Ozark Border Electric Coop electricity rates in Missouri, 2025
Ozark Border Electric Coop’s 33,262 residential customers paid an average of 12.28¢ per kWh in 2025, 8% below the Missouri average of 13.30¢. The typical home used 1,360 kWh a month, for an average bill of $167.
- 12.28¢avg ¢/kWh (2025)+0.63¢ (+5.4%) vs 2024
- $167Avg monthly billMissouri: $138
- 1,360 kWhAvg monthly useMissouri: 1,037 kWh
- 33,262Residential customersFull-service utility
| Sector | Customers | Sales (MWh) | Revenue | ¢/kWh 2025 | ¢/kWh 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 33,262 | 542,677 | $66,662,000 | 12.28¢ | 11.66¢ | +0.63¢ (+5.4%) |
| Commercial | 7,773 | 172,162 | $19,576,000 | 11.37¢ | 10.83¢ | +0.54¢ (+5.0%) |
| Industrial | 13 | 25,047 | $2,386,000 | 9.53¢ | 8.90¢ | +0.63¢ (+7.1%) |
| All sectors | 41,048 | 739,886 | $88,624,000 | 11.98¢ | 11.37¢ | +0.61¢ (+5.4%) |
How Ozark Border Electric Coop compares
- Missouri residential average, 2025: 13.30¢ per kWh, 1,037 kWh a month, $138 average bill. U.S. average: 17.23¢, 874 kWh, $151.
- Among 44 full-service utilities in Missouri with at least 1,000 residential customers, Ozark Border Electric Coop ranks 9 of 44 from lowest to highest average price.
- Latest monthly figure: Missouri homes paid 16.02¢ per kWh in August 2026 (preliminary), against 15.32¢ in August 2025. Summer months often run higher than the annual average.
- From 2024 to 2025 this average rose 5.4%; the state average rose 3.0%.
- Ozark Border Electric Coop is an electric cooperative, owned by the members it serves; its board sets rates. Balancing authority: AECI.
Where Ozark Border Electric Coop serves
EIA lists 11 Missouri counties in its 2025 service territory: Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, New Madrid, Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, Stoddard, Wayne.
37 ZIP codes are matched to Ozark Border Electric Coop in NREL’s 2024 ZIP file: 63638, 63750, 63763, 63787, 63822, 63841, 63852, 63863, 63870, 63901, 63931, 63932, 63933, 63935, 63936, 63937, 63938, 63939, 63940, 63941, 63942, 63943, 63945, 63951, 63952, 63953, 63954, 63955, 63960, 63961, 63962, 63965, 63966, 63967, 65466, 65588, 65778. Utility boundaries do not follow ZIP lines, so a ZIP can have more than one provider.
Missouri full-service utilities with similar rates
| Provider | ¢/kWh | Avg bill | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Utilities of Springfield (MO) | 11.65¢ | $101 | 105,859 |
| Evergy Missouri West | 12.10¢ | $121 | 308,573 |
| Southwest Electric Coop, Inc | 12.33¢ | $137 | 41,670 |
| Laclede Electric Coop, Inc | 12.39¢ | $158 | 35,275 |
| Central Missouri Elec Coop Inc | 12.63¢ | $181 | 11,259 |
| City of Monett (MO) | 12.86¢ | $124 | 4,174 |
| Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc | 12.90¢ | $172 | 23,816 |
| West Central Electric Coop Inc (MO) | 12.93¢ | $190 | 15,556 |
Sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Power Industry Report, Form EIA-861, 2025 final data (f8612025.zip, file dated October 7, 2026): Sales to Ultimate Customers, Average Monthly Bill and Service Territory tables.
- EIA Form EIA-861, 2024 final data (f8612024.zip, file dated December 4, 2025), for the 2024 comparison.
- EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A (average price by state, August 2026 and August 2025; 2026 values are preliminary), file dated October 22, 2026.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory via OpenEI, U.S. Electric Utility Companies and Rates: Look-up by Zipcode (2024) (investor-owned and other utilities, files dated November 10, 2025), used only to match ZIP codes to utilities.
Average price = residential revenue ÷ residential kWh sold, as reported to EIA. It includes fixed monthly charges, taxes passed through in revenue and seasonal tiers, averaged over the year. Your own rate depends on your tariff and usage.