How many electric cooperatives are in Missouri?

42 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Missouri in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Cuivre River Electric Coop Inc, with 74,553 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Missouri?

84 — 84 municipal utilities — reported bundled retail sales in Missouri in 2024. The largest is City Utilities of Springfield, with 121,603 customers.

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

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

Missouri Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

126 community-owned utilities: 84 municipal utilities and 42 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Missouri in 2024.
Together they served 1,259,869 of the state's 3,347,316 bundled retail customers (38%); 4 investor-owned utilities served most of the rest.
The largest public power utility is City Utilities of Springfield, with 121,603 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Cuivre River Electric Coop Inc, with 74,553 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Missouri

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 126 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	City Utilities of Springfield	Municipal	121,603	3,076,381	9.89¢
2	Cuivre River Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	74,553	1,394,557	10.59¢
3	City of Independence	Municipal	58,789	992,995	15.13¢
4	City of Columbia	Municipal	53,276	1,151,693	11.96¢
5	White River Valley El Coop Inc	Cooperative	48,089	790,312	13.41¢
6	Southwest Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	44,694	612,003	11.83¢
7	Ozark Border Electric Coop	Cooperative	40,988	696,536	11.37¢
8	Laclede Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	38,967	647,716	11.65¢
9	Ozark Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	35,291	543,398	13.56¢
10	Boone Electric Coop	Cooperative	35,157	571,109	12.70¢
11	Co-Mo Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	33,399	477,754	14.76¢
12	Intercounty Electric Coop Assn	Cooperative	32,031	543,244	12.15¢
13	Citizens Electric Corporation	Cooperative	27,770	1,669,364	8.25¢
14	Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	27,000	525,593	11.70¢
15	Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	25,764	405,350	11.99¢
16	Black River Electric Coop	Cooperative	25,556	445,934	12.23¢
17	Three Rivers Electric Coop	Cooperative	24,521	401,595	11.95¢
18	Crawford Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	21,530	314,943	12.42¢
19	Webster Electric Coop	Cooperative	19,685	410,052	9.75¢
20	New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	19,620	406,046	11.82¢
21	Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	18,029	288,624	13.81¢
22	SEMO Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	16,266	351,742	12.47¢
23	West Central Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	15,446	332,394	11.13¢
24	Farmers Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	13,641	278,410	11.32¢
25	Callaway Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	13,530	224,926	15.27¢
26	Carroll Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	13,123	156,980	12.47¢
27	Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	11,970	156,196	14.22¢
28	City of Nixa	Municipal	11,653	183,913	9.66¢
29	Macon Electric Coop	Cooperative	11,651	247,534	11.93¢
30	Central Missouri Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	11,534	327,148	10.52¢
31	City of Kirkwood	Municipal	10,313	186,523	14.28¢
32	Gascosage Electric Coop	Cooperative	10,185	200,416	11.43¢
33	Barry Electric Coop	Cooperative	9,994	177,948	12.44¢
34	United Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	9,634	156,979	15.28¢
35	City of Rolla	Municipal	9,633	300,630	9.15¢
36	City of Poplar Bluff	Municipal	9,611	327,336	10.42¢
37	City of Hannibal	Municipal	8,798	223,676	10.93¢
38	City of Sikeston	Municipal	8,749	350,213	8.75¢
39	Pemiscot-Dunklin Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	8,607	154,632	16.78¢
40	City of Farmington	Municipal	8,400	193,100	9.39¢
41	Consolidated Electric Coop	Cooperative	8,315	230,587	11.63¢
42	City of Carthage	Municipal	8,251	279,963	11.46¢
43	City of Jackson	Municipal	7,718	142,833	11.27¢
44	City of Lebanon	Municipal	7,490	250,483	9.66¢
45	Lewis County Rural E C A	Cooperative	7,393	112,165	17.35¢
46	Barton County Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	6,856	163,727	12.10¢
