Entergy Arkansas electricity rates and bills

Entergy Arkansas's price per kWh, three periods

EIA measures what Entergy Arkansas's 612,254 residential customers pay in three ways. For the calendar year 2025, from the annual EIA-861 survey, they paid an average of 13.36¢ per kWh¹. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), from the monthly EIA-861M sample, the average was 14.14¢ per kWh. In August 2026³ alone it was 15.87¢ per kWh². Monthly figures for 2026 are preliminary.

Each is average revenue per kWh: what customers paid in total divided by the kWh they used, with the customer charge, energy charges, fuel adjustment and riders inside it and most taxes outside it. It is not a tariff rate. The August reading is the highest of the three, and that is worth a second look: in August the fixed monthly charge is spread over the most kWh of the year, which on its own pulls the average down. A higher August average therefore means the per-kWh parts of the bill cost more that month than across the year. Entergy Arkansas's rate schedules, filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission, show which charges change by season or by month.

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Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).

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Month	Entergy Arkansas (¢/kWh)	kWh per customer	Bill per customer
January 2025	11.59¢	1,424	$165.08
February 2025	11.65¢	1,324	$154.25
March 2025	12.17¢	1,067	$129.78
April 2025	13.77¢	716	$98.53
May 2025	13.62¢	757	$103.04
June 2025	14.64¢	994	$145.50
July 2025	14.60¢	1,402	$204.71
August 2025	14.61¢	1,463	$213.67
September 2025	14.57¢	1,152	$167.80
October 2025	13.19¢	909	$119.89
November 2025	13.71¢	735	$100.71
December 2025	12.63¢	1,076	$135.89
January 2026	12.65¢	1,255	$158.81
February 2026	12.39¢	1,383	$171.43
March 2026	13.79¢	817	$112.66
April 2026	14.33¢	732	$104.94
May 2026	14.37¢	723	$103.85
June 2026	15.65¢	1,025	$160.45
July 2026	15.84¢	1,367	$216.54
August 2026	15.87¢	1,517	$240.73

The average bill: price and use both rose

Entergy Arkansas homes paid $144.92 a month on average in 2025, against $136.93 in 2024 (+5.8%). Two things moved together. The average price went from 12.97¢ per kWh to 13.36¢ per kWh (+3.0%), and use per home went from 1,056 kWh⁴ to 1,085 kWh¹ a month. The bill rose faster than the price because homes also bought more kWh.

Across all Arkansas providers, the 2025 average bill was $138.42 for 1,076 kWh⁵, so Entergy Arkansas customers paid somewhat more for nearly the same use. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) the gap held: $149.49² at Entergy Arkansas, $143.23³ statewide.

Air conditioning drives the August bill

Arkansas has one of the larger cooling loads in the country, 1,933 cooling degree days a year on NOAA's 2016–2025 average (10th highest⁶ among the 48 contiguous states and DC), and in EIA's 2020 household survey air conditioning took 20%⁷ of Arkansas household electricity. Entergy Arkansas's monthly data show the result. Over the last 12 months, use per home was lowest in May 2026, at 723 kWh and an average bill of $103.85, and highest in August 2026, at 1,517 kWh and $240.73².

1,152Sep

909Oct

735Nov

1,076Dec

1,255Jan

1,383Feb

817Mar

732Apr

723May

1,025Jun

1,367Jul

1,517Aug

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.

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Month	kWh per customer	Bill per customer	¢/kWh
September 2025	1,152	$167.80	14.57¢
October 2025	909	$119.89	13.19¢
November 2025	735	$100.71	13.71¢
December 2025	1,076	$135.89	12.63¢
January 2026	1,255	$158.81	12.65¢
February 2026	1,383	$171.43	12.39¢
March 2026	817	$112.66	13.79¢
April 2026	732	$104.94	14.33¢
May 2026	723	$103.85	14.37¢
June 2026	1,025	$160.45	15.65¢
July 2026	1,367	$216.54	15.84¢
August 2026	1,517	$240.73	15.87¢

The summer bill grows by more than the kWh, because August's average price was also higher than the year's. Households that need help can apply for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); Arkansas's allocation for fiscal 2026 was $35.1 million⁸, and the guide to help paying an electric bill lists other options.

The 2026 increase in EIA's monthly data

The latest readings point upward. Entergy Arkansas's August 2026 residential average of 15.87¢ per kWh was +8.6% against the same month a year earlier; for all Arkansas providers the change was +7.8%. Over the last 12 months, the state's residential average rose 7.2% on the 12 months before. Among the other large utilities, SWEPCO's August 2026³ average was +24.6%² against a year earlier.

A single month is preliminary and sensitive to fuel costs and weather, so the 12-month average of 14.14¢ per kWh² is the steadier sign: it sits above the 2025 annual figure of 13.36¢ per kWh¹. Base rates, fuel adjustments and riders for Entergy Arkansas are set in proceedings before the Arkansas Public Service Commission, whose docket search lists current filings. The guide to electric rate increases explains how those decisions reach a bill.

A cheap state, an above-average utility

Arkansas ranked 7th lowest among the 50 states and DC on residential price over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), at 13.57¢ per kWh³. Inside the state, Entergy Arkansas's 2025 average was 3.8% above the Arkansas average and the 9th highest of the 21¹ Arkansas utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers.

