About Us
Beltrami Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative located in Bemidji, Minn. Established in 1940, Beltrami Electric provides power to almost 17,000 member-owners within a 3,000 square mile service area located in the beautiful lakes region of north-central Minnesota.
Beltrami Electric has 64 employees who are dedicated to the safe, reliable delivery of low-cost energy and quality service to the cooperative membership.
The Mission of Beltrami Electric Cooperative
“To provide reliable electricity to our members and communities, with superior customer service and innovative energy solutions at fair and reasonable prices.”
Beltrami Electric Cooperative by the Numbers (year-end 2012)
- Members: 16,933
- Main meters: 20,297
- Miles of line: 3,409
- Customers/mile: 5.95
- Service area (sq. mi.): 3,000
- Substations: 24
- Employees (FTE): 64
- Revenue: $44.5 million
- Plant: $123.8 million
- Kwh sales: 422.3 million
- Peak (non-coincidental)
- Winter: 114,290 kw
- Summer: 74,068 kw
- Average revenue/kwh
- Total: 10.54 cents
- Residential: 11.51 cents
- Revenue without power costs: 3.09 cents
- Power cost/kwh sold: 6.92 cents
- Average monthly bill
- All: $166.80
- Residential: $143.96
- Taxes paid
- Real estate/personal property: $276,440
- Sales tax: $1,939,152
- Payroll (employer/employee)
- Federal: $1,210,396
- State: $250,876
- Margins returned through 2012: $17,091,846