Cheapest & Most Expensive Electric Utilities
All 1,324 tracked US utilities ranked by average residential bill — the extremes, plus how ownership types compare. 2024 EIA-861 annual data.
The most expensive utility bill in America is Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc (AK) at $332.46/month — while BPROUD (CA) costs just $7.30. The cheapest utilities are typically publicly owned systems in hydro-heavy regions.
The 20 priciest utilities
Average residential bill, 2024 annual — these are the outliers, usually isolated systems or high-cost regions.
| # | Utility | State | Res. customers | Avg bill | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc | AK | 7,689 | $332.46/mo | 69.95¢/kWh |
| 2 | Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH) | OH | 11,374 | $241.03/mo | 18.16¢/kWh |
| 3 | Roanoke Electric Member Corp | NC | 12,049 | $240.29/mo | 21.14¢/kWh |
| 4 | Wise Electric Coop Inc | TX | 20,137 | $226.31/mo | 15.56¢/kWh |
| 5 | Northern Electric Coop, Inc | SD | 5,757 | $225.58/mo | 11.29¢/kWh |
| 6 | Kauai Island Utility Cooperative | HI | 30,109 | $221.37/mo | 41.29¢/kWh |
| 7 | Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc | HI | 78,386 | $219.77/mo | 48.31¢/kWh |
| 8 | Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | TX | 11,527 | $219.37/mo | 16.09¢/kWh |
| 9 | HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc. | TX | 26,883 | $215.86/mo | 14.91¢/kWh |
| 10 | Maui Electric Co Ltd | HI | 61,811 | $214.62/mo | 43.96¢/kWh |
| 11 | Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | ND | 5,721 | $213.40/mo | 12.01¢/kWh |
| 12 | Eastern Illinois Elec Coop | IL | 11,115 | $211.56/mo | 17.1¢/kWh |
| 13 | Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc | OH | 16,349 | $208.01/mo | 19.9¢/kWh |
| 14 | Pioneer Rural Elec Coop, Inc - (OH) | OH | 16,310 | $207.72/mo | 16.18¢/kWh |
| 15 | Imperial Irrigation District | CA | 142,078 | $207.56/mo | 17.91¢/kWh |
| 16 | Southern Rivers Energy | GA | 20,411 | $207.28/mo | 16.41¢/kWh |
| 17 | Diverse Power Incorporated | GA | 31,998 | $207.24/mo | 16.75¢/kWh |
| 18 | Consolidated Cooperative | OH | 16,897 | $204.54/mo | 16.11¢/kWh |
| 19 | North West Rural Electric Coop | IA | 9,400 | $203.60/mo | 9.26¢/kWh |
| 20 | Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC) | SC | 17,672 | $203.33/mo | 18.51¢/kWh |
The 20 cheapest utilities
Same data, flipped. Public hydro systems dominate.
| # | Utility | State | Res. customers | Avg bill | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | BPROUD | CA | 15,032 | $7.30/mo | 8.48¢/kWh |
| 19 | City of Solana Beach | CA | 6,306 | $7.96/mo | 4.61¢/kWh |
| 18 | Western Community Energy | CA | 97,095 | $19.26/mo | 7.88¢/kWh |
| 17 | CleanPowerSF | CA | 353,982 | $39.15/mo | 14.39¢/kWh |
| 16 | Central Coast Community Energy | CA | 383,835 | $47.60/mo | 13.01¢/kWh |
| 15 | San Diego Community Power | CA | 852,720 | $49.14/mo | 15.62¢/kWh |
| 14 | Community Power Coalition of NH | NH | 104,562 | $49.74/mo | 8.71¢/kWh |
| 13 | Ava Community Energy | CA | 581,804 | $50.40/mo | 14.63¢/kWh |
| 12 | City of Lompoc - (CA) | CA | 13,378 | $51.38/mo | 15.4¢/kWh |
| 11 | City of Niles - (OH) | OH | 11,882 | $51.53/mo | 9.31¢/kWh |
| 10 | City of Ruston - (LA) | LA | 9,900 | $51.69/mo | 5.66¢/kWh |
| 9 | Tahlequah Public Works Authority | OK | 9,605 | $54.10/mo | 9.01¢/kWh |
| 8 | Peninsula Clean Energy Authority | CA | 282,893 | $55.69/mo | 13.58¢/kWh |
| 7 | Sonoma Clean Power Authority | CA | 199,002 | $56.22/mo | 13.04¢/kWh |
| 6 | Redwood Coast Energy Authority | CA | 51,305 | $56.29/mo | 14.7¢/kWh |
| 5 | Clean Energy Alliance | CA | 181,700 | $58.20/mo | 17.48¢/kWh |
| 4 | Santa Barbara Clean Energy | CA | 32,140 | $59.22/mo | 17.57¢/kWh |
| 3 | City of Gallup - (NM) | NM | 8,484 | $59.57/mo | 12.26¢/kWh |
| 2 | City of Escanaba | MI | 6,037 | $59.87/mo | 12.42¢/kWh |
| 1 | City of Cody | WY | 6,372 | $60.42/mo | 12.57¢/kWh |
Does ownership type change your bill?
Mean average residential bill across tracked utilities by ownership class — not a controlled comparison, but the pattern is real.
| Ownership | Utilities tracked | Mean avg bill |
|---|---|---|
| Cooperative | 638 | $149.13/mo |
| Federal | 2 | $148.27/mo |
| Investor Owned | 166 | $127.44/mo |
| Political Subdivision | 46 | $126.84/mo |
| State | 6 | $113.27/mo |
| Municipal | 438 | $110.85/mo |
| Community Choice Aggregator | 28 | $65.72/mo |
Means of unweighted utility averages — a 5,000-customer co-op counts the same as a 5-million-customer investor-owned company. Utility figures are 2024 annual residential data (EIA-861); monthly state figures are on the state pages.
Data: EIA-861 annual residential sales (utilities ≥5,000 customers; Retail Power Marketers excluded), 2024. See the methodology.