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Residential customers
47 thousand
47,386 homes
Average price
18.34 cents
Minnesota average 15.83
Average bill
$160.13
Per month at 873 kWh
Price rank
31 of 32
Lowest to highest in Minnesota
Lake Country Power rates and average bill
Lake Country Power reported 47,386 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 873 kWh a month on average at 18.34 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, Lake Country Power ranks 31 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country Power | 18.34 | 873 | $160.13 |
| 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 Lake Country Power has distribution equipment. That covers 8 counties in Minnesota. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
Minnesota (8 counties)
Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Pine, St Louis
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Reliability
For 2025, Lake Country Power reported an average of 141 minutes without power per customer and 1.39 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 102 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Lake Country Power had about 14 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Minnesota figure across its utilities was 93 minutes. One interruption lasting 102 minutes and 1.39 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 141 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. Lake Country Power 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 308 residential net-metered systems on the Lake Country Power grid in 2025, with 3.5 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.
Lake Country Power is an electric cooperative based in Minnesota.
Lake Country Power operates in the MISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.
Lake Country Power compared with Minnesota
Minnesota has 43 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Lake Country Power is 9th by size and serves about 1.8% of the state's homes. Its price of 18.34 cents per kWh is 3.58 cents above the median of 23 other cooperatives in Minnesota (14.75 cents). At $160.13 a month, an average Lake Country Power home pays about $510 a year more than the Minnesota average of $117.67, and uses 130 kWh a month more. Lake Country Power lists distribution equipment in 8 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 308 of its residential customers use net metering, or 6.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country Power | Cooperative | 47,386 | 18.34 |
| Rochester Public Utilities | Municipal | 55,728 | 18.58 |
| Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association | Cooperative | 54,582 | 15.00 |
| Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light | Cooperative | 45,155 | 14.30 |
| Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 43,682 | 14.39 |
| Lake Region Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 27,496 | 13.60 |
See every one on the electric companies in Minnesota page.
Official site and where to get help
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Lake Country Power questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Lake Country Power?
Lake Country Power residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 18.34 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 873 kWh a month and an average bill of $160.13 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Minnesota average was 15.83 cents.
How many customers does Lake Country Power have?
EIA reports about 47,386 residential customers for Lake Country Power in 2025.
Who regulates Lake Country Power?
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 Lake Country Power?
For 2025, Lake Country Power reported an average of 141 minutes of outage per customer and 1.39 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.