Average Electric Bill in Wisconsin
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $1,501 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Wisconsin has the 41st highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 18.82¢/kWh × 664 kWh ≈ $125. A state can land high on either factor — Wisconsin sits close to the U.S. average on both.
Compared with nearby states
| Wisconsin | $125 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Michigan | $134 | |
| Illinois | $132 | |
| Minnesota | $121 | |
| Iowa | $121 |
Wisconsin is $33 a month below (-21.0%) the U.S. average of $158. 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
- $173
- July 2026
- Lowest month
- $103
- October 2025
- Swing
- $69
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $148
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Wisconsin peaks in July 2026 and bottoms out in October 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Wisconsin electricity bills in context
Wisconsin's average monthly residential electricity bill is $125, ranking 41st of the 50 states and DC — closer to the middle than to either extreme. The bill has risen 6.5% in the past year, climbing from $117 in the prior twelve-month period. Over the longer run, it has grown substantially: $100 in August 2021 and $82 in December 2008, marking increases of 25.1% and 53.1% respectively across those intervals.
Compared with the national average of $158, Wisconsin's bill runs $33 lower each month. This gap stems from two sources pulling in opposite directions. Homes here use less electricity than the national average — 664 kWh per month versus 876 — which pushes the bill down. The price per kilowatt-hour is slightly higher at 18.82¢/kWh against the national 18.07¢/kWh, which pushes it up; but the lower usage dominates.
Seasonal swings are pronounced. July 2026 brought the peak at $173, while October 2025 saw the lowest at $103, a spread of $70 around the twelve-month average. Among neighbouring states, Minnesota and Iowa tie at $121, while Illinois stands at $132 and Michigan at $134.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
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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 (September 2025 – August 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Wisconsin may pay well above or below $125. 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 Wisconsin electricity prices by sector.