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The average electric bill in Iowa

Iowa households paid $117.30 a month for electricity in 2025, at 13.62¢ per kilowatt-hour for 861 kWh a month. That is 20% below the national median, and ranks #43 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$117.30
US median $147.18
Price
13.62¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
861
kWh per month
Households
1,460,591
residential accounts

What each Iowa utility charges, most expensive first

Interstate Power and Light Co charges 17.77¢ per kWh and North West Rural Electric Coop charges 9.42¢ — 1.9× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Interstate Power and Light CoInvestor Owned · 419,451 homes17.77¢per kWh$131.38739 kWh/mo1.28× dearer
2MiEnergy CooperativeCooperative · 6,023 homes17.20¢per kWh$177.371,031 kWh/mo1.24× dearer
3Consumers Energy Coop - (IA)Cooperative · 7,121 homes14.85¢per kWh$160.491,081 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
4Eastern Iowa Light & Power CoopCooperative · 20,472 homes14.81¢per kWh$177.311,197 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
5Access Energy CoopCooperative · 8,890 homes14.81¢per kWh$162.681,098 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
6Butler County Rural Elec Coop - (IA)Cooperative · 3,903 homes14.50¢per kWh$208.641,439 kWh/mo1.05× dearer
7City of Independence - (IA)Municipal · 2,737 homes14.45¢per kWh$97.65676 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
8Corridor Energy CooperativeCooperative · 30,992 homes14.18¢per kWh$125.74887 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
9Prairie Energy CoopCooperative · 3,433 homes14.14¢per kWh$192.711,363 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
10Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec CoopCooperative · 11,161 homes13.80¢per kWh$153.481,112 kWh/mo1.00× cheaper
11Iowa Lakes Electric CoopCooperative · 9,757 homes13.78¢per kWh$209.521,520 kWh/mo1.00× cheaper
12Midland Power CoopCooperative · 12,083 homes13.66¢per kWh$202.011,479 kWh/mo1.01× cheaper
13City of Maquoketa - (IA)Municipal · 2,804 homes13.56¢per kWh$98.43726 kWh/mo1.02× cheaper
14East-Central Iowa Rural Elec CoopCooperative · 7,417 homes13.13¢per kWh$186.491,420 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
15Board of Water Electric & CommunicationsMunicipal · 10,105 homes12.89¢per kWh$107.43833 kWh/mo1.07× cheaper
16Heartland Power CoopCooperative · 4,357 homes12.84¢per kWh$207.871,619 kWh/mo1.08× cheaper
17City of Ames - (IA)Municipal · 25,123 homes12.12¢per kWh$72.36597 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
18Cedar Falls UtilitiesMunicipal · 17,746 homes11.56¢per kWh$96.58836 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper
19MidAmerican Energy CoInvestor Owned · 639,558 homes11.21¢per kWh$92.85828 kWh/mo1.23× cheaper
20North West Rural Electric CoopCooperative · 9,461 homes9.42¢per kWh$216.472,299 kWh/mo1.47× 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 Iowa utility also leaves customers without power for 1.6 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Iowa utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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