Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota: 14.59 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn is an cooperative utility serving 56,279 customer accounts in Minnesota; 53,714 of them are residential. Its SAIDI went -46% over the filing history, from 44 minutes in 2015 to 24 in 2024.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: 897 kWh a month costs roughly $131 in energy at 14.59 ¢/kWh, -5.6% on the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.

Its SAIDI went -46% over the filing history, from 44 minutes in 2015 to 24 in 2024.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: SAIDI 2015 to 2024

SAIDI since 2015: -46%44 to 24 minutes

Outage time is the clearest story here: 44 minutes in 2015, 24 in 2024 (-46%). The best year was 2024 at 24 and the worst 2016 at 44.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.27 interruptions a customer a year, 0.27 times the national median (1.01), with 88 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	14.59 ¢/kWh	11.56 ¢/kWh	$131at 897 kWh	24 minSAIDI
Minnesota average against this company, which is 10 of 16 on price	+0.86 ¢/kWhcompany 5.6% below	+0.59 ¢/kWhcompany 4.9% below	+$8a month at 897 kWh	+39 mincompany 39 below
Beltrami Electric Coop, IncLowest in this table	14.40 ¢/kWhcompany 1.3% above	8.35 ¢/kWhcompany 38.4% above	$1292 less than company	96 mincompany 72 below

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Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: 2025

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: +2.8% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.4%.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn home price, 2025: 14.99 ¢/kWh+2.8% on 2024, early release
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn SAIDI, 2025: 29 min+24% on 2024, early release
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn against Minnesota, 2025: +0.4 pointsWright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn +2.8%, Minnesota +2.4%, price in Minnesota 15.82 ¢

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn reported 14.99 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +2.8% on its 2024 figure of 14.59, while the Minnesota average moved +2.4%. Its SAIDI is 29 minutes against 24 in 2024.

Carbon context

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn serves 53,714 homes in Minnesota. At 897 kWh a month that is about 304 kg of CO₂, or 3,649 kg a year, at the Minnesota plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Minnesota generation mix.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.59 ¢ in 2024

11.12 ¢ in 2015, 14.59 ¢ in 2024 (+31.2%); Minnesota 12.12 to 15.45 ¢.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec As	Gap to Minnesota residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	11.12	-1.00	-1.53
2016	11.74	-0.93	-0.81
2017	12.02	-1.02	-0.87
2018	12.20	-0.94	-0.67
2019	12.34	-0.70	-0.67
2020	12.51	-0.66	-0.64
2021	12.55	-0.95	-1.11
2022	13.63	-0.62	-1.41
2023	13.66	-1.07	-2.34
2024	14.59	-0.86	-1.89

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn SAIDI, 2015-2024

44 min in 2015, 24 in 2024.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Wright-Hennepin Coop E, no major events	Wright-Hennepin Coop E, all events
2015	44	57
2016	44	109
2017	36	82
2018	32	47
2019	39	62
2020	29	29
2021	31	35
2022	29	54
2023	28	62
2024	24	45

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 23.6 min

23.6 min, 0.24x the median reporter, rank 70 of 673.

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Company, no major events23.6
Company, with major events45.4

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn billed homes 11.12 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.59 ¢ in 2024, +31.2% in all, and outpaced the Minnesota average (+27.5%) by 3.8 points. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's sharpest move came in 2022, +8.6%. The latest year is the high at 14.59 ¢; the low was 11.12 ¢ (2015). 2024: +6.8% here, +4.9% for the Minnesota average. SAIDI at Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn (major events excluded) fell from 44 minutes in 2015 to 24 in 2024, -46%; best year 2024 at 24. Against the national median, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn came in lower on SAIDI in 10 of 10 years, and 2024 ended at 24 minutes, -76 from the median. 2016: 109 minutes with major events, 44 without, the widest gap of any year. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn has 9 cheaper and 6 higher-priced Minnesota peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc, bills 14.40 ¢ (-0.19). Next higher-priced, ALLETE, Inc., bills 15.66 ¢ (+1.07).

Two good signs together. Rates are 5.6% below Minnesota and outage time of 24 minutes beats the national median by 76%.

