Northern Plains Electric Cooperative

About Northern Plains Electric Cooperative

Northern Plains Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative providing electricity in 48 cities throughout North Dakota including Jamestown, Rugby, Carrington, Belcourt CDP, and Harvey. Northern Plains Electric Cooperative's patrons are billed an average residential electricity rate of 11.29 cents per kilowatt hour. This is, luckily for their patrons, 0.71% below North Dakota's average price of 11.37 cents, resulting in the company ranking 15th out of 34 suppliers in North Dakota for lowest average electricity rate. In 2022 they had retail sales of 424,545 megawatt hours and wholesale sales to other electricity companies of 424,545 megawatt hours. The purchase of wholesale electricity made up 100.00% of the electricity sourced by the company. Their total revenue for 2022 from electricity related activities was $42,362,000, with $41,681,000 coming from retail sales to end users and $385,000 from sales to the wholesale electricity market.

The North Dakota average monthly residential electric bill is $106.34, while the Northern Plains Electric Cooperative average is 60.98% higher at $188.88 per month. Northern Plains Electric Cooperative ranks 32nd in the state for average monthly bill amount. The provider currently does not produce any of the electricity that they sell. Instead, they must purchase that electricity at wholesale rates and then resell it to end users.