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Residential customers
45 thousand
45,155 homes
Average price
14.30 cents
Minnesota average 15.83
Average bill
$123.31
Per month at 862 kWh
Price rank
8 of 32
Lowest to highest in Minnesota
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light rates and average bill
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light reported 45,155 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 862 kWh a month on average at 14.30 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 32 Minnesota utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light ranks 8 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light | 14.30 | 862 | $123.31 |
| Minnesota (all utilities) | 15.83 | 744 | $117.67 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $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 Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light has distribution equipment. That covers 4 counties in Minnesota. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
Minnesota (4 counties)
Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd
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Reliability
For 2025, Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light reported an average of 62 minutes without power per customer and 0.55 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 113 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light had about 65 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Minnesota figure across its utilities was 93 minutes. One interruption lasting 113 minutes and 0.55 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 62 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. Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 87 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
- Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 177 residential net-metered systems on the Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light grid in 2025, with 2.4 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 Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light is an electric cooperative based in Minnesota.
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light operates in the MISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light compared with Minnesota
Minnesota has 43 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light is 10th by size and serves about 1.7% of the state's homes. Its price of 14.30 cents per kWh is 0.69 cents below the median of 23 other cooperatives in Minnesota (15.00 cents). Over a year, the typical Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light bill runs about $68 above the state average, with monthly use 119 kWh higher. Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light lists distribution equipment in 4 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 177 of its residential customers use net metering, or 3.9 per 1,000 homes, against 11.3 for Minnesota as a whole.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Minnesota with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.
Other Minnesota utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light | Cooperative | 45,155 | 14.30 |
| Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association | Cooperative | 54,582 | 15.00 |
| Lake Country Power | Cooperative | 47,386 | 18.34 |
| Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 43,682 | 14.39 |
| Lake Region Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 27,496 | 13.60 |
| Sioux Valley Southwestern Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 26,360 | 13.87 |
See every one on the electric companies in Minnesota page.
Official site and where to get help
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Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light?
Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 14.30 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 862 kWh a month and an average bill of $123.31 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Minnesota average was 15.83 cents.
How many customers does Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light have?
EIA reports about 45,155 residential customers for Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light in 2025.
Who regulates Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light?
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 Minnesota on the Minnesota state page.
How reliable is Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light?
For 2025, Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light reported an average of 62 minutes of outage per customer and 0.55 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.