Kilowatt Atlas

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City of Farmington Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with City of Farmington, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

36 thousand

36,031 homes

Average price

12.95 cents

New Mexico average 14.85

Average bill

$84.33

Per month at 651 kWh

Price rank

1 of 13

Lowest to highest in New Mexico

City of Farmington rates and average bill

City of Farmington reported 36,031 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 651 kWh a month on average at 12.95 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 13 New Mexico utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, City of Farmington ranks 1 from the lowest price.

City of Farmington compared with New Mexico and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
City of Farmington12.95651$84.33
New Mexico (all utilities)14.85638$94.65
United States17.23874$150.68

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 City of Farmington has distribution equipment. That covers 2 counties in New Mexico. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

New Mexico (2 counties)

Rio Arriba, San Juan

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Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. City of Farmington 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 489 residential net-metered systems on the City of Farmington grid in 2025, with 2.6 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it.

For questions about state consumer protections, see the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

City of Farmington is a municipal utility based in New Mexico.

City of Farmington compared with New Mexico

By residential customers, City of Farmington ranks 2nd of the 14 utilities that report homes in New Mexico, with about 3.8% of the state's homes. New Mexico has too few other municipal utilities with reported prices to compare City of Farmington with its type, so the state average of 14.85 cents per kWh is the fairest yardstick. At $84.33 a month, an average City of Farmington home pays about $124 a year less than the New Mexico average of $94.65, and uses 14 kWh a month more. City of Farmington lists distribution equipment in 2 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 489 of its residential customers use net metering, or 13.6 per 1,000 homes, against 70.2 for New Mexico as a whole.

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

Other New Mexico utilities

Utilities in New Mexico close in size to City of Farmington
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
City of FarmingtonMunicipal36,03112.95
Navopache Electric CooperativeCooperative42,29513.52
Navajo Tribal Utility AuthorityState-owned38,55316.41
Jemez Mountains Electric CooperativeCooperative28,18515.76
Kit Carson Electric CooperativeCooperative26,28615.68
Continental Divide Electric CooperativeCooperative20,47416.87

See every one on the electric companies in New Mexico page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not City of Farmington and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

City of Farmington questions

What is the average residential electric rate for City of Farmington?

City of Farmington residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 12.95 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 651 kWh a month and an average bill of $84.33 (EIA Form EIA-861). The New Mexico average was 14.85 cents.

How many customers does City of Farmington have?

EIA reports about 36,031 residential customers for City of Farmington in 2025.

Who regulates City of Farmington?

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it. See the regulator for New Mexico on the New Mexico state page.

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