Entergy Arkansas peak and off-peak hours
What are Entergy Arkansas’s peak hours?
It depends on the plan. REMT: Mid-peak 6 am–1 pm, Peak 1 pm–7 pm, Mid-peak 7 pm–10 pm, on weekdays, in summer (in winter: Peak 6 am–10 pm); weekends: Mid-peak 6 am–10 pm. Hours are local clock time.
When is electricity cheapest on Entergy Arkansas?
On summer weekdays the lowest price is REMT: 10 pm–6 am next day at 11.2¢/kWh, against 23.5¢ at the peak. RS charges the same price at every hour.
Which Entergy Arkansas plan is cheapest?
For a typical Arkansas home using 1,055 kWh a month, REMT at about $152 a month (14.4¢/kWh all-in, before taxes). With an EV charged at its cheapest hour, REMT gives the lowest total.
Peak and off-peak hours of every utility
Charging an EV on Entergy Arkansas
1,000 miles a month in a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD (275 kWh from the wall, EPA 27.5 kWh/100 mi) at 7.2 kW, added to a typical Arkansas home’s use, on each plan’s cheapest start hour versus plugging in at 6 pm. Averaged over the year.
| Plan | Best start | Charging, best start | Charging from 6 pm | Whole bill with EV |
|---|
| RS | Any | $35/mo | $35/mo | $188/mo |
| REMT | 12 am | $31/mo | $40/mo | $182/mo |
With an EV charged at its best hour, the cheapest plan overall is REMT. Compare plans on your own usage.
How Entergy Arkansas’s plans work
RS (General Purpose Residential Service). In July the first 1,500 kWh a month cost 13.7¢ each; then 17.0¢ above 1,500 kWh a month. An average Arkansas home (1,406 kWh in July) stays within the first tier. Fixed charge: $12.71 a month.
REMT (Residential Energy Management Time-of-Use). Mid-peak 6 am–1 pm, Peak 1 pm–7 pm, Mid-peak 7 pm–10 pm on July weekdays; 6 of 24 hours carry the top price of 23.5¢. The cheapest July weekday hour costs 11.2¢, so moving 1 kWh out of the top hours saves 12.3¢. January weekdays range from 11.2¢ to 12.7¢. Summer pricing applies Jun–Sep; winter pricing Oct–May. Weekends differ: Mid-peak 6 am–10 pm. Fixed charge: $12.71 a month.
Prices on this page are all-in per kWh, before taxes: base rates, supply and every per-kWh rider in the utility’s current tariff sheets. Your bill shows them as separate lines, and riders can change between tariff revisions.
As a cross-check, Entergy Arkansas billed its residential customers an average of 13.36¢ per kWh in 2025 (revenue ÷ sales, EIA-861). A plan taken from URDB is shown only if its all-in price is consistent with that figure, adjusted for Arkansas’s price change since.