Louisiana electricity rates and bills

The most electricity per home in the country

Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, the average Louisiana home used 1,211 kWh of electricity a month, the highest among the 50 states and DC; the US average was 875 kWh. Over the same 12 months Louisiana homes paid an average of 13.02¢ per kWh, the 4th lowest residential price in the country and 5.02¢ per kWh less than the US average¹. Average revenue per kWh is what customers paid in total divided by what they used; it includes fixed charges and fuel adjustments, so it is not the rate printed in any one tariff.

Among Louisiana's 3 neighbors over the same 12 months, Arkansas had the lowest residential average, 13.57¢ per kWh, and Texas the highest, 15.98¢ per kWh. In the single month of August 2026, Louisiana's 12.87¢ per kWh was the 2nd¹ lowest of any state (preliminary data).

507 to 643653 to 826836 to 929955 to 1,0701,076 to 1,211

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, states. Darker states are higher; DC is the dot. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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State	Average residential use, last 12 months (computed)
Louisiana	1,211
Tennessee	1,186
Mississippi	1,170
Alabama	1,140
Texas	1,114
Kentucky	1,101
Florida	1,097
Georgia	1,080
North Dakota	1,076
Oklahoma	1,076
South Carolina	1,070
Virginia	1,066
Arkansas	1,056
West Virginia	1,056
Arizona	1,054
North Carolina	1,044
Missouri	1,039
South Dakota	983
Nebraska	957
Maryland	955
Indiana	929
Delaware	927
Washington	927
Nevada	908
Idaho	907
Kansas	887
Ohio	864
Iowa	848
Oregon	843
Pennsylvania	836
Montana	826
Wyoming	817
Utah	785
Minnesota	745
Connecticut	703
Illinois	697
Colorado	679
New Jersey	674
Wisconsin	665
New Mexico	653
New Hampshire	643
District of Columbia	635
Michigan	631
Massachusetts	603
Vermont	590
Alaska	588
New York	586
Rhode Island	552
Maine	528
Hawaii	514
California	507

The 2025 annual figures match. Louisiana homes used 1,225 kWh a month against a national 874 kWh, and the average bill came to $153.32, $2.64 more a month than the US average². EIA's Residential Energy Consumption Survey for 2020, a pandemic year and the latest with state detail, put use per Louisiana home at 14,771 kWh a year, the highest⁴ among the states.

What Louisiana households say they pay

Households tell a higher number than EIA's averages. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, the median Louisiana household paying for electricity reported about $193 for the previous month, 5th highest among the states (US: $169⁵). These are estimates of what people recall paying, taxes included.

Only 12.7% of Louisiana households reported a bill under $100, the 3rd lowest share in the country; 30.8% reported $250 or more (margin of error ±0.6 percentage points), against 26.6% nationally. That share was +1.4 percentage points⁵ on the 2024 survey, a difference between two estimates that has not been tested for significance.

Under $50$50–99$100–149$150–199$200–249$250 or more

Louisiana

United States

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, table B25132. Households charged for electricity, by the cost they reported for the previous month (American Community Survey 2025, 1-year). Interviews run all year, so this is a typical month, recalled by the household; households whose electricity is included in rent are left out.

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	Under $50	$50–99	$100–149	$150–199	$200–249	$250 or more
Louisiana	1.4%	11.3%	19.6%	20.6%	16.3%	30.8%
United States	5.2%	17.9%	20.7%	16.7%	13.0%	26.6%

EIA's monthly sample shows the summer bill directly: in August 2026 the average residential bill was $226.86 for 1,763 kWh, 2nd highest¹ among the states that month. The annual average bill rose 8.8% from 2024 to 2025, from $140.96⁶ to $153.32, against a US increase of 5.9%².

Help paying a Louisiana electric bill

The main public program is the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Louisiana's allocation was $57.0 million for fiscal 2026, about $30.69 per occupied home, and the first release for fiscal 2027 was $49.7 million⁷.

