How many electric cooperatives are in Minnesota?

46 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Minnesota in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Connexus Energy, with 146,640 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Minnesota?

119 — 119 municipal utilities — reported bundled retail sales in Minnesota in 2024. The largest is Rochester Public Utilities, with 60,133 customers.

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

Municipal utilities and public utility districts are local government entities, so they generally follow Minnesota'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.

Minnesota Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

165 community-owned utilities: 119 municipal utilities and 46 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Minnesota in 2024.
Together they served 1,307,619 of the state's 2,898,663 bundled retail customers (45%); 4 investor-owned utilities served most of the rest.
The largest public power utility is Rochester Public Utilities, with 60,133 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Connexus Energy, with 146,640 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Minnesota

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 165 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	Connexus Energy	Cooperative	146,640	2,051,230	12.21¢
2	Dakota Electric Association	Cooperative	116,814	1,821,145	11.98¢
3	East Central Energy	Cooperative	62,023	918,051	14.55¢
4	Rochester Public Utilities	Municipal	60,133	1,133,267	14.92¢
5	Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Cooperative	56,279	897,529	13.44¢
6	Lake Country Power	Cooperative	51,383	692,584	15.94¢
7	Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Comp	Cooperative	47,859	684,767	12.41¢
8	Minnesota Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	47,632	860,921	12.51¢
9	Lake Region Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	30,069	454,756	12.59¢
10	Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn	Cooperative	28,558	524,307	13.09¢
11	People's Cooperative Services	Cooperative	23,916	359,493	15.21¢
12	Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	22,364	423,334	12.29¢
13	Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	21,258	479,166	12.12¢
14	Shakopee Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	20,529	426,613	13.47¢
15	City of Moorhead	Municipal	20,404	407,999	10.14¢
16	BENCO Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	19,934	377,459	13.32¢
17	MiEnergy Cooperative	Cooperative	16,307	312,039	13.58¢
18	Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative	Cooperative	15,978	193,342	15.70¢
19	Runestone Electric Assn	Cooperative	15,391	228,930	14.03¢
20	Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	14,801	259,221	13.56¢
21	City of Elk River	Municipal	13,466	316,756	13.43¢
22	City of Anoka	Municipal	13,004	258,013	13.16¢
23	Itasca-Mantrap Co-op Electrical Assn	Cooperative	12,681	283,766	11.23¢
24	City of Owatonna	Municipal	12,489	381,501	11.88¢
25	City of Chaska	Municipal	12,108	420,810	13.57¢
26	Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric	Cooperative	12,046	350,225	12.41¢
27	City of Austin	Municipal	12,010	332,575	11.91¢
28	City of Alexandria	Municipal	10,692	278,404	10.04¢
29	Willmar Municipal Utilities	Municipal	10,171	264,980	10.67¢
30	Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn	Cooperative	9,361	198,977	12.85¢
31	Todd-Wadena Electric Coop	Cooperative	9,313	181,738	12.49¢
32	Kandiyohi Power Coop	Cooperative	9,049	160,900	14.24¢
33	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	8,331	113,325	15.05¢
34	Brainerd Public Utilities	Municipal	8,305	330,542	8.27¢
35	City of Detroit Lakes	Municipal	8,140	182,579	10.56¢
36	Hutchinson Utilities Comm	Municipal	7,665	258,932	9.17¢
37	Grand Rapids Public Util Comm	Municipal	7,610	154,350	11.67¢
