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The average electric bill in Louisiana

Louisiana households paid $153.32 a month for electricity in 2025, at 12.52¢ per kilowatt-hour for 1,225 kWh a month. That is 4% above the national median, and ranks #21 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$153.32
US median $147.18
Price
12.52¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
1,225
kWh per month
Households
2,156,711
residential accounts

What each Louisiana utility charges, most expensive first

Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc charges 14.80¢ per kWh and City of Ruston - (LA) charges 5.62¢ — 2.6× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 9,366 homes14.80¢per kWh$182.771,235 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
2Pointe Coupee Elec Member CorpCooperative · 8,254 homes14.78¢per kWh$177.741,203 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
3Cleco Power LLCInvestor Owned · 252,816 homes14.26¢per kWh$177.571,245 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
4Southwestern Electric Power CoInvestor Owned · 206,984 homes13.85¢per kWh$162.771,175 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
5Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)Cooperative · 111,329 homes13.53¢per kWh$180.071,331 kWh/mo1.02× cheaper
6Claiborne Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 21,354 homes13.32¢per kWh$153.161,150 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
7Entergy New Orleans, LLCInvestor Owned · 188,385 homes13.20¢per kWh$138.231,047 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
8Concordia Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 11,832 homes13.15¢per kWh$128.42977 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
9Beauregard Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 40,452 homes13.14¢per kWh$168.181,280 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
10South Louisiana Elec Coop AssnCooperative · 17,335 homes12.25¢per kWh$154.651,263 kWh/mo1.13× cheaper
11Entergy Louisiana LLCInvestor Owned · 961,871 homes11.90¢per kWh$146.761,233 kWh/mo1.16× cheaper
12Southwest Louisiana E M CCooperative · 109,628 homes11.57¢per kWh$162.401,404 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper
13City of Lafayette - (LA)Municipal · 60,634 homes11.51¢per kWh$138.971,208 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper
14Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc.Cooperative · 11,593 homes11.20¢per kWh$159.191,422 kWh/mo1.24× cheaper
15City of Alexandria - (LA)Municipal · 19,425 homes11.05¢per kWh$131.781,193 kWh/mo1.25× cheaper
16Washington-St Tammany E C, IncCooperative · 51,187 homes11.04¢per kWh$146.021,323 kWh/mo1.25× cheaper
17Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov'tMunicipal · 11,403 homes10.73¢per kWh$137.091,278 kWh/mo1.29× cheaper
18City of NatchitochesMunicipal · 7,196 homes10.63¢per kWh$111.981,054 kWh/mo1.30× cheaper
19Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 8,485 homes9.92¢per kWh$128.441,295 kWh/mo1.40× cheaper
20City of Ruston - (LA)Municipal · 10,021 homes5.62¢per kWh$52.56936 kWh/mo2.46× 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 Louisiana utility also leaves customers without power for 4.3 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Louisiana utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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