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Entergy Louisiana electric rates and bills

Entergy Louisiana's 961,871 residential customers in Louisiana paid an average of 11.90¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $146.76 a month on 1,233 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 12.34¢, and 11.70¢ in August 2026.2

EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.

60 of 64 Louisiana counties served (EIA-861 2025)

Entergy Louisiana serves 45.4% of Louisiana's residential customers, and in 2025 they paid an average of 11.90¢ per kWh, the lowest of Entergy's five utilities. That average rose 7.7% on 2024 while use per home barely moved, so the average bill rose with it (+8.5%1).

The price per kWh: annual, 12-month and latest month

EIA publishes three figures for Entergy Louisiana's residential customers, and they answer different questions. For the full year 2025, from the annual EIA-861 survey of every utility, its 961,871 residential customers paid an average of 11.90¢ per kWh1. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), from the monthly EIA-861M sample, the average was 12.34¢ per kWh. In the single month of August 20263 it was 11.70¢ per kWh, +0.4%2 against the same month a year earlier. Monthly figures for 2026 are preliminary.

All three are average revenue per kWh: what customers paid in total divided by the kWh they used. The customer charge, the energy charges, the fuel adjustment and every rider on the bill are inside it; most taxes are not. That is why it differs from any single line in Entergy Louisiana's rate and rider schedules, which the utility files with the Louisiana Public Service Commission, the regulator of the state's electric public utilities. It is also one reason the August figure sits below the 12-month one: in a month of heavy air-conditioning use, the fixed monthly charge is spread over many more kWh.

Entergy Louisiana: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 2026
Entergy Louisiana: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 20268¢10¢12¢14¢20252026

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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MonthEntergy Louisiana (¢/kWh)kWh per customerBill per customer
January 202510.64¢1,284$136.56
February 202511.49¢1,176$135.19
March 202513.05¢940$122.65
April 202513.55¢885$120.00
May 202512.85¢1,066$137.00
June 202511.76¢1,433$168.60
July 202512.10¢1,644$198.94
August 202511.65¢1,660$193.34
September 202511.20¢1,529$171.22
October 202511.22¢1,254$140.71
November 202512.44¢898$111.78
December 202512.16¢1,026$124.77
January 202612.21¢1,137$138.81
February 202612.33¢1,176$145.07
March 202614.01¢877$122.88
April 202614.46¢891$128.82
May 202613.87¢993$137.78
June 202612.87¢1,352$174.01
July 202611.69¢1,672$195.47
August 202611.70¢1,787$209.18

Below the Louisiana average, mid-table among its utilities

Entergy Louisiana's 2025 residential average was 5.0% below the Louisiana average, the 8th lowest of the 16 Louisiana utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers. The range among them was wide: City of Ruston averaged 5.62¢ per kWh and Cleco Power 14.26¢ per kWh. Of the other large utilities, the cooperative SLEMCO averaged 11.57¢ per kWh, Entergy New Orleans 13.20¢ per kWh, DEMCO 13.53¢ per kWh and SWEPCO 13.85¢ per kWh1.

Louisiana's six largest utilities: average residential price, 2025
SLEMCO (LA)11.57¢
Entergy Louisiana (LA)11.90¢
Entergy New Orleans (LA)13.20¢
DEMCO (LA)13.53¢
SWEPCO (LA)13.85¢
Cleco Power (LA)14.26¢

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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Utilityaverage residential price (bundled customers)
SLEMCO (LA)11.57¢
Entergy Louisiana (LA)11.90¢
Entergy New Orleans (LA)13.20¢
DEMCO (LA)13.53¢
SWEPCO (LA)13.85¢
Cleco Power (LA)14.26¢

Nationally the position is stronger. Among US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Entergy Louisiana ranked tied for 15th lowest of 177 in 2025; the median of that group was 15.07¢ per kWh. Its price was 33.1% below the national average for investor-owned utilities1.

