Southeastern Electric Cooperative Rates and Average Bill

Southeastern Electric Cooperative reported 20,959 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,167 kWh a month on average at 12.98 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 12 South Dakota utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Southeastern Electric Cooperative ranks 7 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 Southeastern Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 13 counties in South Dakota. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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• Time-of-use pricing. Southeastern 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 14 residential net-metered systems on the Southeastern Electric Cooperative grid in 2025, with 0.1 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

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Southeastern Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in South Dakota.

Southeastern Electric Cooperative operates in the SPP power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

By residential customers, Southeastern Electric Cooperative ranks 4th of the 16 utilities that report homes in South Dakota, with about 4.7% of the state's homes. Among 8 other cooperatives in South Dakota, the median price is 14.27 cents per kWh, so Southeastern Electric Cooperative at 12.98 cents is 1.29 cents below its peers. Over a year, the typical Southeastern Electric Cooperative bill runs about $243 above the state average, with monthly use 182 kWh higher. Southeastern Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 13 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 14 of its residential customers use net metering, or 0.7 per 1,000 homes, against 1.4 for South Dakota as a whole.

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

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