The average electric bill in North Dakota
North Dakota households paid $126.40 a month for electricity in 2025, at 11.82¢ per kilowatt-hour for 1,070 kWh a month. That is 14% below the national median, and ranks #39 of 51 states, most expensive first.
- Monthly bill
- $126.40
- US median $147.18
- Price
- 11.82¢
- per kWh · US 15.39¢
- Usage
- 1,070
- kWh per month
- Households
- 400,162
- residential accounts
What each North Dakota utility charges, most expensive first
McLean Electric Coop, Inc charges 14.64¢ per kWh and Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop charges 7.25¢ — 2.0× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.
| # | Utility | Price | Typical bill | vs US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 3,706 homes | 14.64¢per kWh | $185.731,269 kWh/mo | 1.06× dearer |
| 2 | Slope Electric Coop IncCooperative · 3,214 homes | 14.27¢per kWh | $163.971,149 kWh/mo | 1.03× dearer |
| 3 | Northern States Power Co - MinnesotaInvestor Owned · 83,434 homes | 13.54¢per kWh | $103.92767 kWh/mo | 1.02× cheaper |
| 4 | Capital Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 19,650 homes | 13.53¢per kWh | $139.591,032 kWh/mo | 1.02× cheaper |
| 5 | Dakota Valley Elec Coop IncCooperative · 5,790 homes | 12.74¢per kWh | $231.291,816 kWh/mo | 1.09× cheaper |
| 6 | Nodak Electric Coop IncCooperative · 20,715 homes | 12.69¢per kWh | $195.201,538 kWh/mo | 1.09× cheaper |
| 7 | Cass County Elec Coop IncCooperative · 52,785 homes | 12.66¢per kWh | $130.851,034 kWh/mo | 1.09× cheaper |
| 8 | Verendrye Electric Coop IncCooperative · 14,357 homes | 11.19¢per kWh | $149.511,337 kWh/mo | 1.24× cheaper |
| 9 | Otter Tail Power CoInvestor Owned · 45,437 homes | 11.07¢per kWh | $120.041,084 kWh/mo | 1.25× cheaper |
| 10 | Montana-Dakota Utilities CoInvestor Owned · 79,711 homes | 11.06¢per kWh | $91.60828 kWh/mo | 1.25× cheaper |
| 11 | North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (ND)Cooperative · 6,088 homes | 10.94¢per kWh | $209.761,918 kWh/mo | 1.27× cheaper |
| 12 | Northern Plains Electric CoopCooperative · 10,472 homes | 10.88¢per kWh | $204.081,875 kWh/mo | 1.27× cheaper |
| 13 | Roughrider Electric CooperativCooperative · 11,246 homes | 10.82¢per kWh | $136.141,258 kWh/mo | 1.28× cheaper |
| 14 | Burke-Divide Electric Coop IncCooperative · 1,804 homes | 8.61¢per kWh | $167.961,951 kWh/mo | 1.61× cheaper |
| 15 | McKenzie Electric Coop IncCooperative · 5,367 homes | 8.02¢per kWh | $144.711,804 kWh/mo | 1.73× cheaper |
| 16 | Mountrail-Williams Elec CoopCooperative · 11,485 homes | 7.25¢per kWh | $108.231,493 kWh/mo | 1.91× 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 North Dakota utility also leaves customers without power for 1.9 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See North Dakota 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