August 31, 2026 · @springstosold

If your Colorado Springs Utilities bill jumped this summer, here is what changed.

If your Colorado Springs Utilities bill jumped this summer, here is what changed. Most of us got moved onto a time of day rate plan this year. Power runs about 29 cents a kWh between 5 and 9pm on weekdays, and about 7 cents every other hour. Same electricity, four times the price, based only on when you use it. On my own August bill, on-peak was a fifth of what I used and almost half of what I paid. Two things worth knowing: Weekends are entirely off-peak. All day Saturday, all day Sunday, holidays too. If you have been putting off laundry until Monday, you have been doing it backwards. And if you cannot shift your usage, which is plenty of people between working from home, medical equipment, and little kids, there is a Fixed Seasonal plan with no peak hours at all. About 10.7 cents a kWh all summer. Higher than off-peak, nowhere near 29. Almost nobody knows it exists. 719-448-4800. October 1 the summer rate ends and on-peak drops to about 15 cents. This is Colorado Springs Utilities only. Falcon, Peyton, Black Forest and Monument are on Mountain View Electric, and Fountain runs its own. Different rates, different rules. Buying a house here? Ask the seller for 12 months of utility bills, not just one. Fastest way to find out what a home actually costs to live in. Questions about a place you are looking at? DM me.