Arkansas Electricity Utilities & Rates

39 electric utilities serve Arkansas · EIA Form 861 2025, with monthly prices through August 2026

Utilities

Customers

1,766,194

Electricity sold

53,575 GWh

Residential rate (2025)

12.87¢

Avg residential bill

$138/mo

Residential price (August 2026)

14.37¢

Average Arkansas electricity prices, 2025

Customer class	Avg price	Avg monthly use	Avg monthly bill
Residential	12.87¢	1,076 kWh	$138.42
Commercial	10.76¢	4,773 kWh	$513.42
Industrial	6.69¢	48,659 kWh	$3,255.74

EIA Form 861 average-bill tables for 2025: total class revenue divided by sales and customers as filed. Prices are average realized rates, blending fixed and variable charges - not any single tariff.

Latest monthly prices (EIA-861M, preliminary)

Period	Residential	Commercial	Industrial	All sectors
August 2026	14.37¢	11.73¢	7.85¢	11.33¢
2026 year-to-date	13.74¢	11.55¢	6.96¢	10.42¢

Electric utilities serving Arkansas

Utility	Ownership	Customers in state	Sales (GWh)	Residential rate
Entergy Arkansas LLC	Investor Owned	737,059	25,863	13.36¢
Southwestern Electric Power Co	Investor Owned	129,409	3,493	12.14¢
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)	Cooperative	111,885	2,195	13.40¢
First Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	105,652	2,127	12.93¢
Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR)	Cooperative	79,657	1,374	13.73¢
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Investor Owned	70,399	2,621	11.65¢
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp	Cooperative	59,219	1,200	14.11¢
City Water and Light Plant - (AR)	Municipal	40,997	1,438	7.14¢
City of North Little Rock - (AR)	Municipal	40,750	908	12.49¢
North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	39,225	653	14.17¢
Conway Corporation	Municipal	34,677	874	9.49¢
Craighead Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	33,672	615	12.46¢
Adjustment 2025		29,372	695	12.83¢
Southwest Arkansas E C C	Cooperative	27,970	713	13.93¢
City of Bentonville - (AR)	Municipal	26,295	795	11.77¢
C & L Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	22,311	382	13.84¢
Petit Jean Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	20,995	305	16.62¢
Woodruff Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	19,854	420	12.51¢
City of Benton - (AR)	Municipal	15,226	294	10.39¢
Paragould Municipal Utilities (AR)	Municipal	14,559	580	8.99¢
Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR)	Cooperative	13,298	298	14.43¢
City of West Memphis - (AR)	Municipal	11,871	367	8.43¢
South Central Ark El Coop, Inc	Cooperative	10,714	250	16.05¢
City of Siloam Springs - (AR)	Municipal	10,310	299	11.46¢
Ouachita Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	9,291	257	13.46¢
Rich Mountain Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	9,036	184	—
City of Hope - (AR)	Municipal	6,899	226	12.36¢
Empire District Electric Co	Investor Owned	5,743	181	13.80¢
Ashley Chicot Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	5,118	88.2	—
Farmers Electric Coop Corp - (AR)	Cooperative	5,025	84.5	—
Mississippi County Electric Co	Cooperative	4,965	3,311	9.40¢
Clarksville Connected Utilities	Municipal	4,600	202	10.40¢
City of Osceola - (AR)	Municipal	3,539	126	—
City of Piggott - (AR)	Municipal	2,255	32.2	—
City of Paris - (AR)	Municipal	1,838	36.1	—
City of Prescott - (AR)	Municipal	1,620	76.6	—
City of Augusta - (AR)	Municipal	885	11.0	—
EverBright, LLC	Behind the Meter	3	0.0	12.00¢
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Behind the Meter	1	0.9	—

Cheapest residential electricity in Arkansas (2025)

City Water and Light Plant - (AR) - 7.14¢
City of West Memphis - (AR) - 8.43¢
Paragould Municipal Utilities (AR) - 8.99¢
Mississippi County Electric Co - 9.40¢
Conway Corporation - 9.49¢
City of Benton - (AR) - 10.39¢
Clarksville Connected Utilities - 10.40¢
City of Siloam Springs - (AR) - 11.46¢
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co - 11.65¢
City of Bentonville - (AR) - 11.77¢

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-861 (2025) and EIA-861M (monthly, preliminary).