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Tucson Electric Power Co in Arizona: 15.63 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar
In Arizona, Tucson Electric Power Co bills 455,209 accounts, 90.7% residential, as an investor owned utility. Among the 3 Fortis utilities listed here it is cheapest for homes, -0.39 ¢ from their median.
Glen Canyon Substation, Page, Arizona - April 2026. Photo by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.
At 800 kWh a month a Tucson Electric Power Co home pays about $125 in energy: 15.63 ¢/kWh, 4.8% above the Arizona average of 14.91 ¢.
Among the 3 Fortis utilities listed here it is cheapest for homes, -0.39 ¢ from their median.
Tucson Electric Power Co against its group: Fortis
Home price place, Fortis group
1 of 3-0.39 ¢ from the median of 16.02 ¢
Take the 3 Fortis utilities listed here, sorted by home price: Tucson Electric Power Co is the cheapest at 15.63 ¢, while the group median is 16.02 ¢. The most expensive is Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp (NY) at 23.85 ¢, 8.22 ¢ above; the spread from top to bottom is 8.22 ¢.
On outage minutes it ranks 2nd of 3 (1 = fewest), 68 against a group median of 68. It is the largest of them, 455,209 accounts, 1.4 times Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp.
How it compares
Tucson Electric Power Co
Tucson Electric Power Co, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Tucson Electric Power Co
15.63 ¢/kWh
15.58 ¢/kWh
$125at 800 kWh
68 minSAIDI
Arizona average against this company, which is 7 of 10 on priceLowest in this table
No 2025 early-release row for Tucson Electric Power Co; 2024 stays the latest year.
Tucson Electric Power Co 2024 against Arizona 2025
+0.37 ¢15.63 ¢ for Tucson Electric Power Co in 2024, 15.26 ¢ for Arizona in 2025
No 2025 line exists yet for Tucson Electric Power Co, so 15.63 ¢/kWh and a SAIDI of 68 minutes (2024, 412,747 homes) are the latest figures.
Carbon context
Tucson Electric Power Co serves 412,747 homes in Arizona. At 800 kWh a month that is about 249 kg of CO₂, or 2,992 kg a year, at the Arizona plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Arizona generation mix.
Tucson Electric Power Co charts
Residential price since 2015: 15.63 ¢ in 2024
11.51 ¢ in 2015, 15.63 ¢ in 2024 (+35.8%); Arizona 12.13 to 14.91 ¢.
Tucson Electric Power Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Tucson Electric Power Co billed homes 11.51 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 15.63 ¢ in 2024, +35.8% in all, and outpaced the Arizona average (+22.9%) by 12.9 points. Tucson Electric Power Co's sharpest move came in 2023, +9.0%. The latest year is the high at 15.63 ¢; the low was 11.13 ¢ (2016). 2024: +4.4% here, +6.3% for the Arizona average. SAIDI at Tucson Electric Power Co (major events excluded) rose from 59 minutes in 2015 to 68 in 2024, +15%; worst year 2024 at 68. Against the national median, Tucson Electric Power Co came in lower on SAIDI in 5 of 5 years, and 2024 ended at 68 minutes, -31 from the median. 2023: 169 minutes with major events, 62 without, the widest gap of any year. Tucson Electric Power Co has 6 cheaper and 3 higher-priced Arizona peers among 10 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Trico Electric Cooperative Inc, bills 14.17 ¢ (-1.46). Next higher-priced, UNS Electric, Inc, bills 16.02 ¢ (+0.39).
Customers pay 4.8% over the Arizona average and get some return: 68 outage minutes, 31% under the national median.
Home accounts at Tucson Electric Power Co went from 376,439 in 2015 to 412,747 in 2024, +9.6%. Business customers paid 1.00 times the home price in 2024 (15.58 against 15.63 ¢); the ratio was 1.09 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.74 in 2015 to 0.85 in 2024, between 0.05 and 0.91.
Outages and home price of Tucson Electric Power Co (EIA utility 24211), 2013 to 2024
The average Tucson Electric Power Co customer saw 63 outage minutes in 2013 and 68 in 2024 (+8%). The low came in 2018 at 0, the high in 2024 at 68; 8 years were filed. The Arizona median in 2024 was 68 minutes, so Tucson Electric Power Co ran level with it.