38	New Ulm Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	7,424	185,111	13.91¢
39	McLeod Cooperative Power Assn	Cooperative	7,064	168,524	12.95¢
40	Nobles Cooperative Electric	Cooperative	7,058	190,429	11.75¢
41	Federated Rural Electric Assn	Cooperative	6,986	429,239	8.90¢
42	North Star Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	6,957	101,916	15.19¢
43	City of Marshall	Municipal	6,925	517,480	6.93¢
44	City of Buffalo	Municipal	6,920	115,653	15.52¢
45	Roseau Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	6,722	141,037	13.39¢
46	City of North St Paul	Municipal	6,697	68,826	15.62¢
47	Cooperative L&P Assn Lake County	Cooperative	6,515	95,920	15.53¢
48	South Central Electric Assn	Cooperative	5,944	227,582	10.95¢
49	Fairmont Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	5,874	138,734	11.86¢
50	Red Lake Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	5,811	107,598	13.61¢
51	North Itasca Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	5,638	49,520	19.28¢
52	City of Worthington	Municipal	5,541	229,446	9.24¢
53	Agralite Electric Coop	Cooperative	5,397	242,880	10.44¢
54	Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn	Cooperative	5,310	218,110	10.74¢
55	Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn	Cooperative	5,274	92,901	14.51¢
56	City of Thief River Falls	Municipal	5,273	137,640	10.08¢
57	City of Virginia	Municipal	4,982	87,645	13.54¢
58	Red River Valley Coop Pwr Assn	Cooperative	4,853	132,314	12.04¢
59	City of Saint Peter	Municipal	4,664	100,314	13.29¢
60	Arrowhead Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	4,582	69,994	16.15¢
61	Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	4,572	67,728	15.20¢
62	Brown County Rural Elec Assn	Cooperative	4,566	129,748	12.64¢
63	City of East Grand Forks	Municipal	4,494	161,034	10.07¢
64	Redwood Electric Coop	Cooperative	4,481	131,384	12.16¢
65	City of Waseca	Municipal	4,211	54,943	12.67¢
66	P K M Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	4,063	107,603	13.62¢
67	Lyon Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Cooperative	3,956	92,902	12.02¢
68	Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop	Cooperative	3,897	136,111	11.76¢
69	New Prague Utilities Comm	Municipal	3,745	68,381	10.40¢
70	Delano Municipal Utilities	Municipal	3,417	75,271	11.76¢
71	City of Lake City	Municipal	3,361	103,687	10.35¢
72	Litchfield Public Utilities	Municipal	3,288	147,826	8.56¢
73	Glencoe Light & Power Comm	Municipal	2,974	218,173	5.62¢
74	Redwood Falls Public Util Comm	Municipal	2,886	60,101	11.84¢
75	Princeton Public Utils Comm	Municipal	2,845	54,266	12.78¢
76	City of Kasson	Municipal	2,835	35,686	12.32¢
77	City of Windom	Municipal	2,564	53,318	10.63¢
78	City of Wadena	Municipal	2,517	64,675	8.20¢
79	City of Sauk Centre	Municipal	2,440	56,516	10.69¢
80	City of Luverne	Municipal	2,348	79,268	10.76¢
81	City of Le Sueur	Municipal	2,338	83,052	9.35¢
82	City of St James	Municipal	2,255	55,430	10.05¢
83	Traverse Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	2,213	87,621	10.30¢
84	City of Ely	Municipal	2,117	39,186	9.15¢
85	City of Two Harbors	Municipal	2,040	28,380	15.03¢
86	Aitkin Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	2,006	34,896	13.00¢
87	Blue Earth Light & Water	Municipal	1,981	49,680	11.51¢
88	City of Jackson	Municipal	1,971	43,097	12.66¢
89	City of Mora	Municipal	1,947	51,500	10.10¢
90	Melrose Public Utilities	Municipal	1,927	117,583	8.10¢
91	City of St Charles	Municipal	1,894	23,039	15.54¢
92	Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm	Municipal	1,884	37,218	10.84¢
93	Renville-Sibley Coop Pwr Assn	Cooperative	1,881	182,602	8.98¢
94	City of Benson	Municipal	1,839	34,192	9.44¢
95	City of Breckenridge	Municipal	1,803	34,007	10.15¢
96	City of Caledonia	Municipal	1,680	20,876	13.47¢
97	City of Granite Falls	Municipal	1,567	27,822	14.36¢
