Season
The 2025 monthly average in South Dakota was 984 kWh. A hot or cold month can sit far from that. Compare kilowatt-hours with the same month last year before you blame the rate.
EIA-861 average bill file, 2025 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Municipal · South Dakota
City of Big Stone City electricity profile
EIA respondent: City of Big Stone City - (SD). Reviewed October 14, 2026.
This profile is not indexed. City of Big Stone City - (SD) reported no residential customers in the 2025 sales extract. The South Dakota page lists it with the other non-residential respondents.
City of Big Stone City - (SD) is on the EIA-861 frame. No residential customers were reported for 2025 in the sales file or the Texas delivery-company file used here. That can mean wholesale-only service, no residential product, or a gap in the extract. Needs verification before you treat this as the company on a household bill.
EIA Form 861, 2025 final · Reviewed October 14, 2026
EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026
The rate on the record
Municipal residential rates are often set by a city board, not the state commission. Needs verification. Average revenue per kilowatt-hour is total residential revenue divided by residential sales. It is not a tariff schedule.
Needs verification No residential sales rows were in the 2025 extract.
EIA-861 sales to ultimate customers, 2025 final, compared with 2024 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Why the bill spikes
A rate change
No 2024 price was available to compare. Needs verification. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission is the public docket desk.
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Fuel and rider charges
Retail prices bundle generation, delivery, and other costs. A fuel adjustment or rider can move the total without a new base-rate case. The rider names on a City of Big Stone City bill need verification.
EIA, prices and factors affecting electricity prices · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Time of use
No residential dynamic-pricing enrollment was reported for 2025. A time-of-use plan on your account still needs verification.
EIA-861 dynamic pricing, 2025 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Estimated reads
Needs verification If the statement says the read is estimated, the next actual read can true the account up or down. The rule is in the utility's tariff, which is not stored here.
Data-center load
National demand is rising, and EIA points to large computing facilities. There is no published dollar line that isolates data centers on a City of Big Stone City residential bill. Needs verification
EIA press release, January 13, 2026 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Rate cases and hikes
Needs verification No rate case for City of Big Stone City has been reviewed for this page. Orders and pending dockets are public at South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Investor-owned base rates are usually set in a public docket. Municipal and cooperative rates may be set by a city or a co-op board instead. Which body sets this utility's rates needs verification.
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Assistance
LIHEAP helps with home energy bills. Start with the federal program page and the state contact list. A City of Big Stone City discount, budget-billing plan, or medical baseline needs verification.
LIHEAP · Reviewed October 14, 2026
How to lower the bill
- Read kilowatt-hours first. If use is up, the dollar total can rise on an unchanged rate.
- Check whether the read is actual or estimated. The true-up rule needs verification in the tariff.
- If a supplier or aggregator is also on the account, add that charge to the utility charge.
- Ask about budget billing and an income-qualified discount. Eligibility needs verification.
- If you are on time-of-use, move flexible load out of the expensive window. Confirm the window on the tariff.
Questions people ask
Does City of Big Stone City sell electricity to homes?
City of Big Stone City - (SD) is on the EIA-861 frame. No residential customers were reported for 2025 in the sales file or the Texas delivery-company file used here. That can mean wholesale-only service, no residential product, or a gap in the extract. Needs verification before you treat this as the company on a household bill.
What was City of Big Stone City's average residential rate?
No 2025 residential average was reported in the files used here.
Did City of Big Stone City raise rates?
No residential price was reported for 2025. Needs verification.
What bill assistance can City of Big Stone City customers ask about?
LIHEAP is the federal program for home energy bills (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap). City of Big Stone City may also offer an income-qualified discount, budget billing, or a medical baseline. The current offer, income cutoff, and how to apply need verification with the state LIHEAP office and South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
Are data centers why this bill went up?
Large computing load is raising U.S. electricity demand, and regulators can later recover new generation and wires costs from customers. EIA has not published a dollar line that isolates data centers on this utility's residential bill. That pass-through needs verification.