Licking Rural Electric Rates, Bills and Service Area in 2025

Licking Rural Electric reported 26,038 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,086 kWh a month on average at 17.03 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 29 Ohio utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Licking Rural Electric 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 Licking Rural Electric has distribution equipment. That covers 9 counties in Ohio. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, Licking Rural Electric reported an average of 112 minutes without power per customer and 1.03 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 109 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Licking Rural Electric had about 15 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Ohio figure across its utilities was 130 minutes. One interruption lasting 109 minutes and 1.03 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 112 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.

• Time-of-use pricing. Licking Rural Electric 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 does not show residential net-metered solar for Licking Rural Electric in 2025. How net metering works.

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Licking Rural Electric is an electric cooperative based in Ohio.

Licking Rural Electric operates in the PJM power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

Ohio has 35 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Licking Rural Electric is 10th by size and serves about 0.51% of the state's homes. Its price of 17.03 cents per kWh is 0.20 cents below the median of 13 other cooperatives in Ohio (17.23 cents). At $184.89 a month, an average Licking Rural Electric home pays about $446 a year more than the Ohio average of $147.74, and uses 212 kWh a month more. Licking Rural Electric lists distribution equipment in 9 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you.

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

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