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Colorado residential electricity cost calculator
The current WattNomic default for Colorado is 16.79 cents per kWh from EIA's February 2026 monthly retail-price table. That is 1.56 cents below the state/DC average in this dataset.
Colorado residential electricity averages 16.79 cents/kWh.
At 900 kWh, Colorado's state-rate default estimates $151 before fixed fees, or $166 with a $15 fixed monthly charge. Replace defaults with your utility bill for a real decision.
Quick estimates for Colorado
- $151monthly cost at 900 kWh
- $1,813annual cost at 900 kWh/month
- $1,299estimated annual value of 7 kW solar at 85% bill offset
- #19highest residential electricity price among state/DC pages
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A (February 2026). Replace defaults with your utility bill before making a purchase decision.
How Colorado compares
Colorado ranks #19 by residential electricity price among the 51 state/DC pages in this launch set. The current simple average across these pages is 18.35 cents/kWh.