Tri-County Electric Cooperative commercial electricity rates in Oklahoma

• Average commercial price, 202514.73¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs Oklahoma average+62%state commercial average 9.09¢
• Commercial customers11,9813rd largest of 31 in Oklahoma
• Average use1,714 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$252a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+31%from 11.24¢ per kWh
• Outages105 mina year per customer · US average 124

Tri-County Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving 3 counties in Oklahoma. Among the 31 Oklahoma utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 3rd largest, with about 3.9% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK).

Tri-County Electric Cooperative commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 Tri-County Electric Cooperative billed its commercial customers an average of 11.24¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 14.73¢, so it rose 31% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Oklahoma rose 18% over the same period. The highest year was 2023, at 15.74¢. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 1.4%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at Tri-County Electric Cooperative

In 2025 the average commercial price at Tri-County Electric Cooperative was 7.5% below the residential figure and 66% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s commercial rates are set

Tri-County Electric Cooperative is a cooperative, owned by the members it serves. Its board sets its rates, and in some states the state commission reviews them as well. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in Oklahoma, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at Tri-County Electric Cooperative

EIA counts 11,981 commercial meters at Tri-County Electric Cooperative in 2025, and 11,981 of them (100%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

At Tri-County Electric Cooperative, 13 commercial customers were on a time-varying rate in 2025, about 0.1% of its commercial customers. A time-varying rate charges more in some hours than in others, so when a business uses power matters as well as how much. The kinds Tri-County Electric Cooperative reports offering commercial customers are time-of-use pricing.

EIA records 1 commercial net-metered generating system at Tri-County Electric Cooperative in 2025, with 0.01 MW of capacity between them: about 0.1 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.

How reliable is Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s electric service?

Tri-County Electric Cooperative customers went without power for an average of 105 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 1.23 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 152 minutes. This utility reports on a different measurement standard, so the comparison is only approximate. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where Tri-County Electric Cooperative serves

EIA records Tri-County Electric Cooperative serving customers in 3 Oklahoma counties: Beaver, Cimarron, Texas. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists the Southwest Power Pool as its balancing authority. SPP is one of the organised wholesale markets, which run the grid and the wholesale power market across their area.

Other utilities in Oklahoma

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Oklahoma page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• OG&E (8.02¢)
• PSO (9.15¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Oklahoma page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: Tri-County Electric Cooperative commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about Tri-County Electric Cooperative

What is the average commercial electricity rate at Tri-County Electric Cooperative?

Tri-County Electric Cooperative billed its commercial customers in Oklahoma an average of 14.73¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 62% above the Oklahoma commercial average of 9.09¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at Tri-County Electric Cooperative?

About $252 a month in 2025, on average use of about 1,714 kWh a month. That is Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s commercial revenue divided by its 11,981 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average Tri-County Electric Cooperative billed commercial customers rose 31% between 2015 and 2025, from 11.24¢ to 14.73¢ per kWh. The Oklahoma commercial average rose 18% over the same period.

How reliable is Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s electric service?

Tri-County Electric Cooperative customers averaged 105 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does Tri-County Electric Cooperative use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 11,981 advanced (AMI) meters among Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s 11,981 commercial meters in 2025, which is 100%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay Tri-County Electric Cooperative?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s tariff.