A bigger bill from price, not from use

From 2024 to 2025, the average residential price went from 11.05¢ per kWh to 11.90¢ per kWh. Use per home hardly changed, 1,224 kWh and 1,233 kWh a month, so the average bill followed the price: from $135.284 to $146.76 (+8.5%1). Across all Louisiana providers the average bill changed by +8.8%5 over the same two years.

Other large Louisiana utilities moved further or less. Cleco Power's average price rose 15.7% and its bill +18.4%; Entergy New Orleans's price changed by +1.3%1. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), Entergy Louisiana's average bill was $150.07 for 1,216 kWh2 a month.

Rate cases, fuel adjustments and rider updates for Entergy Louisiana are decided at the Public Service Commission. The guide to electric rate increases explains how such decisions reach a monthly bill.

August bills run far above spring bills

Louisiana homes used 1,225 kWh a month in 2025, the highest5 among the 50 states and DC, and Entergy Louisiana's used 1,233 kWh1. The year is uneven. In EIA's monthly data for the last 12 months, use per home was lowest in March 2026 at 877 kWh, with an average bill of $122.88, and highest in August 2026 at 1,787 kWh, with an average bill of $209.182.

Entergy Louisiana: average residential use and bill by month

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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MonthkWh per customerBill per customer¢/kWh
September 20251,529$171.2211.20¢
October 20251,254$140.7111.22¢
November 2025898$111.7812.44¢
December 20251,026$124.7712.16¢
January 20261,137$138.8112.21¢
February 20261,176$145.0712.33¢
March 2026877$122.8814.01¢
April 2026891$128.8214.46¢
May 2026993$137.7813.87¢
June 20261,352$174.0112.87¢
July 20261,672$195.4711.69¢
August 20261,787$209.1811.70¢

For a household budget, the summer months matter more than the annual average. Households that need help can apply for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program through the Louisiana Housing Corporation, whose program helps with cooling bills as well as heating bills; Louisiana's allocation for fiscal 2026 was $57.0 million6.

The lowest price among Entergy's utilities

Entergy runs 5 utilities, in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas. In 2025 their residential customers paid 12.97¢ per kWh on average; Entergy Louisiana was the lowest at 11.90¢ per kWh, and Entergy Texas the highest at 13.89¢ per kWh. Entergy Arkansas averaged 13.36¢ per kWh, Entergy Mississippi 13.86¢ per kWh and Entergy New Orleans 13.20¢ per kWh1.

Bills rank differently because use per home differs. Entergy Arkansas customers used 1,085 kWh a month and paid $144.92, slightly less than Entergy Louisiana's $146.76 despite a higher price; Entergy New Orleans customers, with the lowest use (1,047 kWh), paid $138.23. Entergy Texas and Entergy Mississippi bills were $171.83 and $167.801.

Entergy's utilities: average monthly residential bill, 2025
Entergy New Orleans (LA)$138.23
Entergy Arkansas (AR)$144.92
Entergy Louisiana (LA)$146.76
Entergy Mississippi (MS)$167.80
Entergy Texas (TX)$171.83

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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Utilityaverage monthly residential bill
Entergy New Orleans (LA)$138.23
Entergy Arkansas (AR)$144.92
Entergy Louisiana (LA)$146.76
Entergy Mississippi (MS)$167.80
Entergy Texas (TX)$171.83

The Entergy page compares the five side by side.

Industry buys most of the power

In 2025 Entergy Louisiana had 9,910 industrial accounts, billed $17,387.10 a month on average, and EIA-861 shows they bought more kWh than its homes and businesses together. They paid an average of 5.75¢ per kWh, against 10.75¢ per kWh for its 141,884 commercial customers and 11.90¢ per kWh1 for homes.

Because industrial sales are so large, the average across all 1,113,665 accounts, 8.12¢ per kWh1, sits much closer to the industrial price than to the residential one. That all-customer figure says nothing about a household bill; the residential average is the one to compare.