Home accounts at Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn went from 44,119 in 2015 to 53,714 in 2024, +21.7%. Business customers paid 0.79 times the home price in 2024 (11.56 against 14.59 ¢); the ratio was 0.84 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.52 in 2015 to 0.27 in 2024, between 0.27 and 0.52.

Outages and home price of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn (EIA utility 20996), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn customer sat through 24 minutes of outage, against 43 in 2013 (−45%). Its best year was 2024 (24 min), its worst 2016 (44 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Minnesota median of 57 minutes in 2024, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn was below the middle.

Home rates at Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn kept pace with inflation: 14.91 ¢ in 2013 and 14.97 ¢ in 2024 in 2025 dollars (+0.4%), 10.79 ¢ to 14.59 ¢ as billed. A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,789 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,797 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 41st cheapest of 99 in 2013, 26th of 45 in 2024 among Minnesota utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 24 in 2024

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn at 24 min in 2024 and the Minnesota median at 57.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn home price since 2013: +0.4% after inflation

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: 14.97 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.59 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn, EIA utility 20996, year by year among Minnesota utilities

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Wright-Hennepin Co	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Wright-Hennepi	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Wright-Hennepi	Minnesota median SAIDI
2013	10.79	14.91	41 of 99	43	0.45	11 of 35	66
2014	10.73	14.59	37 of 99	29	0.43	8 of 39	74
2015	11.12	15.10	36 of 100	44	0.52	14 of 41	67
2016	11.74	15.76	42 of 98	44	0.49	14 of 45	89
2017	12.02	15.79	42 of 99	36	0.45	11 of 43	68
2018	12.20	15.64	48 of 99	32	0.39	12 of 49	80
2019	12.34	15.53	55 of 114	39	0.33	14 of 48	79
2020	12.51	15.56	20 of 43	29	0.37	7 of 31	62
2021	12.55	14.91	16 of 43	31	0.48	9 of 33	66
2022	13.63	14.99	25 of 43	29	0.42	8 of 33	67
2023	13.66	14.43	22 of 43	28	0.37	10 of 34	59
2024	14.59	14.97	26 of 45	24	0.27	8 of 36	57

Wright-Hennepin Coop Ele, EIA utility 20996: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Minnesota real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 56,2791.9% of Minnesota total
Residential accounts: 53,7142.1% of Minnesota homes
Commercial accounts: 2,4554.4% of the base
Residential rate: 14.59 ¢/kWhplace 10 of 16, -5.6% against the state
Commercial rate: 11.56 ¢/kWhplace 13 of 34, -4.9% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 23.6 minbetter than 90% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.270.27x the median
SAIDI with major events: 45.4 min47.9% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 4.9 MW396 installations
Counties served: 7all in Minnesota
Average residential use: 10,762 kWh/yr897 a month
Implied monthly bill: $131-$17 on the U.S. rate, 897 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +31.2%11.12 to 14.59 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -46%44 min in 2015, 24 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Minnesota ¢/kWh
Residential	53,714	14.59	-0.86
Commercial	2,455	11.56	-0.59

Year by year, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn

Year	Home accounts, Wright-Hennepin Coop E	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	44,119	11.12	9.38	0.84	44	0.52
2016	45,194	11.74	9.85	0.84	44	0.49
2017	46,230	12.02	9.96	0.83	36	0.45
2018	47,354	12.20	10.26	0.84	32	0.39
2019	48,439	12.34	10.13	0.82	39	0.33
2020	48,888	12.51	10.22	0.82	29	0.37
2021	51,050	12.55	10.02	0.80	31	0.48
2022	51,517	13.63	10.73	0.79	29	0.42
2023	52,381	13.66	11.02	0.81	28	0.37
2024	53,714	14.59	11.56	0.79	24	0.27

Peers of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota, place 10 of 16 on home price

Utility near Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn on price	SAIDI min, gap to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Home ¢, gap to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Gap % to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Accounts, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn = 1
7. Dakota Electric Association	-6	-0.59	-4.1%	2.08
8. Adjustment 2024	No data	-0.50	-3.4%	5.18
9. Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc	+72	-0.19	-1.3%	0.40
10. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn (this utility)	24	14.59	-	1.00
11. ALLETE, Inc.	+96	+1.07	+7.4%	2.71
12. People's Cooperative Services	+33	+2.11	+14.4%	0.42
13. East Central Energy	+60	+2.30	+15.7%	1.10

