochester Public UtilitiesAccounts, 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)4317.91-1.00

Who buys Rochester Public Utilities's electricity

Class at Rochester Public UtilitiesAccountsOf Rochester Public Utilities accountsOf Rochester Public Utilities MWh soldkWh a year per Rochester Public Utilities account
Residential54,94391.4%32.6%6,724
Commercial5,1898.6%59.4%129,700
Industrial and other10.00%8.0%90,802,000

Rochester Public Utilities: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureRochester Public UtilitiesMinnesota contextRochester Public Utilities detail
Time-of-use rate for Rochester Public Utilities homesOffered21 of 37 Minnesota utilities offer one220 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.40% of 54,943
Net-metered installations85996% residential15.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 7.2 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Rochester Public Utilities

kWhShare of a 560 kWh monthCost a month at 17.91 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25045%$44.77+$3.57$537
50089%$89.54+$7.14$1,074
750134%$134.31+$10.71$1,612
1,000178%$179.08+$14.28$2,149
1,500268%$268.62+$21.42$3,223
2,000357%$358.16+$28.56$4,298

Outage record, Rochester Public Utilities

Measure, Rochester Public UtilitiesNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes42.8102.10.71 h
SAIFI interruptions0.7430.9831.35 yr apart
CAIDI minutes57.7103.80.96 h

Territory of Rochester Public Utilities

1 Minnesota counties, region MRO:

Counties served by Rochester Public UtilitiesOlmsted

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.

More on Rochester Public Utilities

Rate plans on file

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

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

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

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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 ¢.

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  title = {Rochester Public Utilities price vs Minnesota: 18.58 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 43 min in 2024},
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