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State · 2024 annual, monthly to Jul 2026
Louisiana electricity prices and utilities
Households in Louisiana paid an average of 11.73¢ per kilowatthour for electricity in 2024, 29% below the US average of 16.48¢. That ranks 48th highest of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The average residential bill was $140.96 a month on 1,202 kWh of monthly use (US: $142.26 on 863 kWh), the 22nd highest bill. Residential sales came to 6,707 kWh per resident over the year.
In July 2026, the latest month EIA has published, the residential average was 12.72¢, down 3.0% on July 2025; the US figure for the month was 18.31¢. Monthly figures are preliminary until EIA finalises the year.
20 respondents reported residential customers in Louisiana on the full Form EIA-861 for 2024, and 17 smaller utilities filed the short form, which has no residential breakdown. Investor-owned utilities account for 76% of the residential customers reported.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. State averages are EIA's own, from Forms EIA-861 and EIA-861M.
Residential price by month
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Year by year
| Year | Residential ¢ | US ¢ | Commercial ¢ | Industrial ¢ | Monthly bill | kWh a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to Jul 2026 | 13.35¢ | 18.19¢ | 11.88¢ | 6.65¢ | $156.73 | 1,174 |
| 2025 preliminary | 12.57¢ | 17.30¢ | 11.20¢ | 6.23¢ | $154.29 | 1,228 |
| 2024 | 11.73¢ | 16.48¢ | 10.46¢ | 5.61¢ | $140.96 | 1,202 |
| 2023 | 11.55¢ | 16.00¢ | 10.45¢ | 5.88¢ | $142.96 | 1,238 |
| 2022 | 12.93¢ | 15.04¢ | 11.93¢ | 7.54¢ | $159.24 | 1,231 |
| 2021 | 11.02¢ | 13.66¢ | 10.23¢ | 6.21¢ | $131.37 | 1,192 |
| 2020 | 9.67¢ | 13.15¢ | 8.85¢ | 4.88¢ | $116.07 | 1,201 |
| 2019 | 9.80¢ | 13.01¢ | 8.91¢ | 5.23¢ | $120.70 | 1,232 |
| 2018 | 9.59¢ | 12.87¢ | 8.85¢ | 5.35¢ | $122.86 | 1,282 |
| 2017 | 9.74¢ | 12.89¢ | 8.95¢ | 5.48¢ | $115.54 | 1,187 |
| 2016 | 9.34¢ | 12.55¢ | 8.59¢ | 5.08¢ | $115.79 | 1,240 |
| 2015 | 9.33¢ | 12.65¢ | 8.66¢ | 5.41¢ | $120.02 | 1,286 |
| 2014 | 9.57¢ | 12.52¢ | 9.10¢ | 6.05¢ | $123.61 | 1,291 |
| 2013 | 9.43¢ | 12.13¢ | 8.96¢ | 5.92¢ | $119.98 | 1,273 |
Nominal prices. The five-year change in the residential average is +19.7%. A part-year row covers January to the latest month published, so it is not comparable with full years: winter and summer months weigh differently.
Utilities by average residential price, 2024
Every filing with at least 100 bundled residential customers in Louisiana, highest average price first. Linked utilities have 1,000 or more residential customers. A multi-state utility appears with its Louisiana figures only.
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9,127 | 14.05¢ | $168.51 | 45.0 | 12.2 |
| Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 40,051 | 13.70¢ | $170.42 | 3,033.6 | 441.6 |
| South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 16,997 | 13.48¢ | $170.53 | 4,157.0 | 240.6 |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Investor-owned | 207,011 | 13.46¢ | $145.20 | 983.8 | 320.1 |
| Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 8,255 | 13.42¢ | $160.56 | 3.5 | — |
| Concordia Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11,879 | 13.36¢ | $126.78 | — | — |
| Entergy New Orleans, LLC | Investor-owned | 188,178 | 13.03¢ | $135.81 | 586.4 | 179.7 |
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21,438 | 13.00¢ | $146.64 | — | — |
| Cleco Power LLC | Investor-owned | 251,927 | 12.33¢ | $150.02 | 729.6 | 142.2 |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 110,675 | 11.91¢ | $157.38 | 237.1 | 234.7 |
| Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc | Cooperative | 50,901 | 11.85¢ | $153.21 | 1,507.6 | 241.9 |
| Southwest Louisiana E M C | Cooperative | 108,368 | 11.55¢ | $159.02 | 985.4 | 167.2 |
| City of Alexandria | Municipal | 19,541 | 11.10¢ | $131.91 | — | — |
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Investor-owned | 957,522 | 11.05¢ | $135.28 | 609.9 | 213.2 |
| Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't | Municipal | 11,218 | 10.73¢ | $139.35 | — | — |
| Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc. | Cooperative | 11,543 | 10.66¢ | $148.24 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| City of Lafayette | Municipal | 59,961 | 10.12¢ | $120.55 | 166.6 | 33.0 |
| City of Natchitoches | Municipal | 7,234 | 9.25¢ | $92.99 | — | — |
| Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 8,459 | 8.84¢ | $110.18 | 39.7 | — |
| City of Ruston | Municipal | 9,900 | 5.66¢ | $51.69 | 206.5 | — |
Reliability by utility, 2024
SAIDI: minutes of sustained interruption per customer over the year, including major event days (paler bars: the utility reported only the figure without major event days). Median across 15 Louisiana filings: 586.4 minutes with major event days, 196.5 without. EIA's state total: 727.5 and 206.0 minutes, with SAIFI of 2.72 interruptions per customer. Utilities use differing calculation methods, and a single storm can dominate a small utility's year.
