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Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: 14.17 ¢/kWh for homes, 83 minutes of SAIDI (2024)
Roughly 54,860 Arizona accounts belong to Trico Electric Cooperative Inc, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 52,450. It connects 106.4 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 12.2 times the national median.
At 942 kWh a month a Trico Electric Cooperative Inc home pays about $133 in energy: 14.17 ¢/kWh, 5.0% below the Arizona average of 14.91 ¢.
It connects 106.4 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 12.2 times the national median.
Rooftop solar on the Trico Electric Cooperative Inc grid
Net-metered homes per 1,000
106.412.2x the national median of 8.7
Net metering stands out at Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: 5,579 residential installations on 52,450 home accounts, 106.4 per 1,000. That is 5th place of 9 Arizona utilities and 12.2 times the national median (8.7). All installations together total 60.3 MW, an average of 10.7 kW each, and 44,032 MWh went back to the utility.
How it compares
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc
14.17 ¢/kWh
12.41 ¢/kWh
$133at 942 kWh
83 minSAIDI
Arizona average against this company, which is 6 of 10 on price
+0.74 ¢/kWhcompany 5.0% below
-0.18 ¢/kWhcompany 1.5% above
+$7a month at 942 kWh
-2 mincompany 2 above
Electrical Dist No3 Pinal CountyLowest in this table
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: +0.6% on 2024 for homes, Arizona +2.3%.
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc home price, 2025
14.26 ¢/kWh+0.6% on 2024, early release
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc SAIDI, 2025
66 min-20% on 2024, early release
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc against Arizona, 2025
-1.7 pointsTrico Electric Cooperative Inc +0.6%, Arizona +2.3%, price in Arizona 15.26 ¢
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc reported 14.26 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +0.6% on its 2024 figure of 14.17, while the Arizona average moved +2.3%. Its SAIDI is 66 minutes against 83 in 2024.
Carbon context
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc serves 52,450 homes in Arizona. At 942 kWh a month that is about 293 kg of CO₂, or 3,521 kg a year, at the Arizona plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Arizona generation mix.
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc charts
Residential price since 2015: 14.17 ¢ in 2024
13.04 ¢ in 2015, 14.17 ¢ in 2024 (+8.6%); Arizona 12.13 to 14.91 ¢.
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
From 13.04 ¢ in 2015 to 14.17 ¢ in 2024, a move of +8.6%: Trico Electric Cooperative Inc lagged its state (+22.9%) by 14.3 points, and -21.7 points against the U.S. Trico Electric Cooperative Inc's sharpest move came in 2016, +4.5%. The high is 14.35 ¢ (2019) and the low 13.04 ¢ (2015). 2024: -0.4% here, +6.3% for the Arizona average. SAIDI at Trico Electric Cooperative Inc (major events excluded) rose from 63 minutes in 2015 to 83 in 2024, +32%; worst year 2024 at 83. Trico Electric Cooperative Inc filed SAIDI under the national median in 10 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 83 minutes, -16 from that year's median. 2023: 238 minutes with major events, 82 without, the widest gap of any year. Trico Electric Cooperative Inc has 5 cheaper and 4 higher-priced Arizona peers among 10 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Electrical Dist No3 Pinal County, bills 13.93 ¢ (-0.24). Next higher-priced, Tucson Electric Power Co, bills 15.63 ¢ (+1.46).
A 5.0% discount to Arizona comes with ordinary reliability, 83 minutes or 0.84x the national median.
Home accounts at Trico Electric Cooperative Inc went from 41,506 in 2015 to 52,450 in 2024, +26.4%. Business customers paid 0.88 times the home price in 2024 (12.41 against 14.17 ¢); the ratio was 0.89 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.69 in 2015 to 0.68 in 2024, between 0.25 and 0.69.
Outages and home price of Trico Electric Cooperative Inc (EIA utility 19189), 2013 to 2024
Yearly SAIDI at Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: 64 minutes in 2013, 83 in 2024, a rise of 30%. The low came in 2018 at 28, the high in 2024 at 83; 12 years were filed. The Arizona median in 2024 was 68 minutes, so Trico Electric Cooperative Inc ran above it.
Home rates at Trico Electric Cooperative Inc went from 13.31 ¢ in 2013 to 14.17 ¢ in 2024 (+6.4%), which is 18.39 ¢ to 14.54 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−20.9%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,207 in 2013 and $1,745 in 2024. Of 22 Arizona utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Trico Electric Cooperative Inc stood 13th cheapest (18th of 21 in 2013).
