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