Service Rates
SerVice Rates
As a not-for-profit cooperative, Doniphan Electric Cooperative’s rates are designed to cover the cost of providing service. These rates are approved by our board of directors and include three primary parts: a consumer charge, an energy charge and a Power Cost Adjustment (PCA). To understand your total electric bill and what impacts it, let’s look at these one at a time.
The fixed monthly consumer charge covers the costs associated with providing electricity to your home. This includes equipment, materials, labor and operating costs necessary to serve each meter in Doniphan Electric’s service territory. The consumer charge is the same for similar customers and costs are shared equally across the membership.
The second component is the energy charge. The energy charge varies from month to month based on how much energy is consumed. Of course, the amount of energy you use varies from month to month and is strongly impacted by temperatures. Although no one controls the weather, energy consumption is an area that you have some control over by actively reducing energy use.
The last component of your bill is the PCA. The PCA goes up and down monthly with the changing price of wholesale power. It is notable that wholesale power is by far the biggest cost for Doniphan Electric.
As a member-owner of our electric cooperative and under K.S.A 66-104d(g), members have the right to petition a review of rates by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) within one year of a rate change.
If you do not know which rate is currently serving you, please give our office a call. We are happy to walk you through your rate and electric bill.
Summary of 2026 Electric Rate Schedules — Effective date november 1, 2026
Residential Service (R-26)
Availability: Single-phase for all uses in the home and on the farm
General Service- Small (GSS-26)
Availability: Commercial, industrial and three-phase farm uses
General Service – Large (GSL-26)
Availability: Three-phase, with a demand of not less than 76 kW
Minimum monthly bill will be the highest of the following:
Customer charge plus the demand charge, but not less than $1,190.00
Minimum Use-Single Phase
Availability for minimum use applications with no more than 40 kilowatt-hours in any month not applicable for accounts with distributed generation
Security Lighting (PAL -26)
Availability: Lighting service from dusk to dawn
| Customer Class | Rate Component | Rate: JAN 2025 | Rate: NOV 2026 |
| Residential Service | Customer Charge, $/mo. | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| Energy Charge-$ per, kWh First 2,500 | $0.111350 | $0.120350 | |
| Energy Charge-$ per kWh Remaining | $0.086350 | $0.095350 | |
| Severance | Energy Charge-$ per kWh First 2,500 | $0.116350 | $0.125350 |
| Energy Charge-$ per kWh Remaining | $0.090850 | $0.099850 | |
| Transformers Over 15kVA-$/kVA over 15kVA | $0.75 | $0.75 | |
| General Service- Small | Customer Charge, $/mo. | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Energy Charge- $ per kWh all kWh | $0.111270 | $0.120770 | |
| Severance | Energy Charge- $ per kWh all kWh | $0.116270 | $0.125770 |
| Transformers over 15 kVA: $/kVA over 15kVA charge | $0.75 | $0.75 | |
| General Service – Large | Customer Charge, $/mo. | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Demand Charge-$ per kW per month | $15.00 | $15.00 | |
| Energy Charge- $ per kWh | $0.064060 | $0.077170 | |
| Severance Energy Charge-per kW | $0.069060 | $0.082170 | |
| Minimum Use-Single Phase | Customer Charge, $/mo. | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Energy Charge | $0.12650 | $0.19600 | |
| Security Lighting | Unmetered Security Light | $10.00 | $10.50 |
| White Cloud | Unmetered Security Light | $6.50 | |
| Metered Security Light | $5.00 | $5.50 |
RATE INCREASE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Why are rates increasing?
Rates are increasing because the Cooperative’s costs have increased substantially. The last distribution system rate increase was effective on January 1st of 2013. Since then, distribution system rates have decreased by about 1.5%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the general inflation since January of 2013 has averaged 47%. Despite strong efforts to control costs, rates must increase to maintain the financial strength of the cooperative given the inflation that has occurred over the last 13+ years.
2. How much are rates increasing?
Rates are increasing approximately 5%
3. What is increasing?
Only the “Energy Charge” (the volumetric per kWh rate) is increasing. For example, for the most common rate – the Residential Rate – the Energy Charge will increase by $0.009 per kWh consumed. The exception is for the lighting rates which will increase by $0.50 per fixture per month.
4. Whose rates are increasing – just residential customers or are increases applicable to others?
As much as possible – the 5% rate increase was applied across all rate classes and customers.
5. What about the Beat the Peak program – isn’t that lowering costs?
Yes! Beat the Peak, the Troy Solar Facility, and the new Pardon the Interruption programs are/or will reduce wholesale power costs. Wholesale power costs are “passed through” on a dollar-for-dollar basis via the Energy Cost Adjustment (ECA) in rates. In other words – savings associated with those programs are immediately passed on to members each month. Lower wholesale power costs associated with the savings from Troy, Beat the Peak, and Pardon the Interruption are reflected monthly with a lower Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) on the monthly bill.
6. Will the rate increase impact my capital credits?
No. The balance of capital credits is based on the margins made in previous years. However, the increase will enable the Cooperative to retire capital credits without harming the financial strength of the Cooperative. Ensuring adequate margins to retire capital credits is sound equity management policy, and it is fair to those members that enabled the margins to be earned in the first place.
7. When will the rate increase take effect?
November 1, 2026. The impact will be seen on bills delivered in December of 2026.
8. How can I find out more information about this increase?
There are several ways to get more information: E-mail us by going to our website and clicking on the CONTACT US tab, or call us, at 785-985-3523 during regular business hours.