Who buys Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's electricity

Class at Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Accounts	Of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn accounts	Of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn MWh sold	kWh a year per Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn account
Residential	53,714	95.4%	64.4%	10,762
Commercial	2,455	4.4%	30.3%	110,855
Industrial and other	110	0.20%	5.3%	430,164

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn among Minnesota cooperatives

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Home ¢, gap to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Accounts, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn = 1
1. Lake Region Electric Cooperative (MN)	+79	-1.31	0.53
2. Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Comp (MN)	+50	-1.26	0.85
3. Connexus Energy (MN)	+6	-0.93	2.61
4. Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn (MN)	+33	-0.71	0.51
5. Minnesota Valley Electric Coop (MN)	+18	-0.61	0.85
6. Dakota Electric Association (MN)	-6	-0.59	2.08
7. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn (MN, this utility)	24	14.59	1.00
8. East Central Energy (MN)	+60	+2.30	1.10
9. Lake Country Power (MN)	+164	+3.31	0.91

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Minnesota context	Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn detail
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn home meters on AMI	100.0%	Minnesota 87.5%	64,501 of 64,501 meters
Homes with daily digital access	53,714	Minnesota figure not published	100% of the 53,714 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn homes	Offered	21 of 37 Minnesota utilities offer one	687 homes on dynamic pricing, 1.28% of 53,714
Net-metered installations	396	95% residential	7.0 homes per 1,000 accounts, 12.3 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn

kWh	Share of a 897 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.59 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	28%	$36.48	-$4.72	$438
500	56%	$72.95	-$9.45	$875
750	84%	$109.43	-$14.17	$1,313
1,000	112%	$145.90	-$18.90	$1,751
1,500	167%	$218.85	-$28.35	$2,626
2,000	223%	$291.80	-$37.80	$3,502

Outage record, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn

Measure, Wright-Hennepin Coop	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	23.6	45.4	0.39 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.270	0.370	3.70 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	87.6	122.6	1.46 h

Territory of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn

7 Minnesota counties, region MRO:

Minnesota other states: 7 of 7 counties of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn drawn

Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn: 7 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Carver
Hennepin
McLeod
Meeker
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright

Questions on Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn

How big is Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota, by customer accounts?

56,279 accounts in 2024: residential 53,714, commercial 2,455, industrial 110.

How many cents per kWh does Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 14.59 cents; against the Minnesota average that is -5.6%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn?

SAIDI 23.6 min and SAIFI 0.27 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.24, CAIDI 88 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn?

396 installations with 4.9 MW, of which residential installations number 375.

What would a typical Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn home pay each month?

897 kWh at 14.59 cents comes to about $131, energy only.

Is Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn cheaper than other Minnesota utilities?

Rank 10 of 16 in Minnesota on price, -5.6% against the state average; 9 charge less than 14.59 ¢.

What share of Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn sales do homes buy?

Homes take 64.4% of 897,529 MWh, commercial accounts 30.3%, industrial and other 5.3%; the 2,455 commercial accounts use 110,855 kWh each, 10.3 times a home.

At Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

64,501 of 64,501 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn offers a home time-of-use rate; 687 customers use dynamic pricing, 1.28% of its homes.

Has Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn moved up the Minnesota price list since 2015?

4th cheapest of 14 in 2015, 10th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 31.2% while Minnesota rose 27.5%.

Where does Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn stand among 8 peers?

Place 7 of 9 on home price at 14.59 ¢ (Minnesota cooperatives); median 13.98 ¢, cheapest member 13.28 ¢.

What did Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn charge homes in 2025?

14.99 cents per kWh, +2.8% on the 14.59 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn at 14.59 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Blue Ridge Elec Member CorpNorth Carolina, 14.59 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Dominion Energy South Carolina, IncSouth Carolina, 14.59 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
US Retailers, LLCTexas, 14.60 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
City of College StationTexas, 14.57 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 8.1 ¢/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 Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota: 14.59 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota: 14.59 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota: 14.59 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Minnesota: 14.59 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average