RATE GE - GENERAL ENERGY SERVICE (Residential)
When does peak hit on MidAmerican Energy Co’s RATE GE - GENERAL ENERGY SERVICE? The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
- peak11.09¢
- off-peak8.27¢
What does RATE GE - GENERAL ENERGY SERVICE cost a year?
| Household | Uses | A month | Per year | Works out to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment One or two people, no central air, no electric heat | 4,866 kWh | $47 | $568 | 11.7¢ / kWh |
| Family home Three or four people with central air conditioning | 9,453 kWh | $85 | $1,015 | 10.7¢ / kWh |
| Home with an EV Same house, plus an electric car charging overnight | 13,103 kWh | $113 | $1,352 | 10.3¢ / kWh |
Estimates, not quotes. We run three made-up but realistic households through this tariff hour by hour for a full year — including the way air conditioning loads the afternoon and an EV loads the small hours. Your own bill depends on when you actually use electricity, which is exactly the thing a per-kWh number hides.
What you actually pay
| Period | Rate | Applies when |
|---|---|---|
| peak | 11.09¢ up to 5000 kWh10.13¢ up to 40000 kWh3.01¢ | midnight–midnight, June–September |
| off-peak | 8.27¢ up to 5000 kWh5.56¢ up to 40000 kWh4.05¢ | midnight–midnight, October–May |
Plus a fixed charge of $10 per month.
Should you be on RATE GE - GENERAL ENERGY SERVICE?
The hour of day does not change what you pay here — the month does. Running the same house through the full year, July costs about $132 and February about $59. That $72 swing is part rate and part weather, and it is the reason a budget built on your spring bill will break in July.
Before a single kilowatt-hour moves, this plan charges $120 a year in fixed fees. On the apartment above that is 21% of the whole bill; on the house with a car charging in it, 9%. Fixed charges are invisible in a cents-per-kWh comparison and they punish small users hardest — if you use very little electricity, the headline rate is the least important number on this page.
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Who can be on MidAmerican Energy’s RATE GE - GENERAL ENERGY SERVICE (Residential)?
Eligibility is not our judgement — it is written into the tariff MidAmerican Energy filed. This is what that document says:
Service under this rate is available to any Residential customer with annual usage greater than 50,000 kWh and any Non-Residential Iowa Customer. This service is not available for resale, standby or supplemental service.
Quoted from the filed tariff. Your utility decides eligibility, not us; check with them before you switch.
If this is new to you
- Tiered billing for electricity: why the last kWh costs more
A cheap allowance, then a cliff. Where the cliff sits is the whole game.
- Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?
A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.
- Why is my electric bill so high in summer?
Usually three causes at once, and only one of them is your air conditioner.
- Why is my electric bill so high? Seven causes, in the order to check them
Seven causes, ranked by how often they are the answer. Only two are about using more.
Where this comes from
- Effective
- 2026-04-08
the date this tariff took effect
- Covers
- delivery + supply
the ZIP-code service map lists this territory as bundled, so the utility sells delivery and supply together
- Enrollment
- open to new customers
Tariff document: https://www.midamericanenergy.com/media/pdf/iowa-electric-tariffs.pdf