American Electric Power - SWEPCO

 

Industrial Average Rate (12 months ending 12/31/2007): 5.17cents per KWH

Annualized Rates in effect January 1, 2008
Class of Service: Industrial
Demand (kW) 75 1,000 50,000
Load Factor: (kWh)      
Low Load Factor 15,000 200,000 15,000,000
Factor % 28% 28% 48%
Rate $966 $12,887 $776,127
Mid Load Factor 30,000 400,000 25,000,000
Factor % 56% 56% 69%
Rate $1,540 $20,537 $1,134,801
High Load Factor 50,000 650,000 32,500,000
Factor % 93% 91% 91%
Rate $2,305 $30,100 $1,403,807
Source - American Electric Power


Electric Billing Comparisons

 

South Western Electric Power Company offers some of the lowest rates in the United States. As a regulated utility, the average residential rate is 22.4% less expensive that state average and 30% less than the national average. Commercial rates are 23.3% less expensive that the state average and 32.7% less than the national average. Industrial customer comparisons are shown below:

 

KW Demand/
Kwh per month
 
 
75
30,000
1,000
400,000
50,000
25,000,000
 
 
 
 
City
Electric utility
 
 
 
 
Cents/Kwh
 
New York, NY
Consolidated Edison
$5,563
$73,950 
$4,437,802
18.5
18.5
17.8
Philadelphia, PA
PECO Energy Co.
3,314
40,672
2,173,849
11.0
10.2
8.7
National Average
 
2,897
35,948
1,995,975
9.7
9.0
8.0
Birmingham, AL
Alabama Power Co.
3,221
31,508
1,794,957
10.7
7.9
7.2
 
Raleigh, NC
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
 
1,968
 
31,076
 
1,754,768
 
6.6
 
7.8
 
7.0
Columbia, SC
South Carolina E&G
2,822
30,376
1,659,900
9.4
7.6
6.6
Little Rock, AR
Entergy Arkansas
2,463
29,432
1,640,665
8.2
7.4
6.6
Jackson, MS
Entergy Mississippi
2,608
29,094
1,566,038
8.7
7.3
6.3
Kilgore, Texas
SWEPCO
1,389
18,514
1,017,997
4.6
4.6
4.1