How many electric cooperatives are in Indiana?

39 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Indiana in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Hendricks County Rural E M C, with 38,690 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Indiana?

71 — 71 municipal utilities — reported bundled retail sales in Indiana in 2024. The largest is City of Anderson, with 33,466 customers.

How do public power utilities and co-ops in Indiana buy?

Municipal utilities and public utility districts are local government entities, so they generally follow Indiana's public procurement laws, with purchases approved by a city council or utility board. Electric co-ops are private, member-owned nonprofits that set their own purchasing policies, though projects financed through USDA's Rural Utilities Service follow its rules. See how utilities buy.

Where does this data come from?

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's table "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), based on forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. It counts customers who buy both electricity and delivery from the utility.

Indiana Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

110 community-owned utilities: 71 municipal utilities and 39 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Indiana in 2024.
Together they served 881,620 of the state's 3,449,789 bundled retail customers (26%); 6 investor-owned utilities served most of the rest.
The largest public power utility is City of Anderson, with 33,466 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Hendricks County Rural E M C, with 38,690 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Indiana

Ranked by bundled retail customers in 2024, with retail sales in megawatt-hours and average price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Names are as EIA abbreviates them. Filter by type or search.

Showing all 110 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	Hendricks County Rural E M C	Cooperative	38,690	884,139	12.43¢
2	South Central Indiana REMC	Cooperative	35,504	589,501	16.50¢
3	City of Anderson	Municipal	33,466	851,967	10.93¢
4	Northeastern Rural E M C	Cooperative	32,713	1,712,907	7.67¢
5	Johnson County Rural E M C	Cooperative	31,501	581,176	12.70¢
6	Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	30,852	557,883	14.12¢
7	City of Mishawaka	Municipal	28,872	536,212	10.69¢
8	Clark County Rural E M C	Cooperative	28,585	511,973	13.91¢
9	Southeastern Indiana R E M C	Cooperative	28,525	510,855	13.95¢
10	Jackson County Rural E M C	Cooperative	25,399	457,846	14.64¢
11	Harrison County Rural E M C	Cooperative	24,691	493,530	13.46¢
12	Kankakee Valley Rural E M C	Cooperative	21,653	297,371	14.90¢
13	City of Richmond	Municipal	21,328	873,053	11.10¢
14	Utilities Dist-Western IN REMC	Cooperative	19,975	324,742	15.12¢
15	Boone County Rural EMC	Cooperative	19,043	504,535	14.33¢
16	Kosciusko County Rural E M C	Cooperative	19,003	447,991	11.74¢
17	NineStar Connect	Cooperative	18,936	336,739	15.18¢
18	Heartland REMC	Cooperative	18,487	675,137	12.18¢
19	Western Indiana Energy REMC	Cooperative	17,439	605,832	12.29¢
20	Carroll-White REMC	Cooperative	15,149	418,481	12.28¢
21	RushShelby Energy	Cooperative	15,041	438,129	12.99¢
22	Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	14,494	290,614	12.92¢
23	City of Greenfield	Municipal	13,055	358,310	11.84¢
24	City of Logansport	Municipal	12,885	413,399	8.80¢
25	Parke County Rural E M C	Cooperative	12,571	179,728	15.74¢
26	Whitewater Valley Rural EMC	Cooperative	12,199	248,536	13.94¢
27	Bartholomew County Rural E M C	Cooperative	12,170	429,691	11.78¢
28	Noble County R E M C	Cooperative	11,667	202,256	12.79¢
29	City of Peru	Municipal	10,591	229,910	12.79¢
30	Crawfordsville Elec, Lgt & Pwr	Municipal	10,193	374,105	11.84¢
31	Steuben County Rural E M C	Cooperative	9,782	215,768	12.03¢
32	Henry County Rural E M C	Cooperative	9,672	196,512	16.23¢
33	Southern Indiana R E C, Inc	Cooperative	9,590	428,231	10.13¢
34	City of Lebanon	Municipal	9,562	247,947	11.52¢
35	City of Frankfort	Municipal	9,472	365,210	10.07¢
36	Jasper County Rural E M C	Cooperative	8,712	275,927	12.53¢
37	Daviess Martin County R E M C	Cooperative	8,529	404,376	10.75¢
38	Decatur County Rural E M C	Cooperative	8,307	351,060	11.54¢
39	Orange County Rural E M C	Cooperative	8,291	113,381	15.68¢
40	City of Washington	Municipal	7,964	176,655	11.65¢
41	City of Auburn	Municipal	7,940	349,155	15.12¢
42	City of Jasper	Municipal	7,899	277,274	10.94¢
43	Marshall County Rural E M C	Cooperative	7,460	99,004	18.85¢
44	Lagrange County Rural E M C	Cooperative	7,293	95,488	14.51¢
45	Fulton County Rural E M C	Cooperative	6,175	152,030	11.19¢
46	Miami-Cass County Rural E M C	Cooperative	6,154	175,983	11.68¢
47	City of Bluffton	Municipal	6,054	284,950	9.19¢
48	Jay County Rural E M C	Cooperative	5,419	198,332	12.04¢
49	City of Columbia City	Municipal	5,008	95,959	13.87¢
50	Warren County Rural E M C	Cooperative	4,987	105,927	14.12¢
51	City of Tell City	Municipal	4,330	181,114	11.15¢
52	Tipton Municipal Electric Util	Municipal	4,294	114,666	12.24¢
53	City of Scottsburg	Municipal	4,098	126,140	10.95¢
54	Paulding-Putman Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	4,061	106,313	13.54¢
55	Lawrenceburg Municipal Utils	Municipal	3,769	142,444	11.16¢
56	Town of Bargersville	Municipal	3,712	54,667	13.99¢
57	City of Huntingburg	Municipal	3,711	78,715	11.83¢
58	City of Linton	Municipal	3,544	58,451	14.15¢
59	City of Garrett	Municipal	3,438	78,725	11.89¢
60	Town of Pendleton	Municipal	3,404	72,223	14.80¢
61	City of Rensselaer	Municipal	3,324	97,442	12.75¢
62	City of Gas City	Municipal	3,299	54,623	12.06¢
63	Edinburgh Municipal Utilities	Municipal	2,854	87,429	13.64¢
64	Bremen Electric Light & Power Co	Municipal	2,413	142,043	9.48¢
65	Town of Winamac	Municipal	2,226	55,361	13.21¢
66	City of Greendale	Municipal	2,211	126,239	11.69¢
67	Town of Rockville	Municipal	1,993	17,430	24.79¢
68	Town of Paoli	Municipal	1,830	34,723	13.89¢
69	Town of Knightstown	Municipal	1,752	23,868	10.50¢
70	City of Covington	Municipal	1,672	24,469	13.94¢
71	City of Rising Sun	Municipal	1,618	38,379	13.65¢
72	Town of Walkerton	Municipal	1,595	34,010	12.63¢
73	Town of Centerville	Municipal	1,467	23,367	13.60¢
74	Newton County Rural E M C	Cooperative	1,403	60,742	12.09¢
75	Town of Middletown	Municipal	1,402	17,080	13.74¢
76	Flora Utilities	Municipal	1,348	18,727	11.81¢
77	Town of Veedersburg	Municipal	1,256	50,335	10.72¢
78	Town of Avilla	Municipal	1,216	35,269	9.75¢
79	City of Hagerstown	Municipal	1,168	21,282	11.79¢
80	Town of Frankton	Municipal	1,127	15,615	13.20¢
81	Town of South Whitley	Municipal	1,063	16,333	9.91¢
82	City of Williamsport	Municipal	998	20,344	12.94¢
83	Town of New Carlisle	Municipal	980	12,397	14.90¢
84	Cannelton Utilities	Municipal	929	12,248	12.23¢
85	Town of Ferdinand	Municipal	901	47,469	8.76¢
86	City of Thorntown	Municipal	894	12,752	13.56¢
87	Town of Argos	Municipal	892	34,567	11.90¢
88	Town of Warren	Municipal	869	17,388	10.98¢
89	Town of Brookston	Municipal	850	12,053	12.92¢
90	Town of Pittsboro	Municipal	798	10,383	13.63¢
91	Darlington Light & Power Co	Municipal	684	19,226	13.66¢
92	Town of Ladoga	Municipal	674	7,808	13.76¢
93	Town of Montezuma	Municipal	606	15,335	11.68¢
94	Town of Spiceland	Municipal	603	14,031	12.80¢
95	Town of Brooklyn	Municipal	568	7,000	17.88¢
96	Town of Jamestown	Municipal	554	17,795	12.62¢
97	City of Waynetown	Municipal	527	5,377	13.15¢
98	Dublin Municipal Electric Util	Municipal	494	4,140	18.43¢
99	Town of Bainbridge	Municipal	407	5,773	13.95¢
100	Town of Etna Green	Municipal	366	7,033	13.89¢
101	Midwest Energy Cooperative	Cooperative	365	6,501	18.42¢
102	Town of Chalmers	Municipal	344	3,887	14.71¢
103	Town of Coatesville	Municipal	335	4,597	14.87¢
104	City of Troy	Municipal	304	12,961	13.06¢
105	Town of Advance	Municipal	277	4,042	12.94¢
106	City of Lewisville	Municipal	222	2,100	20.52¢
107	City of New Ross	Municipal	221	2,473	12.90¢
108	Town of Straughn	Municipal	157	1,056	21.09¢
109	Town of Dunreith	Municipal	150	1,251	14.71¢
110	Town of Crane	Municipal	106	820	15.00¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Indiana

