South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky: 12.92 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

South Kentucky Rural E C C is an cooperative utility serving 71,383 customer accounts in Kentucky; 64,877 of them are residential. Its SAIDI of 302 minutes is 3.04 times the national median reporter (99).

At 1,006 kWh a month a South Kentucky Rural E C C home pays about $130 in energy: 12.92 ¢/kWh, 1.0% above the Kentucky average of 12.79 ¢.

Its SAIDI of 302 minutes is 3.04 times the national median reporter (99).

South Kentucky Rural E C C: outage minutes

SAIDI against national median: 3.04x302 minutes against 99

Reliability is the sharpest contrast for South Kentucky Rural E C C: 302 minutes a year without power per customer, 3.04 times the national median of 99. Among 23 Kentucky utilities that report SAIDI it ranks 21 (1 = fewest minutes); the Kentucky median is 147.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 2.16 interruptions a customer a year, 2.13 times the national median (1.01), with 140 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

South Kentucky Rural E C C
South Kentucky Rural E C C, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
South Kentucky Rural E C C	12.92 ¢/kWh	14.61 ¢/kWh	$130at 1,006 kWh	302 minSAIDI
Kentucky average against this company, which is 9 of 24 on priceLowest in this table	-0.13 ¢/kWhcompany 1.0% above	-3.11 ¢/kWhcompany 27.0% above	-$1a month at 1,006 kWh	-155 mincompany 155 above
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.	12.87 ¢/kWhcompany 0.4% above	8.04 ¢/kWhcompany 81.7% above	$1291 less than company	503 mincompany 201 below

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South Kentucky Rural E C C: 2025

South Kentucky Rural E C C: +4.9% on 2024 for homes, Kentucky +3.5%.

South Kentucky Rural E C C home price, 2025: 13.55 ¢/kWh+4.9% on 2024, early release
South Kentucky Rural E C C SAIDI, 2025: 314 min+4% on 2024, early release
South Kentucky Rural E C C against Kentucky, 2025: +1.3 pointsSouth Kentucky Rural E C C +4.9%, Kentucky +3.5%, price in Kentucky 13.24 ¢

South Kentucky Rural E C C reported 13.55 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +4.9% on its 2024 figure of 12.92, while the Kentucky average moved +3.5%. Its SAIDI is 314 minutes against 302 in 2024.

Carbon context

South Kentucky Rural E C C serves 64,877 homes in Kentucky. At 1,006 kWh a month that is about 792 kg of CO₂, or 9,501 kg a year, at the Kentucky plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Kentucky generation mix.

South Kentucky Rural E C C charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.92 ¢ in 2024

10.51 ¢ in 2015, 12.92 ¢ in 2024 (+22.9%); Kentucky 10.24 to 12.79 ¢.

South Kentucky Rural E C C residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	South Kentucky Rural E C C	Gap to Kentucky residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	10.51	+0.27	-2.14
2016	10.56	+0.07	-1.99
2017	10.61	-0.24	-2.28
2018	10.35	-0.25	-2.52
2019	10.33	-0.47	-2.68
2020	10.15	-0.72	-3.00
2021	10.88	-0.62	-2.78
2022	12.87	-0.04	-2.17
2023	13.18	+0.53	-2.82
2024	12.92	+0.13	-3.56

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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South Kentucky Rural E C C SAIDI, 2015-2024

163 min in 2015, 302 in 2024.

South Kentucky Rural E C C SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	South Kentucky Rural E, no major events
2015	163
2016	213
2017	171
2018	288
2019	223
2020	270
2021	323
2022	458
2023	251
2024	302

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 301.9 min

301.9 min, 3.04x the median reporter, rank 611 of 673.

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Company, no major events301.9
Company, with major events728.9

South Kentucky Rural E C C, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

South Kentucky Rural E C C billed homes 10.51 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 12.92 ¢ in 2024, +22.9% in all, and tracked the Kentucky average (+24.9%) within 2.0 points. South Kentucky Rural E C C's sharpest move came in 2022, +18.3%. The high is 13.18 ¢ (2023) and the low 10.15 ¢ (2020). 2024: -2.0% here, +1.1% for the Kentucky average. SAIDI at South Kentucky Rural E C C (major events excluded) rose from 163 minutes in 2015 to 302 in 2024, +85%; worst year 2022 at 458. At 302 minutes in 2024, South Kentucky Rural E C C sat +202 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2023: 1714 minutes with major events, 251 without, the widest gap of any year. South Kentucky Rural E C C has 8 cheaper and 15 higher-priced Kentucky peers among 24 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc., bills 12.87 ¢ (-0.05). Next higher-priced, Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc, bills 13.05 ¢ (+0.13).

Price (+1.0% against Kentucky) gives no cause for concern; outage time (302 min, 3.0x median) does.

