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BENCO Electric Cooperative

Residential electricity records · Cooperative

Annual average electricity bill

2024 to 2025

$141.60 → $157.87 per customer · +$16.27 change

Revenue per kWh+$10.71

Usage per customer+$5.56

Reported residential service
Year	Monthly bill	Monthly kWh	Revenue per kWh	Customers
2023 source workbook	$152.82	1,004.8	15.21¢	18,213
2024 source workbook	$141.60	942.2	15.03¢	18,361
2025 source workbook	$157.87	977.9	16.14¢	18,500

Changes in average monthly bill per reported customer
Periods	Earlier bill	Later bill	Bill change	Contribution from revenue per kWh	Contribution from usage
2023 to 2024	$152.82	$141.60	-$11.22	-$1.75	-$9.47
2024 to 2025	$141.60	$157.87	+$16.27	+$10.71	+$5.56

The utility reported 577 disconnection events in 2024.

One customer account can have multiple events. The rate uses the customer count in the same month of the EIA-112 survey.

2024 EIA residential nonpayment records
Month	Final notices	Disconnections	Reconnections	Customers	Disconnections per 1,000 customers
January 2024	874	32	29	18,368	1.7
February 2024	789	44	38	18,375	2.4
March 2024	855	17	13	18,386	0.9
April 2024	712	78	72	18,370	4.2
May 2024	841	49	45	18,394	2.7
June 2024	808	62	53	18,300	3.4
July 2024	902	30	29	18,313	1.6
August 2024	884	53	42	18,335	2.9
September 2024	1,114	70	61	18,347	3.8
October 2024	806	67	62	18,364	3.6
November 2024	836	54	45	18,385	2.9
December 2024	796	21	20	18,382	1.1

Average bill divides residential revenue by reported customers. Usage per customer divides residential kWh by the same count. Revenue per kWh divides total revenue by total kWh. Annual monthly averages divide each annual per-customer total by 12. Individual bills depend on usage, tariff and charges.
The contribution from revenue per kWh multiplies its change by the average of the two usage figures. The contribution from usage multiplies its change by the average of the two per-kWh figures. These contributions sum to the bill change before display rounding.
Utility annual rows use observed EIA-861 full-service residential data. A comparison requires matching form part and balancing-authority coverage. Monthly utility rows are reported full-service data from EIA-861M. State and national monthly totals include EIA adjustments. Compare the same calendar month across years to account for seasonality.
EIA-112 utility records match the EIA utility directory by unambiguous utility name and state. The report counts nonpayment events, including repeats on the same account. Reconnection totals cover events during the same month. State totals include EIA adjustments. An unavailable cell indicates missing or unmatched data.
Service counties come from the 2025 EIA-861 directory. A listed utility can serve part of a county. Bill averages on a utility page cover its reported customers across the state.