Louisiana Electricity Utilities & Rates

38 electric utilities serve Louisiana · EIA Form 861 2025, with monthly prices through August 2026

Utilities

Customers

2,519,736

Electricity sold

98,319 GWh

Residential rate (2025)

12.52¢

Avg residential bill

$153/mo

Residential price (August 2026)

12.87¢

Average Louisiana electricity prices, 2025

Customer class	Avg price	Avg monthly use	Avg monthly bill
Residential	12.52¢	1,225 kWh	$153.32
Commercial	11.19¢	6,629 kWh	$741.78
Industrial	6.18¢	202,159 kWh	$12,485.52

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	12.87¢	11.09¢	6.10¢	9.86¢
2026 year-to-date	13.27¢	11.76¢	6.58¢	9.99¢

Electric utilities serving Louisiana

Utility	Ownership	Customers in state	Sales (GWh)	Residential rate
Entergy Louisiana LLC	Investor Owned	1,113,665	62,178	11.90¢
Cleco Power LLC	Investor Owned	295,892	8,914	14.26¢
Southwestern Electric Power Co	Investor Owned	234,765	6,443	13.85¢
Entergy New Orleans, LLC	Investor Owned	208,895	5,575	13.20¢
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)	Cooperative	119,759	2,298	13.53¢
Southwest Louisiana E M C	Cooperative	118,774	2,622	11.57¢
City of Lafayette - (LA)	Municipal	73,039	2,012	11.51¢
Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc	Cooperative	55,752	1,035	11.04¢
Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	44,928	1,459	13.14¢
Adjustment 2025		44,281	1,032	12.08¢
Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	24,103	595	13.32¢
City of Alexandria - (LA)	Municipal	23,359	631	11.05¢
South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	21,297	497	12.25¢
Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc.	Cooperative	17,817	263	11.20¢
Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't	Municipal	13,777	321	10.73¢
Concordia Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	13,755	194	13.15¢
City of Ruston - (LA)	Municipal	12,031	307	5.62¢
Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	11,052	241	14.80¢
Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	10,670	215	14.78¢
Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	9,431	185	9.92¢
City of Natchitoches	Municipal	8,354	271	10.63¢
City of Minden - (LA)	Municipal	6,309	128	—
Morgan City - (LA)	Municipal	5,639	155	—
City of Abbeville - (LA)	Municipal	5,336	124	—
City of Plaquemine - (LA)	Municipal	4,504	94.8	—
City of Rayne - (LA)	Municipal	3,796	69.6	—
Town of Vidalia - (LA)	Municipal	2,796	107	—
City of St Martinville - (LA)	Municipal	2,519	88.0	—
City of New Roads - (LA)	Municipal	2,500	49.3	—
City of Winnfield - (LA)	Municipal	2,452	53.9	—
City of Kaplan - (LA)	Municipal	1,983	38.6	—
Town of Welsh - (LA)	Municipal	1,727	37.0	—
Town of Vinton - (LA)	Municipal	1,600	32.3	—
City of Jonesville - (LA)	Municipal	1,065	17.9	—
City of Erath - (LA)	Municipal	913	17.6	—
Town of Gueydan	Municipal	764	12.9	—
Town of Boyce	Municipal	349	4.6	—
Spruce Finance	Behind the Meter	88	0.5	7.70¢

Cheapest residential electricity in Louisiana (2025)

City of Ruston - (LA) - 5.62¢
Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc - 9.92¢
City of Natchitoches - 10.63¢
Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't - 10.73¢
Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc - 11.04¢
City of Alexandria - (LA) - 11.05¢
Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc. - 11.20¢
City of Lafayette - (LA) - 11.51¢
Southwest Louisiana E M C - 11.57¢
Entergy Louisiana LLC - 11.90¢

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