Utah electricity rates and bills

How Utah's price per kWh ranks

For September 2025 to August 2026, the residential average in Utah came to 13.26¢ per kWh: 4.78¢ per kWh less than the US average, and 5th lowest¹ of the 51 states and DC. EIA builds this figure by dividing residential revenue by residential kWh sold, so customer charges and adjustments are spread across every kWh. No single line on a utility tariff equals it.

Calendar 2025 gives 13.02¢ per kWh (7th lowest⁴); January to August 2026 gives 13.19¢ per kWh. The single month of August 2026 gives 13.31¢ per kWh, tied for 3rd lowest, a change of −2.3% against August 2025 (13.62¢ per kWh); the US average changed +3.4%¹ over the same months. EIA marks every month of 2026 preliminary.

Of the 5 bordering states, 1 had a lower residential average on a 12-month basis: Idaho had the lowest (12.77¢ per kWh) and Colorado the highest (16.61¢ per kWh¹). The table adds the 12-month change and the 2025 bill.

Small bills: modest use at a low price

EIA's 2025 bill for a Utah home, $99.06 a month, came in $51.62 less a month than the US average. Both halves of the bill helped: a low price, and consumption of 761 kWh a month where the average US home used 874 kWh. Compared with 2024 ($94.57⁵), Utah's bill grew 4.7%; the national bill grew 5.9%². Computed for September 2025 to August 2026, Utah's monthly figure is $104.09 on 785 kWh¹.

Census data point the same way. Asked about their last monthly bill in the 2025 American Community Survey, Utah households that pay for electricity gave a median near $115, where the nationwide median was $169. Under $100: 43.4%, the 2nd highest share in the country. $250 or more: 12.4% (the lowest among the states; margin of error ±0.5 percentage points), against 26.6%⁶ nationally. These are recalled bills that include taxes, and the median is our estimate from the survey's ranges.

An older source, EIA's Residential Energy Consumption Survey for 2020 (a pandemic year), estimated yearly electricity spending of $1,041 per Utah household, 4th lowest of the states; the US estimate was $1,380⁷.

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

Utah

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
Utah	14.9%	28.5%	22.4%	13.4%	8.4%	12.4%
United States	5.2%	17.9%	20.7%	16.7%	13.0%	26.6%

Summer air conditioning, not winter heat

Winters are cold: NOAA counts 6,492 heating degree days in an average year of 2016–2025, 13th highest⁸ of 48 states plus DC. Electric heating is uncommon, though. The Census Bureau found 17.2% of Utah homes using electricity as the main heating fuel in 2025 (8th lowest; nationwide 41.8%⁹); other homes rely on other fuels. In EIA's 2020 survey, space heating took 6% of Utah's home electricity use (US: 12%) and air conditioning 18%⁷.

The result is a summer peak. Across September 2025 to August 2026, the heaviest month per home was July 2026 (1,292 kWh) and the lightest April 2026 (593 kWh): 2.2 times as much. Price per kWh varied far less, between 12.88¢ per kWh (January 2026) and 14.03¢ per kWh (September 2025). August 2026 brought 1,230 kWh of use and a $163.76 bill per Utah home; the nationwide bill that month was $209.23¹.

At Rocky Mountain Power the swing over the same 12 months ran from an average bill of $75.68 in April 2026 to $176.54 in July 2026¹⁰ (preliminary).

799Sep

620Oct

619Nov

695Dec

751Jan

626Feb

630Mar

593Apr

674May

900Jun

1,292Jul

1,230Aug

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	799	14.03¢
October 2025	620	13.61¢
November 2025	619	13.02¢
December 2025	695	12.95¢
January 2026	751	12.88¢
February 2026	626	13.33¢
March 2026	630	13.17¢
April 2026	593	13.29¢
May 2026	674	12.96¢
June 2026	900	13.37¢
July 2026	1,292	13.12¢
August 2026	1,230	13.31¢

Rocky Mountain Power and Utah's city utilities

Rocky Mountain Power, the Utah business of PacifiCorp, has 79.6% of Utah's homes on its lines, roughly 969,000, and reports service in 26¹¹ of Utah's 29 counties. Its residential average for 2025 was 13.52¢ per kWh, 8.0% higher than the 12.52¢ per kWh¹² of 2024, and its customers' bill averaged $100.84 for 746 kWh³ a month. The preliminary figure for September 2025 to August 2026 is 13.68¢ per kWh¹⁰.