Nearly every parish, most of them shared

EIA's 2025 service-territory records place Entergy Louisiana in 60 parishes. In 54 of them at least one other utility also reports customers, and only in 67 is it the sole distribution utility. In East Baton Rouge Parish the cooperative DEMCO also serves homes; in Orleans Parish, Entergy New Orleans; in Calcasieu Parish, Cleco Power. A parish or ZIP code is therefore not enough to know which utility serves a home: Entergy Louisiana's own service map decides by address.

Counties where Entergy Louisiana reports customers in Louisiana
Counties where Entergy Louisiana reports customers in LouisianaAcadia Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesAllen Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesAscension Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityAssumption Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesAvoyelles Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesBeauregard Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesBienville Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesBossier Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityCaddo Parish: not served by Entergy LouisianaCalcasieu Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 4 other utilitiesCaldwell Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityCameron Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesCatahoula Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesClaiborne Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityConcordia Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesDe Soto Parish: not served by Entergy LouisianaEast Baton Rouge Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityEast Carroll Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityEast Feliciana Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityEvangeline Parish: not served by Entergy LouisianaFranklin Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesGrant Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesIberia Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesIberville Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesJackson Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service (no other utility reported)Jefferson Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service (no other utility reported)Jefferson Davis Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 4 other utilitiesLafayette Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesLafourche Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityLaSalle Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesLincoln Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesLivingston Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityMadison Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityMorehouse Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesNatchitoches Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesOrleans Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityOuachita Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityPlaquemines Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service (no other utility reported)Pointe Coupee Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesRapides Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 5 other utilitiesRed River Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesRichland Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilitySabine Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesSt. Bernard Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilitySt. Charles Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service (no other utility reported)St. Helena Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilitySt. James Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service (no other utility reported)St. John the Baptist Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service (no other utility reported)St. Landry Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesSt. Martin Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 4 other utilitiesSt. Mary Parish: not served by Entergy LouisianaSt. Tammany Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesTangipahoa Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesTensas Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesTerrebonne Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesUnion Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityVermilion Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 7 other utilitiesVernon Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesWashington Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilitiesWebster Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 3 other utilitiesWest Baton Rouge Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityWest Carroll Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityWest Feliciana Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 1 other utilityWinn Parish: Entergy Louisiana reports service, with 2 other utilities

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 60 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.