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 83 in 2024
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc at 83 min in 2024 and the Arizona median at 68.
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc home price since 2013: −20.9% after inflation
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: 14.54 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.17 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc, EIA utility 19189, year by year among Arizona utilities
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Trico Electric Cooperative Inc
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Trico Electric Cooperative Inc
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Trico Electric Cooperative Inc
Arizona median SAIDI
2013
13.31
18.39
18 of 21
64
0.49
3 of 5
64
2014
13.82
18.79
20 of 22
62
0.61
4 of 5
58
2015
13.04
17.72
20 of 24
63
0.69
3 of 6
68
2016
13.63
18.28
24 of 26
41
0.49
1 of 7
65
2017
14.19
18.63
24 of 26
47
0.38
3 of 7
65
2018
14.33
18.37
24 of 27
28
0.25
3 of 10
44
2019
14.35
18.07
33 of 34
43
0.47
3 of 8
52
2020
14.14
17.59
21 of 22
49
0.48
5 of 8
45
2021
14.28
16.97
20 of 21
57
0.46
7 of 8
48
2022
14.28
15.71
17 of 22
48
0.38
3 of 9
55
2023
14.22
15.03
14 of 22
82
0.65
7 of 10
67
2024
14.17
14.54
13 of 22
83
0.68
8 of 11
68
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc, EIA utility 19189: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Trico Electric Cooperative Inc?
Trico Electric Cooperative Inc files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Arizona, cooperatives serve 6% of residential customers at an average 13.0 cents per kWh, 20% below investor-owned utilities in Arizona. Trico Electric Cooperative Inc itself averaged 14.2 cents, 1.1 cents above its type in Arizona.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 1,642 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 3.2 per 100 accounts (Arizona: 3.6; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Trico Electric Cooperative Inc customer was without power 83 minutes without major events and 150 with them. That is 6th fewest of 8 Arizona utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Arizona utility reported 68 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 57,926 residential meters.
How many customers does Trico Electric Cooperative Inc serve in Arizona?
54,860 accounts in 2024: residential 52,450, commercial 2,376, industrial 34.
What is the average residential rate of Trico Electric Cooperative Inc?
In 2024 homes paid 14.17 cents; against the Arizona average that is -5.0%.
How reliable is Trico Electric Cooperative Inc by SAIDI and SAIFI?
SAIDI 83.2 min and SAIFI 0.68 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.84, CAIDI 122 min.
How much solar net metering is on the Trico Electric Cooperative Inc grid?
5,658 installations with 60.3 MW, of which residential installations number 5,579.
What is the monthly bill at Trico Electric Cooperative Inc for average use?
942 kWh at 14.17 cents comes to about $133, energy only.
How does Trico Electric Cooperative Inc rank on price within Arizona?
Rank 6 of 10 in Arizona on price, -5.0% against the state average; 5 charge less than 14.17 ¢.
How much of the Trico Electric Cooperative Inc load is business?
Homes take 67.9% of 873,866 MWh, commercial accounts 27.0%, industrial and other 5.2%; the 2,376 commercial accounts use 99,195 kWh each, 8.8 times a home.
Does Trico Electric Cooperative Inc have smart meters or TOU rates?
57,926 of 57,926 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Trico Electric Cooperative Inc offers a home time-of-use rate; 1,887 customers use dynamic pricing, 3.60% of its homes.
Since 2015, has Trico Electric Cooperative Inc become cheaper than other Arizona utilities?
7th cheapest of 10 in 2015, 6th of 10 in 2024; its price rose 8.6% while Arizona rose 22.9%.
What did Trico Electric Cooperative Inc charge homes in 2025?
14.26 cents per kWh, +0.6% on the 14.17 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Trico Electric Cooperative Inc at 14.17 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: 14.17 ¢/kWh for homes, 83 minutes of SAIDI (2024), how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Trico Electric Cooperative Inc: 14.17 ¢/kWh for homes, 83 minutes of SAIDI (2024), the state price average
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At 942 kWh a month a Trico Electric Cooperative Inc home pays about $133 in energy: 14.17 ¢/kWh, 5.0% below the Arizona average of 14.91 ¢.
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title = {Trico Electric Cooperative Inc solar and net metering: 14.26 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 83 min in 2024},
year = {2026},
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