Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative: electric rates and average bill
Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative that serves 10,808 homes in Maine. In 2025, its average home used 520 kWh a month and paid $100.74 (19.4¢ per kWh), less than the Maine average of $147.67.
- Electric cooperative
- 10,808 homes
- EIA data, 2025
Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative at a glance
| Type of utility | Electric cooperative |
|---|---|
| Homes served in Maine | 10,808 |
| Average home bill | $100.74 a month (Maine average $147.67) |
| Average price | 19.4¢ per kWh (Maine average 27.7¢) |
| Average home use | 520 kWh a month (Maine average 533) |
| Business customers | 17.2¢ per kWh, average bill $144.77 a month (2,393 businesses; Maine business rates) |
| Power outages | 5.8 outages and 559 minutes without power for the average customer in a normal year; 7.2 outages and 991 minutes with major storms (more minutes than the middle Maine utility, 223 minutes) |
| Smart meters | 99% of home meters |
| Grid | NPCC region; buys its power |
| Counties served | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington |
Price rank: Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative has the 4th lowest average price of the 6 Maine utilities with 1,000 or more homes.
Other utilities in the same counties
These utilities also serve homes in one or more of the counties of Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative. Your address has one utility: it is on your bill.
| Utility | Homes | Average bill | Price per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Maine PowerBill calculator on this site | 584,462 | $147.32 | 27.4¢ |
| Versant PowerBill calculator on this site | 137,839 | $149.54 | 30.1¢ |
| Houlton Water | 3,907 | $109.33 | 14.2¢ |
Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative rates and your bill
This site does not have a bill calculator for Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative yet: we add a calculator only after we check every charge in the official rate schedule. The current rates are on the Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative rates page. The averages on this page come from the yearly report that each utility files with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861, 2025 data), so they show the past year, not today's rates.
- Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative website
- State regulator: Maine Public Utilities Commission
- The average electric bill in Maine, the average bill in each state and the ZIP code finder
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What is the average Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative electric bill (ME)?
In 2025, its average home used 520 kWh a month and paid $100.74 (19.4¢ per kWh), less than the Maine average of $147.67.
How often does the power go out with Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative (ME)?
In 2025, the average Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative customer had 5.8 outages and 559 minutes without power, not counting major storms (7.2 outages and 991 minutes with them).
utilityratecalc.com is not part of Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative. Source: EIA-861 data, 2025. The averages include all charges that the utility reports as revenue from homes that buy their power from it.