We know you depend on your electric service every day, and it’s important to us to keep your power reliable while planning for the future. Costs for essential items like poles, wires, and transformers have all increased above the consumer inflation rate since 2024. As a member-owned cooperative, no shareholders are on the other side of your electric bill. WH provides power at the cost of service.
WH’s Board of Directors, comprised of elected members just like you, commissioned a rate review across member classes (for example, residential members vs. commercial members) to ensure rates fairly reflect the true cost of reliably delivering electricity to your home or business.
Even with this increase, WH anticipates the typical residential monthly bill (a usage of 1,000 kW) to be 8% less than Xcel, the local investor-owned utility.
While it is ultimately necessary to pass along rate increases, WH also returns capital credits to members. As set forth in our bylaws, margins from electric operations are returned to the member in the form of capital credits. Over $46 million in capital credits has been returned to members over the last ten years!