47	Grundy Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	6,739	100,770	13.76¢
48	SE-MA-NO Electric Coop	Cooperative	6,603	114,544	11.26¢
49	Tri-County Electric Coop Assn (MO)	Cooperative	6,601	88,964	17.94¢
50	Ralls County Electric Coop	Cooperative	6,598	103,287	16.84¢
51	City of West Plains	Municipal	6,461	173,326	10.02¢
52	City of Marshall	Municipal	6,098	167,617	10.82¢
53	Missouri Rural Electric Coop	Cooperative	5,632	218,325	9.40¢
54	City of Fulton	Municipal	5,558	146,533	11.58¢
55	City of Kennett	Municipal	5,494	120,170	9.31¢
56	North Central MO Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	4,978	161,946	10.76¢
57	City of Monett	Municipal	4,887	219,682	11.78¢
58	City of Harrisonville	Municipal	4,679	98,909	13.28¢
59	Chillicothe Municipal Utils	Municipal	4,590	92,335	10.34¢
60	City of Sullivan	Municipal	4,056	111,382	10.05¢
61	Howard Electric Coop	Cooperative	3,694	52,753	16.78¢
62	City of Cameron	Municipal	3,452	76,513	10.45¢
63	City of St Robert	Municipal	3,230	65,217	14.05¢
64	City of Macon	Municipal	3,105	86,110	12.00¢
65	Trenton Municipal Utilities	Municipal	2,985	68,117	10.73¢
66	City of Waynesville	Municipal	2,750	68,213	10.92¢
67	City of Higginsville	Municipal	2,633	51,437	12.27¢
68	Atchison-Holt Electric Coop	Cooperative	2,623	70,626	10.69¢
69	City of Salem	Municipal	2,606	49,200	13.33¢
70	City of Odessa	Municipal	2,567	40,736	14.09¢
71	City of Lamar	Municipal	2,443	53,633	12.66¢
72	City of Centralia	Municipal	2,422	31,660	13.73¢
73	City of California	Municipal	2,394	35,889	11.90¢
74	City of Fredericktown	Municipal	2,393	44,512	14.34¢
75	City of Mount Vernon	Municipal	2,393	59,004	11.15¢
76	City of Butler	Municipal	2,383	43,470	12.11¢
77	City of Palmyra	Municipal	2,327	30,038	13.88¢
78	City of El Dorado Springs	Municipal	2,242	49,675	9.68¢
79	City of Malden	Municipal	2,128	47,530	10.31¢
80	City of Cuba	Municipal	2,100	70,780	8.51¢
81	City of St James	Municipal	2,085	52,594	10.30¢
82	Carrollton Board of Public Wks	Municipal	2,059	60,103	11.41¢
83	City of Bethany	Municipal	1,927	37,285	9.91¢
84	City of New Madrid	Municipal	1,710	36,154	9.30¢
85	City of Ava	Municipal	1,603	63,713	9.01¢
86	City of Fayette	Municipal	1,558	21,932	12.92¢
87	City of Hermann	Municipal	1,545	37,889	11.40¢
88	City of Mountain View	Municipal	1,442	26,500	11.26¢
89	City of Vandalia	Municipal	1,435	23,872	10.90¢
90	City of Houston	Municipal	1,330	29,374	9.22¢
91	City of Monroe City	Municipal	1,311	35,868	9.99¢
92	City of Marceline	Municipal	1,264	36,280	11.55¢
93	City of Kahoka	Municipal	1,241	21,035	11.20¢
94	City of Memphis	Municipal	1,162	15,885	12.59¢
95	City of Unionville	Municipal	1,153	16,061	13.97¢
96	City of Willow Springs	Municipal	1,143	31,107	13.08¢
97	City of Thayer	Municipal	1,094	14,411	12.52¢
98	City of Cabool	Municipal	1,087	37,094	10.07¢
99	City of Slater	Municipal	1,023	18,234	13.96¢
100	City of Richland	Municipal	1,010	15,980	14.22¢
101	City of Shelbina	Municipal	1,000	28,144	11.20¢
102	City of Salisbury	Municipal	991	14,802	13.48¢
103	City of Gallatin	Municipal	983	14,038	15.11¢
104	City of Albany	Municipal	981	15,378	14.13¢
105	City of Milan	Municipal	946	29,962	10.54¢
106	City of Seymour	Municipal	913	22,839	12.32¢
107	City of Paris	Municipal	807	10,382	13.91¢
108	City of Steelville	Municipal	796	21,183	13.80¢
109	City of La Plata	Municipal	769	8,848	14.17¢
110	City of Crane	Municipal	756	10,266	10.88¢
111	City of Rockport	Municipal	735	10,077	14.42¢
112	City of Stanberry	Municipal	714	9,928	12.58¢
113	City of Mansfield	Municipal	705	21,271	12.54¢
114	City of Winona	Municipal	614	9,838	13.41¢
115	Lockwood Water & Light Company	Municipal	565	8,826	15.38¢
116	City of Osceola	Municipal	533	11,206	12.37¢
117	City of Perry	Municipal	458	8,366	11.04¢
118	City of Liberal	Municipal	369	5,059	13.53¢
119	City of Meadville	Municipal	233	2,459	14.20¢
120	City of Newburg	Municipal	204	3,780	8.92¢
121	City of Gilman City	Municipal	201	2,182	13.89¢
122	City of Linneus	Municipal	150	1,804	13.30¢
123	City of Easton	Municipal	103	1,680	13.45¢
124	City of Mindenmines	Municipal	99	1,785	15.63¢
125	City of Hunnewell	Municipal	92	1,710	9.68¢
126	Clay County Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	53	641	13.95¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Missouri

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 Missouri 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 Missouri.