Average Electric Bill in North Dakota
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $1,565 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, North Dakota has the 38th highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 12.28¢/kWh × 1,062 kWh ≈ $130. A state can land high on either factor — North Dakota pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| North Dakota | $130 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 | |
| South Dakota | $138 | |
| Minnesota | $119 | |
| Montana | $113 |
North Dakota is $25 a month below (-16.1%) 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
- $172
- January 2026
- Lowest month
- $107
- June 2025
- Swing
- $65
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $117
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: North Dakota peaks in January 2026 and bottoms out in June 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
North Dakota electricity bills in context
The average monthly electricity bill in North Dakota is $130, ranking 38th out of 51 across the 50 states and DC. This is $25 below the national average of $155, a difference of 16.1%. North Dakota achieves this lower bill through two forces pulling in opposite directions. The state pays 12.28¢/kWh, which is 5.56¢ below the national rate of 17.84¢/kWh—a substantial advantage. At the same time, homes use 1,062 kWh per month on average, compared with 871 kWh nationally, which pushes the bill higher. The lower price more than offsets the higher usage, leaving the overall bill well below the national figure.
The bill has grown 6.7% over the past year, rising from $122 in the same period a year earlier. Over five years, since May 2021, it has climbed 16.7%, from $112. Since records began in December 2008, the increase has been far steeper: 55.8%, from $84. Seasonally, bills vary considerably. January 2026 brought the peak at $172, while June 2025 saw the lowest at $107, a swing of $65 around the twelve-month average.
Among its neighbors, North Dakota's bill sits between Minnesota, which averages $119, and South Dakota at $138. Montana, at $113, has the lowest bill of the four.
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 North Dakota may pay well above or below $130. 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 North Dakota electricity prices by sector.