Home accounts at South Kentucky Rural E C C went from 60,726 in 2015 to 64,877 in 2024, +6.8%. Business customers paid 1.13 times the home price in 2024 (14.61 against 12.92 ¢); the ratio was 1.17 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.71 in 2015 to 2.16 in 2024, between 1.06 and 3.24.

Outages and home price of South Kentucky Rural E C C (EIA utility 17564), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average South Kentucky Rural E C C customer sat through 302 minutes of outage, against 164 in 2013 (+84%). Its best year was 2015 (163 min), its worst 2022 (458 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Kentucky median of 148 minutes in 2024, South Kentucky Rural E C C was above the middle.

Corrected for inflation, a South Kentucky Rural E C C home paid 13.26 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 14.97 ¢ in 2013, −11.4%; the bill itself went 10.83 ¢ to 12.92 ¢ (+19.3%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,797 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,591 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 33rd cheapest of 49 in 2013, 18th of 45 in 2024 among Kentucky utilities with 1,000+ homes.

South Kentucky Rural E C C outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 302 in 2024

South Kentucky Rural E C C at 302 min in 2024 and the Kentucky median at 148.

South Kentucky Rural E C C home price since 2013: −11.4% after inflation

South Kentucky Rural E C C: 13.26 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.92 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

South Kentucky Rural E C C, EIA utility 17564, year by year among Kentucky utilities

South Kentucky Rural E C C 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, South Kentucky Rur	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, South Kentucky	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, South Kentucky	Kentucky median SAIDI
2013	10.83	14.97	33 of 49	164	1.00	20 of 25	109
2014	10.77	14.64	28 of 49	193	2.60	24 of 27	122
2015	10.51	14.28	25 of 49	163	1.71	18 of 26	117
2016	10.56	14.16	23 of 49	213	1.83	22 of 27	102
2017	10.61	13.93	15 of 49	171	1.06	25 of 29	105
2018	10.35	13.27	10 of 49	288	2.19	25 of 29	119
2019	10.33	13.01	13 of 54	223	2.41	24 of 30	133
2020	10.15	12.62	7 of 46	270	2.05	24 of 30	92
2021	10.88	12.93	13 of 46	323	2.57	27 of 30	113
2022	12.87	14.16	21 of 46	458	3.24	27 of 29	133
2023	13.18	13.92	28 of 46	251	1.79	21 of 29	156
2024	12.92	13.26	18 of 45	302	2.16	26 of 30	148

South Kentucky Rural E C, EIA utility 17564: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Kentucky real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 71,3833.0% of Kentucky total
Residential accounts: 64,8773.1% of Kentucky homes
Commercial accounts: 6,0298.4% of the base
Residential rate: 12.92 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 24, +1.0% against the state
Commercial rate: 14.61 ¢/kWhplace 36 of 36, +27.0% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 301.9 minbetter than 9% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.162.13x the median
SAIDI with major events: 728.9 min58.6% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 1.8 MW165 installations
Counties served: 11Kentucky plus 1 more
Average residential use: 12,073 kWh/yr1,006 a month
Implied monthly bill: $130-$36 on the U.S. rate, 1,006 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +22.9%10.51 to 12.92 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +85%163 min in 2015, 302 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, South Kentucky Rural E C C

South Kentucky Rural E C C sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Kentucky ¢/kWh
Residential	64,877	12.92	+0.13
Commercial	6,029	14.61	+3.11

Year by year, South Kentucky Rural E C C

Year	Home accounts, South Kentucky Rural E	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	60,726	10.51	12.26	1.17	163	1.71
2016	61,106	10.56	12.27	1.16	213	1.83
2017	61,603	10.61	12.40	1.17	171	1.06
2018	61,575	10.35	12.18	1.18	288	2.19
2019	61,948	10.33	12.25	1.19	223	2.41
2020	62,501	10.15	12.30	1.21	270	2.05
2021	63,617	10.88	13.03	1.20	323	2.57
2022	64,149	12.87	15.03	1.17	458	3.24
2023	64,003	13.18	15.18	1.15	251	1.79
2024	64,877	12.92	14.61	1.13	302	2.16

Peers of South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky, place 9 of 24 on home price

Utility near South Kentucky Rural E C C on price	SAIDI min, gap to South Kentucky Rural E C C	Home ¢, gap to South Kentucky Rural E C C	Gap % to South Kentucky Rural E C C	Accounts, South Kentucky Rural E C C = 1
6. Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp	-120	-0.60	-4.6%	0.89
7. Owen Electric Coop Inc	-176	-0.37	-2.9%	0.94
8. Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.	+201	-0.05	-0.4%	0.34
9. South Kentucky Rural E C C (this utility)	302	12.92	-	1.00
10. Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc	-85	+0.13	+1.0%	0.36
11. Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp	-246	+0.16	+1.2%	0.54
12. Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp	-145	+0.16	+1.3%	0.38

