Louisiana households paid an average of 12.87¢ per kWh in August 2026, 29% below the US average and +2.5% on a year earlier. That ranks #50 of 51, most expensive first.
Source EIA, residential retail priceLatest month August 2026
Average residential priceLA
12.87¢/kWh
Typical bill
$158/mo
Average use
1,211kWh
EV, 1,000 mi
$36/mo
Thirteen months of prices
Average residential price by month, ¢/kWh (EIA). Highest 14.44¢ in April 2026, lowest 12.33¢ in September 2025. Download the data (CSV)
Utilities and rate plans
Each utility’s current residential tariffs, transcribed from its tariff sheets, with periods, tiers, fixed charge and a typical bill. Customer counts from EIA-861 (2025).
Each row prices a utility’s standard plan for a typical home. The Louisiana average of 13.02¢/kWh (EIA, 12 months) is what every household in the state actually paid, including utilities not modeled here and discounted low-income bills, so it can sit below every row.
Prices exclude the City of New Orleans franchise fee added to every bill (5%, or 2% in Algiers/Fifteenth Ward) and sales tax.
Rates by city
Cities of 100,000 or more whose utility is modeled here.
Against the national average and states with similar prices
Average residential ¢/kWh, August 2026 (EIA).
Louisiana12.87¢
United States18.16¢
Nevada12.72¢
North Dakota13.31¢
Utah13.31¢
Idaho13.37¢
Charging an electric car in Louisiana
Driving a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD 1,000 miles a month takes 275 kWh from the wall (EPA 27.5 kWh/100 mi), about $36 at the state average. A 25.5 mpg gasoline car covering the same distance at $3.81 a gallon (Gulf Coast (PADD 3) average, October 2026) costs about $149.
On a time-of-use plan, charging in the cheapest hours beats the flat average. The table shows, for each utility, the plan with the lowest total bill for a typical Louisiana home that adds 1,000 EV miles a month, averaged over the year, and what plugging in at 6 pm would cost instead.
Over the last 12 months the average price was 13.02¢ per kWh and the average home used 1,211 kWh a month, so a typical Louisiana household spent about $158 a month on electricity, or $1,892 a year. Use is 38% above the US average of 875 kWh a month, peaking in August at 1,763 kWh.
The state average hides the real spread. Utilities in the same state charge different prices, and on a time-of-use plan the same kWh costs more in the peak hours than off-peak; each utility page shows by how much. Open Entergy Louisiana’s page to see its plans, prices by hour and fixed charge, or run the calculators below with Louisiana preloaded.
Natural gas for homes averaged $2.02 per therm over the 12 months to April 2026 (EIA, all charges included), and a typical gas-heated home uses about 215 therms a year for heating. The heat pump calculator compares that with electric heating on your plan.
A south-facing, 20° rooftop array in Louisiana produces about 1,440 kWh per installed kW a year (NREL PVWatts at the state’s population center). What that is worth depends on your utility’s export rule, shown on each utility’s page.
Louisiana electricity: common questions
How much does electricity cost in Louisiana?
Homes in Louisiana paid an average of 12.87¢ per kWh in August 2026, against 18.16¢ for the US, which ranks the state #50 of 51 from most expensive. Over the last 12 months the average was 13.02¢. These are EIA averages of what households actually paid, fixed charges included; your utility and plan set your own price.
What is the average electric bill in Louisiana?
About $158 a month ($1,892 a year): the average Louisiana home used 1,211 kWh a month over the last 12 months at an average 13.02¢/kWh. Use peaks in August, at 1,763 kWh.
Are electricity prices going up in Louisiana?
Louisiana's average residential price was 12.87¢/kWh in August 2026, 2.5% higher than a year earlier. Over the last ten years the 12-month average has changed by +3.4% a year, against +3.7% a year for the US.
How much does it cost to charge an electric car in Louisiana?
Driving 1,000 miles a month in a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD takes 275 kWh from the wall, about $36 at the state's average home price, against about $149 of gasoline for a 25.5 mpg car. On a time-of-use plan, charging overnight can cost less than that.
Do Louisiana utilities offer time-of-use plans?
None of the Entergy Louisiana, Cleco, Entergy New Orleans plans modeled here is time-of-use: the price per kWh does not depend on the hour.