Home rates at Tucson Electric Power Co climbed from 10.37 ¢ in 2013 to 15.63 ¢ in 2024 (+50.7%), or 14.33 ¢ to 16.04 ¢ in 2025 dollars (+11.9%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,720 in 2013 and $1,925 in 2024. Of 22 Arizona utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Tucson Electric Power Co stood 15th cheapest (8th of 21 in 2013).
Tucson Electric Power Co outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 68 in 2024
Tucson Electric Power Co at 68 min in 2024 and the Arizona median at 68.
Tucson Electric Power Co home price since 2013: +11.9% after inflation
Tucson Electric Power Co: 16.04 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 15.63 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Tucson Electric Power Co, EIA utility 24211, year by year among Arizona utilities
Tucson Electric Power Co 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Tucson Electric Power Co
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Tucson Electric Power Co
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Tucson Electric Power Co
Arizona median SAIDI
2013
10.37
14.33
8 of 21
63
0.68
2 of 5
64
2014
11.00
14.96
10 of 22
57
0.71
2 of 5
58
2015
11.51
15.63
12 of 24
59
0.74
2 of 6
68
2016
11.13
14.93
12 of 26
65
0.91
4 of 7
65
2017
12.05
15.83
15 of 26
7
0.05
1 of 7
65
2018
12.58
16.12
17 of 27
0
0.00
1 of 10
44
2019
12.19
15.34
20 of 34
–
–
–
–
2020
12.37
15.39
12 of 22
–
–
–
–
2021
13.40
15.92
15 of 21
–
–
–
–
2022
13.73
15.11
13 of 22
–
–
–
–
2023
14.97
15.82
17 of 22
62
0.72
5 of 10
67
2024
15.63
16.04
15 of 22
68
0.85
6 of 11
68
Tucson Electric Power Co, EIA utility 24211: EIA-861, CPI-U.
Tucson Electric Power Co files with EIA as an investor-owned utility. In Arizona, investor-owned utilities serve 57% of residential customers at an average 16.3 cents per kWh. Tucson Electric Power Co itself averaged 15.6 cents, 0.6 cents below its type in Arizona.
In 2024 the average Tucson Electric Power Co customer was without power 68 minutes without major events and 113 with them. That is 4th fewest of 8 Arizona utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Arizona utility reported 68 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 97% of its 458,715 residential meters.
How big is Tucson Electric Power Co in Arizona, by customer accounts?
455,209 accounts in 2024: residential 412,747, commercial 41,903, industrial 558.
How many cents per kWh does Tucson Electric Power Co charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 15.63 cents; against the Arizona average that is +4.8%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Tucson Electric Power Co?
SAIDI 68.4 min and SAIFI 0.85 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.69, CAIDI 81 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Tucson Electric Power Co?
52,425 installations with 505.5 MW, of which residential installations number 51,300.
What would a typical Tucson Electric Power Co home pay each month?
800 kWh at 15.63 cents comes to about $125, energy only.
Is Tucson Electric Power Co cheaper than other Arizona utilities?
Rank 7 of 10 in Arizona on price, +4.8% against the state average; 6 charge less than 15.63 ¢.
How much of the Tucson Electric Power Co load is business?
Homes take 44.2% of 8,964,184 MWh, commercial accounts 22.0%, industrial and other 33.8%; the 41,903 commercial accounts use 47,016 kWh each, 4.9 times a home.
Does Tucson Electric Power Co have smart meters or TOU rates?
444,849 of 458,715 home meters are AMI, 97.0%. Tucson Electric Power Co offers a home time-of-use rate; 62,252 customers use dynamic pricing, 15.08% of its homes.
Since 2015, has Tucson Electric Power Co become cheaper than other Arizona utilities?
3rd cheapest of 10 in 2015, 7th of 10 in 2024; its price rose 35.8% while Arizona rose 22.9%.
How does Tucson Electric Power Co compare with 2 similar utilities?
Place 1 of 3 on home price at 15.63 ¢ (Fortis group); median 16.02 ¢, cheapest member 15.63 ¢.
Has Tucson Electric Power Co filed 2025 data with EIA?
Not yet: 15.63 cents and 68 SAIDI minutes (2024) remain the newest Tucson Electric Power Co record.
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Tucson Electric Power Co at 15.63 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Tucson Electric Power Co in Arizona: 15.63 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Tucson Electric Power Co in Arizona: 15.63 ¢ home rates in 2024, SAIDI and solar, the state price average
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At 800 kWh a month a Tucson Electric Power Co home pays about $125 in energy: 15.63 ¢/kWh, 4.8% above the Arizona average of 14.91 ¢.
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