The Louisiana Housing Corporation's energy assistance page directs applicants to a local agency in their parish and asks for a recent heating or cooling bill, so summer bills count as well as winter ones. Crisis applications, such as for a disconnection notice, go through that local agency rather than online. Applicants also need proof of income and address and identification. The help paying your electric bill guide covers LIHEAP and the payment plans utilities offer.

Louisiana's electric companies, parish by parish

EIA lists 37 utilities delivering electricity to Louisiana homes, among them 4 investor-owned companies and 11 cooperatives; most of the rest are city, town or parish systems. Entergy Louisiana alone has 45.4% of the state's residential customers, followed by Cleco Power (11.9%), SWEPCO (9.8%), Entergy New Orleans (8.9%) and the cooperative DEMCO (5.3%). Those and SLEMCO, the six with 100,000 or more residential customers, serve 86.4%⁸ of Louisiana homes.

Nobody can switch between them; the address decides. EIA's service-territory records for 2025 show who reports service in the parishes behind the most common searches:

• East Baton Rouge Parish (Baton Rouge): Entergy Louisiana and the cooperative DEMCO.
• Caddo Parish (Shreveport): SWEPCO and Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative; SWEPCO's territory covers Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Grant Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, Sabine Parish, Vernon Parish, Webster Parish and Winn Parish.
• Lafayette Parish: the City of Lafayette's municipal utility, Entergy Louisiana and the cooperative SLEMCO.
• Orleans Parish (New Orleans): Entergy New Orleans, whose territory is Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish, and Entergy Louisiana.
• Central and southwest Louisiana: Cleco Power reports service in 24 parishes, 24⁹ of them shared with another utility.

Parish lines are not service lines. Vermilion Parish has 8 utilities reporting service, the most of any parish, and 58⁹ of Louisiana's 64 parishes have two or more; each utility's own map decides by street address.

Entergy Louisiana only (of these)Cleco Power only (of these)SWEPCO only (of these)Entergy New Orleans only (of these)DEMCO only (of these)SLEMCO only (of these)City of Lafayette only (of these)Two or more of themOther utilities only

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. Counties where each utility reports serving customers (EIA-861 service territory, 2025). A utility often serves only part of a county, and several can share one: the map shows where each one is present, not street-level boundaries. Point at a county for every utility listed there.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission regulates the state's electric public utilities; it states that municipally owned and operated utilities are not under its jurisdiction. By ownership, residential customers of public power utilities, mostly those city systems, paid an average of 10.85¢ per kWh in 2025, cooperative members 12.43¢ per kWh and investor-owned utility customers 12.66¢ per kWh⁸.

City of Ruston5.62¢

Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't10.73¢

Washington-St Tammany E C11.04¢

City of Alexandria11.05¢

Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative11.20¢

City of Lafayette11.51¢

SLEMCO11.57¢

Entergy Louisiana11.90¢

South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association12.25¢

Louisiana average12.52¢

Beauregard Electric Cooperative13.14¢

Concordia Electric Cooperative13.15¢

Entergy New Orleans13.20¢

Claiborne Electric Cooperative13.32¢

DEMCO13.53¢

SWEPCO13.85¢

Cleco Power14.26¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Utilities with 10,000 or more bundled (full-service) residential customers. 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 of Ruston	5.62¢
Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't	10.73¢
Washington-St Tammany E C	11.04¢
City of Alexandria	11.05¢
Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative	11.20¢
City of Lafayette	11.51¢
SLEMCO	11.57¢
Entergy Louisiana	11.90¢
South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association	12.25¢
Louisiana average	12.52¢
Beauregard Electric Cooperative	13.14¢
Concordia Electric Cooperative	13.15¢
Entergy New Orleans	13.20¢
Claiborne Electric Cooperative	13.32¢
DEMCO	13.53¢
SWEPCO	13.85¢
Cleco Power	14.26¢

Among the 16 utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, 2025 averages ran from 5.62¢ per kWh at City of Ruston to 14.26¢ per kWh at Cleco Power, a spread of 8.64¢ per kWh⁸.

