Black River Electric Cooperative, MO Rates and Average Bill

Black River Electric Cooperative reported 21,606 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,151 kWh a month on average at 13.61 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 33 Missouri utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Black River Electric Cooperative ranks 21 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where Black River Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 8 counties in Missouri. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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• Time-of-use pricing. Black River Electric Cooperative does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 103 residential net-metered systems on the Black River Electric Cooperative grid in 2025, with 0.5 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Owned by the members it serves. An elected board sets the rates, and members may receive capital credits when the co-op has margins to return.

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Black River Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Missouri.

Of the 43 utilities listed for Missouri, Black River Electric Cooperative is the 21st largest by homes, at roughly 0.73% of the state total. Among 26 other cooperatives in Missouri, the median price is 13.35 cents per kWh, so Black River Electric Cooperative at 13.61 cents is 0.26 cents above its peers. At $156.70 a month, an average Black River Electric Cooperative home pays about $225 a year more than the Missouri average of $137.97, and uses 114 kWh a month more. Black River Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 8 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 103 of its residential customers use net metering, or 4.8 per 1,000 homes, against 12.8 for Missouri as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Missouri with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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