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Residential customers
117 thousand
116,791 homes
Average price
13.43 cents
Arkansas average 12.87
Average bill
$143.36
Per month at 1,067 kWh
Price rank
14 of 22
Lowest to highest in Arkansas
Carroll Electric Cooperative rates and average bill
Carroll Electric Cooperative reported 116,791 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,067 kWh a month on average at 13.43 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 22 Arkansas utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Carroll Electric Cooperative ranks 14 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Electric Cooperative | 13.43 | 1,067 | $143.36 |
| Arkansas (all utilities) | 12.87 | 1,076 | $138.42 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $150.68 |
Figures cover all of Carroll Electric Cooperative's states together. A utility with a large territory can have different rates in different places.
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.
Service area
EIA lists the counties where Carroll Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 11 counties in Arkansas, Missouri. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
Arkansas (7 counties)
Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton, Pope, Washington
Missouri (4 counties)
Barry, McDonald, Stone, Taney
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Reliability
For 2025, Carroll Electric Cooperative reported an average of 119 minutes without power per customer and 1.93 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 61 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Carroll Electric Cooperative sits close to the median state on outage minutes. The Arkansas figure across its utilities was 215 minutes. One interruption lasting 61 minutes and 1.93 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 119 minute total.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.
Rate options and rooftop solar
- Time-of-use pricing. Carroll 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 2,306 residential net-metered systems on the Carroll Electric Cooperative grid in 2025, with 27.8 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.
Who owns and regulates it
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.
For questions about state consumer protections, see the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
Carroll Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Arkansas, and it also reports customers in 1 other state.
Carroll Electric Cooperative operates in the SPP and MISO power markets. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.
Carroll Electric Cooperative compared with Arkansas
By residential customers, Carroll Electric Cooperative ranks 2nd of the 25 utilities that report homes in Arkansas, with about 7.0% of the state's homes. Among 13 other cooperatives in Arkansas, the median price is 13.88 cents per kWh, so Carroll Electric Cooperative at 13.43 cents is 0.45 cents below its peers. At $143.36 a month, an average Carroll Electric Cooperative home pays about $59 a year more than the Arkansas average of $138.42, and uses 8 kWh a month less. Carroll Electric Cooperative reports customers in 2 states, and this profile uses its largest, Arkansas, for comparisons. 2,306 of its residential customers use net metering, or 19.7 per 1,000 homes, against 13.5 for Arkansas as a whole.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Arkansas with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.
Other Arkansas utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 116,791 | 13.43 |
| Southwestern Electric Power (SWEPCO) | Investor-owned | 473,880 | 13.10 |
| Empire District Electric | Investor-owned | 161,373 | 14.67 |
| First Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 96,685 | 12.93 |
| Ozarks Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 86,120 | 13.88 |
| Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 59,272 | 14.09 |
See every one on the electric companies in Arkansas page.
Official site and where to get help
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Carroll Electric Cooperative questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Carroll Electric Cooperative?
Carroll Electric Cooperative residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 13.43 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,067 kWh a month and an average bill of $143.36 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Arkansas average was 12.87 cents.
How many customers does Carroll Electric Cooperative have?
EIA reports about 116,791 residential customers for Carroll Electric Cooperative in 2025.
Who regulates Carroll Electric Cooperative?
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. See the regulator for Arkansas on the Arkansas state page.
How reliable is Carroll Electric Cooperative?
For 2025, Carroll Electric Cooperative reported an average of 119 minutes of outage per customer and 1.93 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.