98	City of Barnesville	Municipal	1,550	20,660	11.13¢
99	City of Roseau	Municipal	1,499	35,822	11.42¢
100	Proctor Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	1,453	22,467	11.67¢
101	City of Staples	Municipal	1,430	27,171	12.31¢
102	City of Madelia	Municipal	1,421	35,208	14.99¢
103	City of Wells	Municipal	1,382	22,402	13.89¢
104	Spring Valley Pub Utils Comm	Municipal	1,359	19,119	17.00¢
105	City of Ortonville	Municipal	1,340	24,937	10.46¢
106	City of Olivia	Municipal	1,310	25,699	12.50¢
107	City of Grand Marais	Municipal	1,309	23,408	11.84¢
108	City of Lake Crystal	Municipal	1,249	15,976	19.37¢
109	City of Mountain Iron	Municipal	1,249	31,020	10.60¢
110	Springfield Public Utils Comm	Municipal	1,240	18,452	14.33¢
111	City of Janesville	Municipal	1,208	12,317	12.70¢
112	Hawley Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	1,201	19,761	13.11¢
113	City of Ada	Municipal	1,197	17,218	10.62¢
114	City of Warroad	Municipal	1,151	65,409	9.28¢
115	City of Arlington	Municipal	1,143	20,050	13.79¢
116	Kenyon Municipal Utilities	Municipal	1,094	14,852	12.71¢
117	City of Mountain Lake	Municipal	1,065	27,634	11.43¢
118	City of Blooming Prairie	Municipal	1,043	23,439	15.31¢
119	City of Lakefield	Municipal	1,011	13,426	10.41¢
120	City of Warren	Municipal	1,002	14,753	8.33¢
121	City of Madison	Municipal	993	16,173	9.86¢
122	City of Gilbert	Municipal	969	10,141	10.21¢
123	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm	Municipal	926	33,466	13.53¢
124	City of Rushford	Municipal	910	13,018	13.14¢
125	Preston Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	889	14,172	14.30¢
126	City of Fosston	Municipal	869	29,179	12.11¢
127	City of Spring Grove	Municipal	822	8,859	14.92¢
128	City of Pierz	Municipal	818	10,836	10.91¢
129	City of Winthrop	Municipal	792	13,777	13.02¢
130	Bagley Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	787	22,189	11.38¢
131	City of Baudette	Municipal	775	18,760	12.84¢
132	City of Fairfax	Municipal	722	8,730	9.96¢
133	City of Tyler	Municipal	722	11,549	11.40¢
134	City of Elbow Lake	Municipal	720	16,310	11.70¢
135	Adrian Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	697	12,053	13.01¢
136	City of Harmony	Municipal	688	8,883	10.89¢
137	Truman Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	675	8,539	22.04¢
138	Lanesboro Public Utility Comm	Municipal	628	6,687	9.57¢
139	City of Lake Park	Municipal	612	6,999	11.56¢
140	City of Biwabik	Municipal	611	5,503	11.87¢
141	City of Nashwauk	Municipal	560	10,521	11.73¢
142	City of Henning	Municipal	548	10,340	8.70¢
143	City of Buhl	Municipal	538	5,802	10.41¢
144	Keewatin Public Utilities	Municipal	528	4,896	12.50¢
145	City of Westbrook	Municipal	506	7,563	12.28¢
146	City of Mabel	Municipal	465	4,898	11.64¢
147	City of Brownton	Municipal	439	4,344	10.20¢
148	City of Grove City	Municipal	424	7,187	13.61¢
149	City of Kasota	Municipal	381	3,639	11.15¢
150	City of Randall	Municipal	349	4,310	12.00¢
151	City of Halstad	Municipal	320	7,087	13.25¢
152	City of Round Lake	Municipal	276	3,090	13.50¢
153	City of Brewster	Municipal	268	4,292	13.86¢
154	City of Newfolden	Municipal	240	2,730	13.41¢
155	City of Ceylon	Municipal	237	2,269	9.43¢
156	City of Rushmore	Municipal	220	2,038	12.33¢
157	City of Alvarado	Municipal	189	3,783	12.60¢
158	City of Eitzen	Municipal	164	1,965	11.96¢
159	City of Peterson	Municipal	148	1,297	12.26¢
160	City of Shelly	Municipal	136	1,854	11.90¢
161	City of Alpha	Municipal	70	855	14.39¢
162	City of Whalan	Municipal	58	368	12.39¢
163	City of Nielsville	Municipal	48	461	13.88¢
164	Heartland Power Coop	Cooperative	38	964	12.14¢
165	H-D Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	11	157	12.74¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Minnesota

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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota.