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The average electric bill in Arkansas

Arkansas households paid $138.42 a month for electricity in 2025, at 12.87¢ per kilowatt-hour for 1,076 kWh a month. That is 6% below the national median, and ranks #31 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$138.42
US median $147.18
Price
12.87¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
1,076
kWh per month
Households
1,491,030
residential accounts

What each Arkansas utility charges, most expensive first

Petit Jean Electric Coop Corp charges 16.62¢ per kWh and City Water and Light Plant - (AR) charges 7.14¢ — 2.3× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Petit Jean Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 18,878 homes16.62¢per kWh$159.56960 kWh/mo1.20× dearer
2South Central Ark El Coop, IncCooperative · 9,447 homes16.05¢per kWh$157.42981 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
3Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR)Cooperative · 10,503 homes14.43¢per kWh$134.19930 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
4North Arkansas Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 36,595 homes14.17¢per kWh$143.251,011 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
5Arkansas Valley Elec Coop CorpCooperative · 55,000 homes14.11¢per kWh$155.621,103 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
6Southwest Arkansas E C CCooperative · 24,974 homes13.93¢per kWh$175.471,260 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
7C & L Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 20,020 homes13.84¢per kWh$151.861,097 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
8Empire District Electric CoInvestor Owned · 4,898 homes13.80¢per kWh$130.25944 kWh/mo1.00× cheaper
9Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR)Cooperative · 74,247 homes13.73¢per kWh$139.951,020 kWh/mo1.01× cheaper
10Ouachita Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 8,392 homes13.46¢per kWh$138.151,026 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
11Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)Cooperative · 104,579 homes13.40¢per kWh$145.321,085 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
12Entergy Arkansas LLCInvestor Owned · 612,254 homes13.36¢per kWh$144.921,085 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
13First Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 96,685 homes12.93¢per kWh$155.381,202 kWh/mo1.07× cheaper
14Woodruff Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 12,100 homes12.51¢per kWh$150.311,201 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
15City of North Little Rock - (AR)Municipal · 35,721 homes12.49¢per kWh$112.16898 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
16Craighead Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 25,180 homes12.46¢per kWh$167.491,344 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
17City of Hope - (AR)Municipal · 5,792 homes12.36¢per kWh$115.50935 kWh/mo1.12× cheaper
18Southwestern Electric Power CoInvestor Owned · 109,777 homes12.14¢per kWh$108.10890 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
19City of Bentonville - (AR)Municipal · 22,559 homes11.77¢per kWh$127.601,084 kWh/mo1.18× cheaper
20Oklahoma Gas & Electric CoInvestor Owned · 58,569 homes11.65¢per kWh$120.791,037 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
21City of Siloam Springs - (AR)Municipal · 9,137 homes11.46¢per kWh$98.62861 kWh/mo1.21× cheaper
22Clarksville Connected UtilitiesMunicipal · 3,812 homes10.40¢per kWh$102.58987 kWh/mo1.33× cheaper
23City of Benton - (AR)Municipal · 13,371 homes10.39¢per kWh$103.55996 kWh/mo1.33× cheaper
24Conway CorporationMunicipal · 31,376 homes9.49¢per kWh$95.561,006 kWh/mo1.46× cheaper
25Mississippi County Electric CoCooperative · 3,247 homes9.40¢per kWh$139.281,482 kWh/mo1.47× cheaper
26Paragould Municipal Utilities (AR)Municipal · 12,647 homes8.99¢per kWh$124.211,382 kWh/mo1.54× cheaper
27City of West Memphis - (AR)Municipal · 10,187 homes8.43¢per kWh$96.931,150 kWh/mo1.64× cheaper
28City Water and Light Plant - (AR)Municipal · 35,335 homes7.14¢per kWh$89.771,258 kWh/mo1.94× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Arkansas utility also leaves customers without power for 5.4 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Arkansas utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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