Within its parent company, Utah's customers paid the least. Among PacifiCorp (Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power)'s 4 state utilities with pages here, the lowest 2025 average was Rocky Mountain Power (Utah) at 13.52¢ per kWh and the highest Pacific Power (Oregon) at 15.18¢ per kWh; Rocky Mountain Power in Wyoming averaged 15.13¢ per kWh³. The PacifiCorp page compares all four.

Most of the other homes are served by city-owned utilities. Provo City Corp (3.0% of residential customers), City of St George (2.4%) and Lehi City Corporation (2.3%) are the largest; Dixie Escalante R E A, a cooperative in the southwest, serves 2.3%. In 2025, Utah's public power utilities averaged 12.01¢ per kWh for 192,985 residential customers and its cooperatives 9.70¢ per kWh for 55,802, both below Rocky Mountain Power. Of the 13 Utah utilities serving 10,000 homes or more, Rocky Mountain Power ranked 2nd highest. Dixie Escalante R E A was lowest (9.17¢ per kWh) and Heber Light & Power Company highest (14.40¢ per kWh), 5.23¢ per kWh³ apart.

Dixie Escalante R E A9.17¢

Moon Lake Electric Association9.30¢

Lehi City Corporation10.05¢

Spanish Fork City Corporation10.39¢

Provo City Corp11.38¢

Garkane Energy Cooperative11.62¢

City of St George11.71¢

City of Murray12.45¢

City of Springville12.95¢

City of Logan12.99¢

Utah average13.02¢

City of Bountiful13.48¢

Rocky Mountain Power13.52¢

Heber Light & Power Company14.40¢

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
Dixie Escalante R E A	9.17¢
Moon Lake Electric Association	9.30¢
Lehi City Corporation	10.05¢
Spanish Fork City Corporation	10.39¢
Provo City Corp	11.38¢
Garkane Energy Cooperative	11.62¢
City of St George	11.71¢
City of Murray	12.45¢
City of Springville	12.95¢
City of Logan	12.99¢
Utah average	13.02¢
City of Bountiful	13.48¢
Rocky Mountain Power	13.52¢
Heber Light & Power Company	14.40¢

A low price per kWh does not guarantee a low bill, because use per home differs widely between utilities. Dixie Escalante R E A, with the lowest average price among the larger utilities, had one of the highest average bills, as the next chart shows.

Dixie Escalante R E A$122.54

Heber Light & Power Company$118.06

City of Bountiful$114.54

City of St George$108.62

City of Springville$102.03

Garkane Energy Cooperative$101.53

Rocky Mountain Power$100.84

Utah average$99.06

Moon Lake Electric Association$91.06

Lehi City Corporation$83.59

City of Murray$74.29

Spanish Fork City Corporation$72.08

Provo City Corp$70.42

City of Logan$65.48

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	Monthly bill
Dixie Escalante R E A	$122.54
Heber Light & Power Company	$118.06
City of Bountiful	$114.54
City of St George	$108.62
City of Springville	$102.03
Garkane Energy Cooperative	$101.53
Rocky Mountain Power	$100.84
Utah average	$99.06
Moon Lake Electric Association	$91.06
Lehi City Corporation	$83.59
City of Murray	$74.29
Spanish Fork City Corporation	$72.08
Provo City Corp	$70.42
City of Logan	$65.48

Utah has no retail choice. EIA recorded 0.0%³ of homes buying from an alternative supplier in 2025; the local utility both delivers and sells the power. Territories are tightly drawn. EIA's service-territory records show two or more distribution utilities in 23 of the 29 counties, and 8¹¹ in Millard County.

Rocky Mountain Power only (of these)Provo City Corp only (of these)City of St George only (of these)Dixie Escalante R E A only (of these)Lehi City Corporation 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.

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County	Utilities reporting service
Beaver County	Rocky Mountain Power, Beaver City Corporation
Box Elder County	Rocky Mountain Power, Brigham City Corporation, Raft Rural Electric Cooperative
Cache County	Rocky Mountain Power, City of Logan, Hyrum City Corporation
Carbon County	Rocky Mountain Power, Price Municipal Corporation, City of Helper
Daggett County	Moon Lake Electric Association, Bridger Valley Electric Association, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Davis County	Rocky Mountain Power, City of Bountiful, Kaysville City Corporation
Duchesne County	Rocky Mountain Power, Moon Lake Electric Association
Emery County	Rocky Mountain Power
Garfield County	Rocky Mountain Power, Garkane Energy Cooperative, Ticaboo Electric Improvement District
Grand County	Rocky Mountain Power
Iron County	Rocky Mountain Power, Dixie Escalante R E A, Garkane Energy Cooperative, Parowan City Corporation, Town of Paragonah
Juab County	Rocky Mountain Power, Nephi City Corporation, Levan Town Corporation, Mt Wheeler Power
Kane County	Garkane Energy Cooperative
Millard County	Rocky Mountain Power, Dixie Escalante R E A, Fillmore City Corporation, Kanosh Town Corporation, Town of Oak City, Town of Holden, Mt Wheeler Power, Meadow Town Corporation
Morgan County	Rocky Mountain Power, Morgan City
Piute County	Rocky Mountain Power, Garkane Energy Cooperative
Rich County	Rocky Mountain Power
Salt Lake County	Rocky Mountain Power, City of Murray, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
San Juan County	Rocky Mountain Power, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, City of Blanding, Empire Electric Association, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Sanpete County	Rocky Mountain Power, City of Mt Pleasant, City of Ephraim, City of Manti, Fairview City Corporation, Spring City Corporation
Sevier County	Rocky Mountain Power, Garkane Energy Cooperative, City of Monroe
Summit County	Rocky Mountain Power, Bridger Valley Electric Association
Tooele County	Rocky Mountain Power, Wells Rural Electric Co, Mt Wheeler Power
Uintah County	Rocky Mountain Power, Moon Lake Electric Association, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Utah County	Rocky Mountain Power, Provo City Corp, Lehi City Corporation, Spanish Fork City Corporation, City of Springville, Payson City Corporation, Salem City Corporation, Strawberry Electric Serv Dist
Wasatch County	Rocky Mountain Power, Heber Light & Power Company, Moon Lake Electric Association
Washington County	Rocky Mountain Power, City of St George, Dixie Escalante R E A, City of Washington, Garkane Energy Cooperative, Hurricane City Power, City of Santa Clara, City of Enterprise
Wayne County	Garkane Energy Cooperative
Weber County	Rocky Mountain Power

Utah County

Utah County shows how fragmented service is along the Wasatch Front. EIA's records for the county list Rocky Mountain Power alongside the city utilities of Provo, Lehi, Spanish Fork, Springville, Payson and Salem and the Strawberry Electric Service District. The chart compares the 2025 residential averages of the largest of them; city boundaries do not always match service boundaries, so the utility's own map decides by address.

Lehi City Corporation (UT)10.05¢

Spanish Fork City Corporation (UT)10.39¢

Provo City Corp (UT)11.38¢

City of Springville (UT)12.95¢

Rocky Mountain Power (UT)13.52¢

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 residential price (bundled customers)
Lehi City Corporation (UT)	10.05¢
Spanish Fork City Corporation (UT)	10.39¢
Provo City Corp (UT)	11.38¢
City of Springville (UT)	12.95¢
Rocky Mountain Power (UT)	13.52¢

Price history: slower growth than the US

From 6.72¢ per kWh in 2001, Utah's residential average reached 13.02¢ per kWh by 2025, a 93.8% increase; the US average went up 100.8% across those years. The two paths crossed. Up to 2015 Utah's price climbed faster, from 6.72¢ per kWh to 10.88¢ per kWh while the US average went from 8.58¢ per kWh¹⁴ to 12.65¢ per kWh. Between 2015 and 2025 Utah's average climbed 19.7% (9th lowest of the states) and the national one 36.2%. Year on year, Utah's annual price went up 20 times after 2002; 2021⁴ was the most recent decline.

Recent years ran closer to the national pace. From 2024 to 2025 the residential average went up 6.5% (US 4.6%⁴), and over the last 12 months it was 3.5% above the 12 before (US 6.5%¹).