Who buys South Kentucky Rural E C C's electricity

Class at South Kentucky Rural E C C	Accounts	Of South Kentucky Rural E C C accounts	Of South Kentucky Rural E C C MWh sold	kWh a year per South Kentucky Rural E C C account
Residential	64,877	90.9%	63.3%	12,073
Commercial	6,029	8.4%	7.6%	15,609
Industrial and other	477	0.67%	29.0%	752,692

South Kentucky Rural E C C among Kentucky cooperatives

South Kentucky Rural E C C and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to South Kentucky Rural E C C	Home ¢, gap to South Kentucky Rural E C C	Accounts, South Kentucky Rural E C C = 1
1. Salt River Electric Coop Corp (KY)	-170	-2.04	0.80
2. Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp (KY)	-120	-0.60	0.89
3. Owen Electric Coop Inc (KY)	-176	-0.37	0.94
4. South Kentucky Rural E C C (KY, this utility)	302	12.92	1.00
5. Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp (KY)	-246	+0.16	0.54
6. Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp (KY)	-145	+0.16	0.38
7. Clark Energy Coop Inc (KY)	-33	+0.33	0.40
8. Taylor County Rural E C C (KY)	-155	+0.36	0.40

South Kentucky Rural E C C: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	South Kentucky Rural E C C	Kentucky context	South Kentucky Rural E C C detail
South Kentucky Rural E C C home meters on AMI	100.0%	Kentucky 81.4%	64,877 of 64,877 meters
Homes with daily digital access	64,877	Kentucky figure not published	100% of the 64,877 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for South Kentucky Rural E C C homes	Not on file	9 of 23 Kentucky utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by South Kentucky Rural E C C
Net-metered installations	165	93% residential	2.4 homes per 1,000 accounts, 11.0 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, South Kentucky Rural E C C

kWh	Share of a 1,006 kWh month	Cost a month at 12.92 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	25%	$32.30	-$8.90	$388
500	50%	$64.59	-$17.81	$775
750	75%	$96.89	-$26.71	$1,163
1,000	99%	$129.19	-$35.61	$1,550
1,500	149%	$193.78	-$53.42	$2,325
2,000	199%	$258.38	-$71.22	$3,101

Outage record, South Kentucky Rural E C C

Measure, South Kentucky Rural	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	301.9	728.9	5.03 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.156	2.710	0.46 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	140.0	269.0	2.33 h

Territory of South Kentucky Rural E C C

11 Kentucky counties plus 1 other state, region SERC:

Kentucky other states: 13 of 13 counties of South Kentucky Rural E C C drawn

South Kentucky Rural E C C: 13 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Adair
Casey
Clinton
Cumberland
Laurel
Lincoln
McCreary
Pulaski
Rockcastle
Russell
Wayne

Questions on South Kentucky Rural E C C

How big is South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky, by customer accounts?

71,383 accounts in 2024: residential 64,877, commercial 6,029, industrial 477.

How many cents per kWh does South Kentucky Rural E C C charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 12.92 cents; against the Kentucky average that is +1.0%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of South Kentucky Rural E C C?

SAIDI 301.9 min and SAIFI 2.16 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 3.04, CAIDI 140 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to South Kentucky Rural E C C?

165 installations with 1.8 MW, of which residential installations number 154.

What would a typical South Kentucky Rural E C C home pay each month?

1,006 kWh at 12.92 cents comes to about $130, energy only.

Is South Kentucky Rural E C C cheaper than other Kentucky utilities?

Rank 9 of 24 in Kentucky on price, +1.0% against the state average; 8 charge less than 12.92 ¢.

How much of the South Kentucky Rural E C C load is business?

Homes take 63.3% of 1,236,388 MWh, commercial accounts 7.6%, industrial and other 29.0%; the 6,029 commercial accounts use 15,609 kWh each, 1.3 times a home.

Does South Kentucky Rural E C C have smart meters or TOU rates?

64,877 of 64,877 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. South Kentucky Rural E C C reports no home time-of-use rate; 9 of 23 Kentucky filers do.

Since 2015, has South Kentucky Rural E C C become cheaper than other Kentucky utilities?

15th cheapest of 24 in 2015, 9th of 24 in 2024; its price rose 22.9% while Kentucky rose 24.9%.

How does South Kentucky Rural E C C compare with 11 similar utilities?

Place 4 of 12 on home price at 12.92 ¢ (Kentucky cooperatives); median 13.16 ¢, cheapest member 10.88 ¢.

What did South Kentucky Rural E C C charge homes in 2025?

13.55 cents per kWh, +4.9% on the 12.92 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to South Kentucky Rural E C C at 12.92 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Appalachian Electric CoopTennessee, 12.93 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Florida Keys El Coop Assn, IncFlorida, 12.94 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
4-County Electric Power AssnMississippi, 12.88 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 5.5 to 8.5 ¢/kWh.

No time-of-use, tiered or demand-charge plan flagged.

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

Primary sources for South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky: 12.92 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky: 12.92 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky: 12.92 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for South Kentucky Rural E C C in Kentucky: 12.92 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average