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Dakota Electric Association

Dakota Electric Association is cooperative serving 108,097 residential customers in Minnesota, at an average residential price of 14.00¢ per kilowatt-hour.

That price is derived, and it is annual. It is total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate. For what a kilowatt-hour costs in Minnesota right now, see the state page, currently 17.52¢.

What it reported, by service

ServiceResidential customersResidentialCommercial
Bundled108,09714.00¢9.83¢

How often the power goes out

Minutes without power per customer, 202425.5 minutes (SAIDI, including major event days)
Interruptions per customer0.35 (SAIFI)
Excluding major event days17.4 minutes the figure utilities are benchmarked on
Reported underIEEE standard

The headline figure includes major event days, because a customer who lost power for three days in a storm lost power for three days. See how this compares nationally.

Counties served

Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott.

From EIA’s 2024 service-territory report. More than one utility can serve a county.

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Source: EIA-861 annual electric utility survey, data year 2024. Public domain. This page is a record of what Dakota Electric Association reported to EIA; it is not an endorsement, and nothing here is a quote. Corrections and removal requests.