Public power utilities — municipal utilities, public utility districts and state-owned utilities — are owned by the communities they serve and governed by a city council or elected board. They buy much like local governments: through public bids, board approvals and published budgets.
Electric cooperatives are private, not-for-profit utilities owned by their members, who elect the board. Most buy power from a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op and make purchasing decisions through their own policies, often faster than public agencies.

Both publish their plans: watch board and council agendas, budgets, capital improvement plans and rate filings. Our utility funding tracker and rate case & IRP tracker show where the money is coming from.

Selling to Indiana utilities

Start with the right person. Line, engineering, metering, IT and member-services managers usually define the need; the general manager or CEO and the board approve large purchases.
Use the networks. State public power and cooperative associations, joint action agencies and G&T co-ops shape purchasing and share vendor experiences.
Expect small teams. Many of the utilities on this list have only a handful of staff, so phone outreach and a clear reason to talk matter.

Read our guide to how public power, co-ops and water utilities buy, or see the largest public power utilities and largest electric co-ops nationally.

About this data

Source. EIA's "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), from forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. Average price is EIA's revenue divided by sales.
Bundled customers only. The table counts customers who buy both energy and delivery from the utility, so it excludes distribution-only utilities and customers who buy energy from another supplier in retail-choice areas.
Community-owned utilities only. This page lists municipal, public utility district, state-owned and cooperative utilities. Investor-owned and federal utilities are left out.

Sources

U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total (Table 10): eia.gov

Public power utilities and electric co-ops in Indiana.