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CountyOther utilities reporting service
Acadia ParishCleco Power, SLEMCO, City of Rayne
Allen ParishCleco Power, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative
Ascension ParishDEMCO
Assumption ParishCleco Power, South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association
Avoyelles ParishCleco Power, SLEMCO
Beauregard ParishCleco Power, Beauregard Electric Cooperative
Bienville ParishSWEPCO, Claiborne Electric Cooperative
Bossier ParishSWEPCO
Calcasieu ParishCleco Power, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Town of Vinton
Caldwell ParishConcordia Electric Cooperative
Cameron ParishSLEMCO, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative
Catahoula ParishCleco Power, Concordia Electric Cooperative, City of Jonesville
Claiborne ParishClaiborne Electric Cooperative
Concordia ParishConcordia Electric Cooperative, Town of Vidalia
East Baton Rouge ParishDEMCO
East Carroll ParishNortheast Louisiana Power Cooperative
East Feliciana ParishDEMCO
Franklin ParishConcordia Electric Cooperative, Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative
Grant ParishCleco Power, SWEPCO, Concordia Electric Cooperative
Iberia ParishCleco Power, SLEMCO
Iberville ParishPointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation, City of Plaquemine
Jackson Parishnone
Jefferson Davis ParishCleco Power, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Town of Welsh
Jefferson Parishnone
Lafayette ParishSLEMCO, City of Lafayette
Lafourche ParishSouth Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association
LaSalle ParishCleco Power, Concordia Electric Cooperative
Lincoln ParishClaiborne Electric Cooperative, City of Ruston
Livingston ParishDEMCO
Madison ParishNortheast Louisiana Power Cooperative
Morehouse ParishNortheast Louisiana Power Cooperative, Ashley Chicot Electric Cooperative
Natchitoches ParishCleco Power, SWEPCO, City of Natchitoches
Orleans ParishEntergy New Orleans
Ouachita ParishClaiborne Electric Cooperative
Plaquemines Parishnone
Pointe Coupee ParishPointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation, City of New Roads
Rapides ParishCleco Power, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, City of Alexandria, Concordia Electric Cooperative, Town of Boyce
Red River ParishCleco Power, SWEPCO
Richland ParishNortheast Louisiana Power Cooperative
Sabine ParishCleco Power, SWEPCO
St. Bernard ParishEntergy New Orleans
St. Charles Parishnone
St. Helena ParishDEMCO
St. James Parishnone
St. John the Baptist Parishnone
St. Landry ParishCleco Power, SLEMCO
St. Martin ParishCleco Power, SLEMCO, South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association, City of St Martinville
St. Tammany ParishCleco Power, Washington-St Tammany E C
Tangipahoa ParishDEMCO, Washington-St Tammany E C
Tensas ParishConcordia Electric Cooperative, Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative
Terrebonne ParishSouth Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association, Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
Union ParishClaiborne Electric Cooperative
Vermilion ParishCleco Power, SLEMCO, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, City of Abbeville, City of Kaplan, City of Erath, Town of Gueydan
Vernon ParishCleco Power, SWEPCO, Beauregard Electric Cooperative
Washington ParishCleco Power, Washington-St Tammany E C
Webster ParishSWEPCO, Claiborne Electric Cooperative, City of Minden
West Baton Rouge ParishPointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation
West Carroll ParishNortheast Louisiana Power Cooperative
West Feliciana ParishDEMCO
Winn ParishSWEPCO, City of Winnfield

Outages, smart meters and rooftop solar

Entergy Louisiana customers averaged 253 minutes without power in 2025 including major events, fewer than the Louisiana average of 267 minutes, and 218 minutes excluding them, against 216 minutes for the state. They had 1.84 interruptions on average, fewer than the state's 2.20. Entergy Louisiana reports these under the IEEE 1366 standard. Louisiana as a whole ranked 4th highest9 among the states on ordinary-day outage minutes.

Advanced meters were on 99.3% of residential accounts in 2025. EIA's meter data for Entergy Louisiana carry no enrollment count for time-of-use or other time-varying rates; any such option appears in the rate schedules on file with the commission. Rooftop solar is uncommon: 15,186 net-metered residential installations totalling 124.2 megawatts, or 15.8 per 1,000 customers, against 54.410 at Entergy New Orleans. For the state picture, see electricity in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

What is Entergy Louisiana's rate per kWh?

Residential customers paid an average of 11.90¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 12.34¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, 2026 months preliminary). That is total residential revenue divided by kWh, so it includes the monthly customer charge, the fuel adjustment and the riders. The energy charge printed in the rate schedule is only one of those parts.

What is the average Entergy Louisiana electric bill?

$146.76 a month in 2025 for 1,233 kWh1, against $135.284 in 2024. Summer bills are higher: EIA's monthly data put the average at $209.18 in August 2026 and $111.78 in November 20252.

Did Entergy Louisiana raise rates in 2026?

EIA's latest monthly figure shows a small change: in August 20263 the residential average was 11.70¢ per kWh, +0.4%2 against the same month of 2025 (preliminary). The larger step came between 2024 and 2025, when the annual average rose 7.7%1. Individual rate changes are decided by the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

Can I choose another electricity provider instead of Entergy Louisiana?

No. Louisiana has no residential retail choice (0.0%1 of residential customers bought from a competitive supplier in 2025). The utility whose territory covers your address supplies and delivers your power.

Related pages

Sources

  1. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  2. EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  3. EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  4. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
  5. EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  6. HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
  7. EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  8. Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
  9. EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  10. EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov

How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.