Cleco and DEMCO bills rose fastest in 2025

The large utilities moved in very different directions from 2024 to 2025. Cleco Power's average residential price rose 15.7%, to 14.26¢ per kWh, and its average bill changed by +18.4%, to $177.57. DEMCO's price rose 13.6% and its bill changed by +14.4%, to $180.07, the highest of the six, because its members also used the second-most electricity (1,331 kWh⁸ a month).

At the other end, SLEMCO's price changed by +0.2% and Entergy New Orleans's by +1.3%. Entergy New Orleans had the smallest bill of the six, $138.23, on the lowest use (1,047 kWh). Entergy Louisiana, the largest, averaged 11.90¢ per kWh (5.0% below the Louisiana average) and a bill of $146.76, +8.5%⁸ on the year.

Entergy New Orleans (LA)$138.23

Entergy Louisiana (LA)$146.76

SLEMCO (LA)$162.40

SWEPCO (LA)$162.77

Cleco Power (LA)$177.57

DEMCO (LA)$180.07

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. 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	average monthly residential bill
Entergy New Orleans (LA)	$138.23
Entergy Louisiana (LA)	$146.76
SLEMCO (LA)	$162.40
SWEPCO (LA)	$162.77
Cleco Power (LA)	$177.57
DEMCO (LA)	$180.07

August sets the bill

Over the last 12 months, use per home peaked at 1,763 kWh in August 2026 and was lowest at 889 kWh in November 2025, a ratio of 2.0 times¹. Louisiana averaged 2,550 cooling degree days a year over 2016 to 2025, 4th highest among the 48 states and DC with data, and only 1,539 heating degree days, the 2nd lowest¹¹.

1,429Sep

1,158Oct

889Nov

1,074Dec

1,216Jan

1,164Feb

891Mar

895Apr

1,017May

1,365Jun

1,669Jul

1,763Aug

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential kWh sold per customer in each month. The table adds that month's average residential price. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Month	kWh per customer	Residential ¢/kWh
September 2025	1,429	12.33¢
October 2025	1,158	12.37¢
November 2025	889	12.71¢
December 2025	1,074	12.53¢
January 2026	1,216	12.46¢
February 2026	1,164	12.87¢
March 2026	891	14.16¢
April 2026	895	14.44¢
May 2026	1,017	14.15¢
June 2026	1,365	13.49¢
July 2026	1,669	12.72¢
August 2026	1,763	12.87¢

63.4% of Louisiana homes heat mainly with electricity (2025, 5th highest¹² among the states), yet heating is a small part of the total. In EIA's 2020 household survey, space heating took 10% of household electricity and air conditioning 28%, tied for 4th highest⁴ among the states.

The average price per kWh followed a different calendar: highest in April 2026 (14.44¢ per kWh), lowest in September 2025 (12.33¢ per kWh¹). In months of lower use, fixed monthly charges are spread over fewer kWh, which lifts the average.

Industry pays among the lowest prices in the US

Louisiana's industrial customers paid an average of 6.35¢ per kWh over the last 12 months, the 2nd lowest in the country and 28.7% below the US average. Commercial customers paid 11.50¢ per kWh, 17.1% below the US average. Across all sectors the 12-month average was 9.74¢ per kWh, 4th lowest¹ among the states.

LouisianaUnited States

Residential13.02¢ 18.04¢

Commercial11.50¢ 13.87¢

Industrial6.35¢ 8.91¢

All sectors9.74¢ 14.15¢

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Average revenue per kWh: what each customer class paid in total divided by what it used. Industrial customers take power at higher voltage and in large, steady volumes, so their average is lower. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Sector	Louisiana (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
Residential	13.02¢	18.04¢
Commercial	11.50¢	13.87¢
Industrial	6.35¢	8.91¢
All sectors	9.74¢	14.15¢

In August 2026, the industrial price was 6.10¢ per kWh, −3.0% against August 2025, while the residential price was +2.5%¹ (preliminary data). The average industrial account was billed $12,485.52 a month in 2025, against $6,580.64² nationally.

