The average electric bill in Montana
Montana households paid $110.80 a month for electricity in 2025, at 12.99¢ per kilowatt-hour for 853 kWh a month. That is 25% below the national median, and ranks #47 of 51 states, most expensive first.
- Monthly bill
- $110.80
- US median $147.18
- Price
- 12.99¢
- per kWh · US 15.39¢
- Usage
- 853
- kWh per month
- Households
- 565,902
- residential accounts
What each Montana utility charges, most expensive first
Fergus Electric Coop, Inc charges 15.91¢ per kWh and Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc charges 9.20¢ — 1.7× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.
| # | Utility | Price | Typical bill | vs US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergus Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 6,855 homes | 15.91¢per kWh | $142.55896 kWh/mo | 1.15× dearer |
| 2 | NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)Investor Owned · 333,711 homes | 14.42¢per kWh | $101.97707 kWh/mo | 1.04× dearer |
| 3 | Yellowstone Valley Elec Co-opCooperative · 21,471 homes | 14.22¢per kWh | $126.96893 kWh/mo | 1.03× dearer |
| 4 | Northern Lights, IncCooperative · 4,700 homes | 13.06¢per kWh | $118.17905 kWh/mo | 1.06× cheaper |
| 5 | Montana-Dakota Utilities CoInvestor Owned · 19,626 homes | 12.33¢per kWh | $95.31773 kWh/mo | 1.12× cheaper |
| 6 | Fall River Rural Elec Coop IncCooperative · 1,525 homes | 11.11¢per kWh | $122.461,102 kWh/mo | 1.25× cheaper |
| 7 | Missoula Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 14,867 homes | 10.93¢per kWh | $116.711,068 kWh/mo | 1.27× cheaper |
| 8 | Flathead Electric Coop IncCooperative · 64,334 homes | 10.04¢per kWh | $118.871,184 kWh/mo | 1.38× cheaper |
| 9 | USBIA-Mission Valley PowerFederal · 16,353 homes | 9.39¢per kWh | $119.711,274 kWh/mo | 1.47× cheaper |
| 10 | Lower Yellowstone R E A, IncCooperative · 3,247 homes | 9.20¢per kWh | $106.751,160 kWh/mo | 1.50× 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 Montana utility also leaves customers without power for 7.5 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Montana utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.
Other states
- Hawaii$207.89
- Connecticut$206.46
- Maryland$184.42
- Alabama$184.31
- Massachusetts$181.08
- Texas$170.95
- Florida$167.86
- Mississippi$166.05
- Rhode Island$165.62
- West Virginia$165.13
- Virginia$163.05
- Pennsylvania$161.90
- South Carolina$161.21
- Georgia$158.70
- Delaware$157.80
- Arizona$157.15
- New Hampshire$156.94
- Tennessee$156.03
- New York$154.75
- California$154.73
- Louisiana$153.32
- New Jersey$150.59
- Indiana$149.72
- Ohio$147.74