| Year | Median SAIDI, all events | Median SAIDI, no major events | Filings | EIA state total, all events | EIA state total, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 586.4 | 196.5 | 15 | 727.5 | 206.0 |
| 2023 | 225.6 | 156.8 | 15 | 584.2 | 195.0 |
| 2022 | 172.1 | 169.4 | 15 | — | — |
| 2021 | 415.5 | 151.7 | 15 | — | — |
| 2020 | 700.3 | 175.4 | 15 | — | — |
| 2019 | 327.8 | 158.1 | 15 | — | — |
| 2018 | 270.4 | 184.7 | 15 | — | — |
| 2017 | 388.2 | 192.2 | 15 | — | — |
| 2016 | 249.3 | 198.6 | 15 | — | — |
| 2015 | 322.8 | 170.9 | 16 | — | — |
| 2014 | 234.0 | 144.8 | 16 | — | — |
| 2013 | 186.3 | 123.7 | 16 | — | — |
Sales by sector, 2024
| Sector | Sales | Share | ¢ per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 31 TWh | 32% | 11.73¢ |
| Commercial | 23.7 TWh | 25% | 10.46¢ |
| Industrial | 40.7 TWh | 43% | 5.61¢ |
| All sectors | 95.4 TWh | 8.80¢ |
Residential sales per resident: 6,707 kWh a year, on a Census population estimate of 4,618,189.
Who serves Louisiana
| Ownership | Filings | Residential customers | Share | Median ¢ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investor-owned utilities | 4 | 1,604,638 | 76% | 12.68¢ |
| Electric cooperatives | 11 | 397,693 | 18.8% | 13.00¢ |
| Municipal utilities | 5 | 107,854 | 5.1% | 10.12¢ |
Customers as reported by each respondent. Where households buy energy from a retail supplier, the delivery utility and the supplier both report them, so shares describe filings, not households.
Counties
Each county page lists the utilities whose Form EIA-861 service territory includes it.
- Acadia Parish 4
- Allen Parish 4
- Ascension Parish 2
- Assumption Parish 3
- Avoyelles Parish 3
- Beauregard Parish 3
- Bienville Parish 3
- Bossier Parish 2
- Caddo Parish 2
- Calcasieu Parish 6
- Caldwell Parish 2
- Cameron Parish 3
- Catahoula Parish 4
- Claiborne Parish 2
- Concordia Parish 3
- De Soto Parish 3
- East Baton Rouge Parish 2
- East Carroll Parish 2
- East Feliciana Parish 2
- Evangeline Parish 3
- Franklin Parish 3
- Grant Parish 4
- Iberia Parish 3
- Iberville Parish 3
- Jackson Parish 1
- Jefferson Parish 1
- Jefferson Davis Parish 5
- LaSalle Parish 3
- Lafayette Parish 3
- Lafourche Parish 2
- Lincoln Parish 3
- Livingston Parish 2
- Madison Parish 2
- Morehouse Parish 3
- Natchitoches Parish 4
- Orleans Parish 2
- Ouachita Parish 2
- Plaquemines Parish 1
- Pointe Coupee Parish 3
- Rapides Parish 6
- Red River Parish 3
- Richland Parish 2
- Sabine Parish 3
- St. Bernard Parish 2
- St. Charles Parish 1
- St. Helena Parish 2
- St. James Parish 1
- St. John the Baptist Parish 1
- St. Landry Parish 3
- St. Martin Parish 5
- St. Mary Parish 3
- St. Tammany Parish 3
- Tangipahoa Parish 3
- Tensas Parish 3
- Terrebonne Parish 3
- Union Parish 2
- Vermilion Parish 8
- Vernon Parish 4
- Washington Parish 3
- Webster Parish 4
- West Baton Rouge Parish 2
- West Carroll Parish 2
- West Feliciana Parish 2
- Winn Parish 3
Questions and answers
What is the average electricity price in Louisiana?
11.73¢ per kilowatthour for residential customers in 2024, against a US average of 16.48¢. Commercial customers averaged 10.46¢ and industrial customers 5.61¢. The latest monthly residential figure is 12.72¢ for July 2026 (preliminary).
What is the average electric bill in Louisiana?
$140.96 a month for residential customers in 2024, on average use of 1,202 kWh a month. The US average was $142.26 on 863 kWh.
Is electricity getting more expensive in Louisiana?
The average residential price was up 1.6% in 2024 on the year before and up 19.7% on 2019. These are nominal prices, not adjusted for inflation.
How reliable is electric service in Louisiana?
EIA's state total for 2024 is 727.5 minutes of interruption per customer including major event days and 206.0 minutes excluding them, across utilities reporting under any method. The median utility in the state reported 586.4 minutes including major event days.
How many electric utilities serve Louisiana?
20 respondents reported residential customers in Louisiana on the full Form EIA-861 for 2024; 20 of them have a bundled residential price. Another 17 small utilities filed the short form. 64 counties appear in service territories.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. State averages, sales and customers by year and month: Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, through July 2026. Utility rows, reliability and service territories: Form EIA-861, 2024 final release. Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. Public domain. See methodology.