The widest gap inside Arkansas is between public power and everyone else. City-owned and other public power systems averaged 9.87¢ per kWh in 2025, with City Water and Light Plant the lowest of the larger utilities at 7.14¢ per kWh. The state's investor-owned utilities averaged 13.09¢ per kWh and its cooperatives 13.57¢ per kWh. Entergy Arkansas, at 13.36¢ per kWh, sat almost level with Carroll Electric Cooperative (13.40¢ per kWh) and above SWEPCO (12.14¢ per kWh¹).

City Water and Light Plant7.14¢

City of West Memphis8.43¢

Paragould Municipal Utilities8.99¢

Conway Corporation9.49¢

City of Benton10.39¢

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co11.65¢

City of Bentonville11.77¢

SWEPCO12.14¢

Craighead Electric Cooperative Corp12.46¢

City of North Little Rock12.49¢

Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corp12.51¢

Arkansas average12.87¢

First Electric Cooperative Corp12.93¢

Entergy Arkansas13.36¢

Carroll Electric Cooperative13.40¢

Ozarks Electric Cooperative Corp13.73¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Utilities with 10,000 or more bundled (full-service) residential customers; the 15 lowest of 21 shown. Revenue divided by kWh sold, all charges included, EIA-861 2025 final. Darker bars have their own page.

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Utility	¢/kWh
City Water and Light Plant	7.14¢
City of West Memphis	8.43¢
Paragould Municipal Utilities	8.99¢
Conway Corporation	9.49¢
City of Benton	10.39¢
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	11.65¢
City of Bentonville	11.77¢
SWEPCO	12.14¢
Craighead Electric Cooperative Corp	12.46¢
City of North Little Rock	12.49¢
Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corp	12.51¢
Arkansas average	12.87¢
First Electric Cooperative Corp	12.93¢
Entergy Arkansas	13.36¢
Carroll Electric Cooperative	13.40¢
Ozarks Electric Cooperative Corp	13.73¢

Nationally the picture reverses. Among US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Entergy Arkansas ranked 47th lowest of 177 in 2025, against a median of 15.07¢ per kWh. Its average was 24.9% below the national average for investor-owned utilities¹.

Among Entergy's utilities: price and outage minutes

Entergy operates 5 utilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas. In 2025 their residential averages ran from 11.90¢ per kWh at Entergy Louisiana to 13.89¢ per kWh at Entergy Texas; Entergy Arkansas's 13.36¢ per kWh sat between them, near Entergy New Orleans (13.20¢ per kWh) and below Entergy Mississippi (13.86¢ per kWh¹).

Outage time separates them more. Entergy Arkansas customers averaged 518 minutes without power in 2025 including major events, more than Entergy Louisiana (253 minutes) and Entergy Texas (403 minutes), less than Entergy Mississippi (640 minutes⁹).

Entergy New Orleans (LA)209

Entergy Louisiana (LA)253

Entergy Texas (TX)403

Entergy Arkansas (AR)518

Entergy Mississippi (MS)640

Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utility	outage minutes per customer (all events)
Entergy New Orleans (LA)	209
Entergy Louisiana (LA)	253
Entergy Texas (TX)	403
Entergy Arkansas (AR)	518
Entergy Mississippi (MS)	640

Within Arkansas, the figure was more than the Arkansas average of 464 minutes, and Arkansas itself ranked 6th highest among the states. Excluding major event days, Entergy Arkansas customers averaged 252 minutes, against 209 minutes statewide, and they had 2.24 interruptions on average against the state's 2.15⁹. All figures follow the IEEE 1366 standard. The Entergy page compares prices and bills across the five.

Smart meters everywhere, time-of-use almost nowhere

Advanced meters were on 99.1% of Entergy Arkansas's residential accounts in 2025, the equipment that hourly pricing needs. Enrollment did not follow: EIA counts 114 residential customers on a time-of-use rate, which rounds to 0.0%¹⁰ of the total. The hours and prices of that option are in the rate schedules filed with the commission; the time-of-use guide explains how such a rate changes a bill.

Rooftop solar is uncommon: 7,950 net-metered residential installations with 86.7 megawatts of capacity, or 13.0 per 1,000 customers. Carroll Electric's members had 22.1¹⁰ per 1,000.

Industry and business customers

Entergy Arkansas's 23,323 industrial accounts paid an average of 6.08¢ per kWh in 2025, and its 101,481 commercial customers 10.58¢ per kWh, with an average commercial bill of $506.72 a month. Across all 737,059 accounts the average was 9.34¢ per kWh¹. That all-customer figure is pulled down by industrial sales and says little about a household bill.

Where Entergy Arkansas serves: shared counties

EIA's 2025 service-territory records place Entergy Arkansas in 65 counties. In 64 of them at least one other utility also reports customers, so only 1¹¹ county has Entergy Arkansas as its sole distribution utility. It reports no service in Benton or Washington County in the northwest, where SWEPCO, Carroll Electric, Ozarks Electric and city utilities are among those that serve. A county or ZIP code does not settle which utility serves a home; Entergy Arkansas's own service map does, by address. For the statewide picture, see electricity in Arkansas.

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Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 65 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.