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Cottage Grove electricity and gas rates

Who supplies power and gas to Cottage Grove houses and what a typical house uses: about 587.82 kWh of electricity and 71 therms of gas a month. Bills include a 3.8% franchise fee (passed through by Xcel).

Electricity: Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy Minnesota residential customers paid an average of 16.98¢ per kWh in 2024 (EIA: residential revenue divided by kWh sold); the standard residential basic service charge is $6.00 a month. Cottage Grove's electric franchise fee, passed in August 2023, is 3.75% of electric companies' gross revenues in the City (0.5% on a company's annual gross revenues above $950,000).

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$6.00 a month
Per kWh15.96¢

Gas: Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy's Minnesota gas rate book lists Cottage Grove in its gas service area. Xcel lists average monthly residential natural gas bills at interim rates effective January 1, 2026: $43 at 30 therms, $65 at 50, $88 at 71 and $119 at 100 (Xcel's October 2025 rate notice); the typical residential customer uses 71 therms a month, and any over-collection of interim rates will be refunded with interest. Cottage Grove's gas franchise fee is 3.75% of gas companies' gross revenues in the City.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$10.61 a month
Per therm$1.0858

Sources

  1. Xcel Energy Minnesota Residential Electrical Prices (effective January 1, 2024)
  2. Xcel Energy: Minnesota Communities Served
  3. City of Cottage Grove: Electric and Gas Providers
  4. Xcel Energy Minnesota Electric Rate Book, Section 4 (Northern States Power Company)
  5. City of Cottage Grove: Ordinance No. 1070, electric franchise fee (2023)
  6. Xcel Energy: Notice of its Minnesota natural gas rate filing (Oct. 31, 2025)
  7. Xcel Energy Minnesota Gas Rate Book, Section 3 (service area)
  8. City of Cottage Grove: Ordinance No. 1069, gas franchise fee (2023)
  9. CenterPoint Energy 2026 Minnesota Rates, Rights and Tariff Book (franchise fee rider)

Checked October 21, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.