A slow climb since 2001, faster since 2020

Louisiana's residential price was 7.92¢ per kWh¹³ in 2001 and 12.52¢ per kWh in 2025, an increase of 58.1%, the 2nd lowest among the states; the US average rose 100.8% over the same years. The annual average went up in 16 years since 2002 and last fell in 2023¹⁴.

LouisianaUnited States

Source: EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; EIA, Historical state data, monthly sales and revenue 1990-2009. Average revenue per kWh (all charges, nominal dollars), each calendar year: 2010 onward EIA-861 final annual data, 2001–2009 the sum of the monthly survey.

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Period	Louisiana (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
2001	7.92¢	8.58¢
2002	7.10¢	8.44¢
2003	7.84¢	8.72¢
2004	8.05¢	8.95¢
2005	8.87¢	9.45¢
2006	9.14¢	10.40¢
2007	9.37¢	10.65¢
2008	10.28¢	11.26¢
2009	8.10¢	11.51¢
2010	8.98¢	11.54¢
2011	8.96¢	11.72¢
2012	8.37¢	11.88¢
2013	9.43¢	12.13¢
2014	9.57¢	12.52¢
2015	9.33¢	12.65¢
2016	9.34¢	12.55¢
2017	9.74¢	12.89¢
2018	9.59¢	12.87¢
2019	9.80¢	13.01¢
2020	9.67¢	13.15¢
2021	11.02¢	13.66¢
2022	12.93¢	15.04¢
2023	11.55¢	16.00¢
2024	11.73¢	16.48¢
2025	12.52¢	17.23¢

Most of the increase is recent. From 2020 to 2025 the price rose 29.5%, from 9.67¢ per kWh, close to the national 31.0%. It rose 6.7%¹⁴ from 2024 to 2025, and the last 12 months averaged 5.3% more than the 12 before (US: 6.5%¹).

Natural gas makes nearly three-quarters of the power

Natural gas generated 72.2% of Louisiana's electricity in 2025, up 10.8 percentage points since 2015 and the 6th highest gas share among the states. Nuclear plants supplied 14.9% and coal 5.4%, down from 14.1% in 2015. Renewables were 5.1%, the 5th lowest share, with solar at 2.3% and wind at 0.0%. The state's plants generated the equivalent of 105%¹⁵ of its retail electricity sales.

Natural gasCoalNuclearHydroWindSolarPetroleumOther

Louisiana, 2025

Louisiana, 2015

United States, 2025

Source: EIA, Net generation by state by type of producer by energy source. Share of net generation by all power plants located in the state (utilities and independent producers), by energy source. Electricity crosses state lines, so this is what the state produces, not exactly what its customers consume. Pumped storage is a net user of power and is left out.

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	Natural gas	Coal	Nuclear	Hydro	Wind	Solar	Petroleum	Other
Louisiana, 2025	72.2%	5.4%	14.9%	1.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.4%	3.7%
Louisiana, 2015	61.4%	14.1%	14.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	3.9%	5.5%
United States, 2025	40.9%	16.6%	17.7%	5.5%	10.4%	6.8%	0.4%	1.7%

Outages on ordinary days

Louisiana customers averaged 216 minutes without power in 2025 excluding major events, the 4th highest in the country, and 267 minutes including them, with 2.20 interruptions per customer (5th highest). Among the large utilities, SWEPCO reported 332 minutes on ordinary days, Cleco 146 minutes¹⁶; Cleco reports with a method other than the IEEE 1366 standard, so its figures are not strictly comparable.

Entergy New Orleans (LA)209

Cleco Power (LA)212

SLEMCO (LA)232

Entergy Louisiana (LA)253

DEMCO (LA)321

SWEPCO (LA)451

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
Cleco Power (LA)	212
SLEMCO (LA)	232
Entergy Louisiana (LA)	253
DEMCO (LA)	321
SWEPCO (LA)	451

Smart meters were on 92.6% of residential accounts in 2025, and 9.8% of residential customers were on a time-varying rate. EIA counted 35,971 net-metered rooftop solar systems on homes, 16.7¹⁷ per 1,000 residential customers.