Average Electric Bill in Louisiana
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $1,868 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Louisiana has the 25th highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 12.96¢/kWh × 1,201 kWh ≈ $156. A state can land high on either factor — Louisiana pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Louisiana | $156 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 | |
| Texas | $173 | |
| Mississippi | $169 | |
| Arkansas | $138 |
Louisiana sits within a dollar a month of the U.S. average of $155. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $215
- July 2025
- Lowest month
- $113
- November 2025
- Swing
- $102
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $144
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Louisiana peaks in July 2025 and bottoms out in November 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Louisiana electricity bills in context
Louisiana's average monthly electricity bill between June 2025 and May 2026 was $156, placing it 25th among the 50 states and DC—nearly at the national average of $155, despite a difference of just 1 dollar. This similarity masks a divide between price and usage. Louisianans paid 12.96¢/kWh, well below the national rate of 17.84¢/kWh, but consumed 1,201 kWh per month against the national average of 871 kWh. The lower price per kilowatt-hour pulled the bill down from where it would otherwise have landed; the higher consumption pulled it up. On balance, these forces left the state almost exactly at parity with the nation.
Over the past year, the average bill rose 5.1%, from $148 in the comparable twelve-month period ending in May 2025. Over the longer run, growth has been sharper: since May 2021, the bill climbed 26.2%, and since December 2008, it has risen 20.9%. Seasonal variation is pronounced. July 2025 saw bills peak at $215, while November 2025 brought the low at $113—a swing of $102 around the twelve-month average.
Among neighbouring states, Louisiana's bill stands lower than those in Texas ($173) and Mississippi ($169), but higher than Arkansas ($138).The state spent $1,872 in aggregate across the twelve months.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Louisiana may pay well above or below $156. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Louisiana electricity prices by sector.