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Commercial electricity in Fort Collins, Colorado
Which electric utilities serve businesses in Fort Collins, what each charged commercial customers in EIA’s 2025 data, and where Colorado’s prices stand.
EIA lists 8 electric utilities in Larimer County, which contains Fort Collins. City of Fort Collins, the city’s own utility, averaged 12.03¢ per kWh for its commercial customers in 2025. Colorado’s average commercial price was 13.14¢ per kWh over the 12 months to August 2026.
Source: EIA Form EIA-861 (2025) and Form EIA-861M; U.S. Census Bureau
Electric utilities serving Fort Collins
These are the utilities EIA records in Larimer County. EIA lists a utility in a county when it has customers anywhere in it, so this is everyone with a presence, ordered by commercial customers across Colorado, not a statement about any one address. Prices are EIA’s averages over all of each utility’s commercial customers: revenue divided by kWh.
City of Fort Collins is a city-owned utility named for Fort Collins, and city-owned utilities usually serve the area inside the city’s limits, so it is the likely utility for many addresses there. It billed its 9,111 commercial customers an average 12.03¢ per kWh in 2025.
| Utility | Type | Commercial customers in CO | Average commercial price, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fort Collins | Municipal | 9,111 | 12.03¢ |
| Xcel Energy Colorado | Investor-owned | 225,020 | 12.49¢ |
| Poudre Valley REA, Inc | Cooperative | 5,489 | 10.77¢ |
| City of Loveland | Municipal | 4,986 | 15.20¢ |
| Mountain Parks Electric, Inc | Cooperative | 3,768 | 12.38¢ |
| High West Energy, Inc | fewer than 500 commercial customers | ||
| Town of Estes Park | fewer than 500 commercial customers | ||
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | fewer than 500 commercial customers |
Find the list for a single ZIP Code with the utility lookup, or set utilities side by side with the comparison tool.
What businesses in Fort Collins pay
Across Colorado, businesses paid an average 13.14¢ per kWh over the 12 months to August 2026, 5.3% below the U.S. average of 13.87¢, and up 9.0% on the 12 months before. That ranks Colorado 24 of 51, where 1 is the highest price. In 2025 the average commercial account in the state used 4,304 kWh a month, about $532 a month at the state price; that is a mean pulled up by a few very large users, so most small businesses use less.
A city has no price of its own: two businesses on the same street can pay very different amounts per kWh, because the rate schedule, the size of the peak and, where it is allowed, the supply contract matter more than the location. The Colorado page has the state’s price history since 2010 and every utility with at least 500 commercial customers.
Choosing a supplier in Fort Collins
Colorado commercial accounts purchase supply from their regulated utility. Tariff fit, demand charges and efficiency programs are where commercial cost decisions are actually made.
Where prices are heading
EIA does not forecast single states. For the Mountain census division, which includes Colorado, its November 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook puts the average commercial price at 11.41¢ per kWh for 2026 and 11.54¢ for 2027, up 2.7% from 11.24¢ in 2025. The forecast for every region.
About Fort Collins
The Census Bureau estimates Fort Collins had 171,500 residents on July 1, 2025, up 0.9% from 169,954 in 2020. It lies in Larimer County.
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Common questions
- Who provides electricity to businesses in Fort Collins?
- EIA lists City of Fort Collins, Xcel Energy Colorado, Poudre Valley REA, Inc and City of Loveland and 4 more as electric utilities in Larimer County. Which one serves a given address depends on the street; the utility on an existing bill is the definitive answer, and a utility can confirm service for a new site.
- What is the average commercial electricity rate in Fort Collins?
- There is no official figure for a city. EIA publishes prices by state and by utility: City of Fort Collins averaged 12.03¢ per kWh for its commercial customers in 2025, and Colorado averaged 13.14¢ over the 12 months to August 2026. A business’s own price depends on its rate schedule, its demand and, where it can choose, its supply contract.
- Can a business in Fort Collins choose its electricity supplier?
- Colorado commercial accounts purchase supply from their regulated utility. Tariff fit, demand charges and efficiency programs are where commercial cost decisions are actually made. The state page for Colorado explains how it works and who regulates it.
Averages describe Fort Collins; a bill describes your business. A person can read yours: rate schedule, demand, riders, contract window. Nobody calls unless you ask.