Electricity rates — ZIP 80202

A household in ZIP 80202 (Denver) using 1,000 kWh a month pays about $956.00 a year on the cheapest of 5 generally available plans — Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR) from Public Service Co of Colorado. Rates checked September 2, 2026.

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Every priced plan, 1,000 kWh/mo

Annual cost of each published plan, 1,000 kWh/mo, cheapest first
Plan	Per year	vs cheapest	Effective
Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)✓ cheapestdemand charge	$956.00	—	8.0¢
Residential Demand Service (Schedule RD)demand charge	$1,352.67	+$396.67	11.3¢
Residential Energy Time Of Use (Schedule RE-TOU)time-of-use	$1,941.02	+$985.02	16.2¢
Residential Service (Schedule R)time-of-use	$2,035.24	+$1,079.24	17.0¢
Residential General Service Opt-Out (Schedule R-OO)time-of-use	$2,059.88	+$1,103.88	17.2¢

Cost across usage levels

The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.

500 kWh/mo — cheapest $511.56 (Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)), dearest $1,079.04, a $567.48 spread
1,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $956.00 (Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)), dearest $2,059.88, a $1,103.88 spread
2,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,844.77 (Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR)), dearest $4,021.48, a $2,176.71 spread

At a glance

Plans priced: 5
Utilities: 1
Cheapest, 1,000 kWh/mo: $956.00
Spread: $1,103.88/yr

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What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 5 priceable plans here run from $956.00 on Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR) to $2,059.88 on Residential General Service Opt-Out (Schedule R-OO), with a median of $1,941.02.

The spread is $1,103.88 a year — about $91.99 a month for identical electricity.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, span 8.0¢ to 17.2¢ per kWh at that usage.

How the answer changes with usage

Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR) is cheapest at every level tested — $511.56 a year at 500 kWh a month, $1,844.77 at 2,000 kWh.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $567.48 a year at 500 kWh against $2,176.71 at 2,000 kWh.

Cheapest 5 plans at 1,000 kWh a month

Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR) — $956.00 a year, 8.0¢ per kWh effective, demand-charged. It carries a $5.60 monthly standing charge.

Residential Demand Service (Schedule RD) — $1,352.67 a year, 11.3¢ per kWh effective, demand-charged. It carries a $15.83 monthly standing charge.

Residential Energy Time Of Use (Schedule RE-TOU) — $1,941.02 a year, 16.2¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $8.19 monthly standing charge.

Residential Service (Schedule R) — $2,035.24 a year, 17.0¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $8.19 monthly standing charge.

Residential General Service Opt-Out (Schedule R-OO) — $2,059.88 a year, 17.2¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $8.19 monthly standing charge.

How these plans are structured

Of 5 priceable plans: 3 time-of-use, 2 with demand charges.

Fixed monthly charges run from $5.60 to $15.83.

Who provides these plans

Every plan here comes from Public Service Co of Colorado — a limit of what has been indexed, not a claim that it is the only provider in ZIP 80202 (Denver).

The largest saving available here

Moving from Residential General Service Opt-Out (Schedule R-OO) to Residential Demand - Time Differentiated Rates (Schedule RD-TDR) saves $1,103.88 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What this does not cover

Service territories do not follow ZIP boundaries. These are the plans found at the coordinate this ZIP was resolved from, not a verified list for every address in it.

3 of these plans price by hour. WattClear does not know which hours a household uses, so those estimates carry lower confidence and say so on the figure.

New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.

Estimate — your actual bill may differ.

Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.

Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 39.7392, -104.9903.