UtahUnited 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	Utah (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
2001	6.72¢	8.58¢
2002	6.79¢	8.44¢
2003	6.90¢	8.72¢
2004	7.21¢	8.95¢
2005	7.52¢	9.45¢
2006	7.59¢	10.40¢
2007	8.15¢	10.65¢
2008	8.25¢	11.26¢
2009	8.48¢	11.51¢
2010	8.71¢	11.54¢
2011	8.96¢	11.72¢
2012	9.93¢	11.88¢
2013	10.37¢	12.13¢
2014	10.65¢	12.52¢
2015	10.88¢	12.65¢
2016	11.02¢	12.55¢
2017	10.95¢	12.89¢
2018	10.41¢	12.87¢
2019	10.40¢	13.01¢
2020	10.44¢	13.15¢
2021	10.43¢	13.66¢
2022	10.84¢	15.04¢
2023	11.20¢	16.00¢
2024	12.22¢	16.48¢
2025	13.02¢	17.23¢

Business prices moved differently in the latest month. In August 2026, against August 2025, Utah's commercial price changed −4.0% and its industrial price −8.0%, while the US averages changed +4.3% and +7.3%. One month is preliminary and volatile; over the last 12 months Utah's industrial price changed +3.3% and its industrial customers paid 8.58¢ per kWh, 3.7% below the US average¹.

Coal still leads, solar has grown fast

In 2025, 47.2% of the power generated in Utah came from coal, 6th highest of the states, against 75.5% a decade earlier. Gas plants supplied 30.2%. Solar is the fast riser: 0.1% in 2015, 17.4% in 2025, 4th highest nationally, where the US share was 6.8%. Wind (2.1%) and hydro (1.4%) are small, and nuclear is absent. Total output of 38.1 terawatt-hours in 2025 matched 108%¹⁵ of in-state retail sales.

Natural gasCoalNuclearHydroWindSolarPetroleumOther

Utah, 2025

Utah, 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
Utah, 2025	30.2%	47.2%	0.0%	1.4%	2.1%	17.4%	0.1%	1.6%
Utah, 2015	19.6%	75.5%	0.0%	1.8%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	1.5%
United States, 2025	40.9%	16.6%	17.7%	5.5%	10.4%	6.8%	0.4%	1.7%

Few interruptions, many solar roofs, little time-of-use

Utah customers had 0.67 interruptions on average in 2025, the 2nd lowest figure among the states, and 116 minutes without power counting major events (tied for 5th lowest); excluding major event days it was 90 minutes. Rocky Mountain Power reported 118 minutes and 0.90¹⁶ interruptions per customer. Every state's figures are in the power outages ranking.

Rooftop solar is widespread. EIA counted 86,164 homes with net-metered systems in 2025, or 66.0 per 1,000 residential customers (10th highest; US 38.1). Rocky Mountain Power accounted for 78,575¹⁷. The net metering guide explains how solar customers are credited.

Time-varying rates are rare: 0.4% of Utah homes in 2025, against 11.3% across the US. That is despite 87.8% of the state's residential meters being advanced meters, which can record use by the hour (97.6%¹⁷ at Rocky Mountain Power).

Alabama 0.0Hawaii 232.3

Source: EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering. Each dot is a state. Residential photovoltaic installations under net metering (EIA-861) per 1,000 residential customers. Period: 2025.

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State	Net-metered solar per 1,000 homes
Hawaii	232.3
California	156.0
Nevada	106.7
Arizona	104.2
Connecticut	75.6
Colorado	73.8
Massachusetts	71.9
New Mexico	68.2
District of Columbia	66.1
Utah	66.0
New Jersey	58.0
Maryland	48.1
Rhode Island	43.0
New Hampshire	38.3
New York	33.7
Oregon	32.6
Delaware	31.5
Florida	29.9
Vermont	29.9
Idaho	26.9
Maine	25.4
Montana	22.2
Illinois	22.0
Virginia	20.2
Washington	19.4
Pennsylvania	16.9
Louisiana	16.7
South Carolina	15.7
Iowa	13.2
Arkansas	13.1
North Carolina	12.4
Wyoming	12.1
Missouri	11.3
Texas	10.8
Minnesota	10.2
Alaska	10.0
Oklahoma	9.6
Wisconsin	7.5
Kansas	7.4
Michigan	5.9
Ohio	5.8
West Virginia	5.6
Kentucky	5.3
Georgia	4.2
Indiana	3.7
Nebraska	3.6
Mississippi	1.5
South Dakota	1.3
North Dakota	0.2
Alabama	0.0
Tennessee	0.0

Help paying a Utah electric bill

Federal energy assistance (the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP) gave Utah $28.6 million for fiscal 2026. Spread over all occupied homes that is $23.69 each, 15th lowest of the states. The opening fiscal 2027 allocation came to $25.2 million¹⁸. Eligibility and the utilities' own payment programs are covered in our guide to help paying an electric bill.