State average · reviewed October 14, 2026

Why are Iowa electric bills so high?

In July 2026 the average residential price in Iowa was 15.99¢ per kWh, compared with 15.31¢ in July 2025 (+4.4%). The 2025 average monthly bill was $117.30 for 861 kWh. A single household can sit far from those averages because of usage, a rider, or a different utility.

EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026

EIA-861 2025 average bill · Reviewed October 14, 2026

July 2026: 15.99¢; +4.4% vs July 2025
2025 average bill: $117.30; 861 kWh a month
2025 average price: 13.62¢; 1,460,591 residential customers

Full service and delivery

Among distribution utilities in this extract, delivery-only residential customers were 0.0% of bundled plus delivery customers. A high share means many households buy energy from someone else. A low share means most reported customers are still full service. This is not a legal map of retail choice. Needs verification for a specific address.

Calculated from EIA-861 2025 residential customer counts · Reviewed October 14, 2026

Utilities

Utility	Customers	Average shown	Price
MidAmerican Energy	717,275	Full service	11.08¢
Interstate Power and Light	419,451	Full service	17.77¢
Corridor Energy Cooperative	30,992	Full service	14.18¢
City of Ames	25,123	Full service	12.12¢
MiEnergy Cooperative	21,343	Full service	16.99¢
Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop	20,472	Full service	14.81¢
Cedar Falls Utilities	17,746	Full service	11.56¢
Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative	17,670	Full service	15.27¢
Midland Power Coop	12,083	Full service	13.66¢
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop	11,161	Full service	13.80¢
Board of Water Electric & Communications	10,105	Full service	12.89¢
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop	9,757	Full service	13.78¢
North West Rural Electric Coop	9,461	Full service	9.42¢
Access Energy Coop	8,890	Full service	14.81¢
East-Central Iowa Rural Elec Coop	7,417	Full service	13.13¢
Consumers Energy Coop	7,121	Full service	14.85¢
Federated Rural Electric Assn	5,786	Full service	12.81¢
Heartland Power Coop	4,395	Full service	12.84¢
Butler County Rural Elec Coop	3,903	Full service	14.50¢
Prairie Energy Coop	3,433	Full service	14.14¢
City of Maquoketa	2,804	Full service	13.56¢
City of Independence	2,737	Full service	14.45¢
Amana Society Service	709	Full service	17.02¢
City of Coon Rapids	630	Full service	9.78¢
City of Preston	502	Full service	13.75¢

No residential customers in the 2025 extract

These 156 EIA respondents touch Iowa and reported no residential sales in the files used here. Their profiles stay online so an old link does not 404, and they are left out of the sitemap so they are not indexed as thin pages.

Allamakee-Clayton El Coop, Inc · Cooperative
Atchison-Holt Electric Coop · Cooperative
Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA) · Municipal
Bancroft Municipal Utilities - (IA) · Municipal
Boone Valley Electric Coop · Cooperative
Calhoun County Elec Coop Assn · Cooperative
Cascade Municipal Utilities - (IA) · Municipal
Cass Electric Coop · Cooperative
Chariton Valley Elec Coop, Inc · Cooperative
City of Afton- (IA) · Municipal
City of Akron - (IA) · Municipal
City of Algona - (IA) · Municipal
City of Alta - (IA) · Municipal
City of Alta Vista- (IA) · Municipal
City of Alton · Municipal
City of Anita - (IA) · Municipal
City of Anthon - (IA) · Municipal
City of Aplington · Municipal
City of Auburn - (IA) · Municipal
City of Aurelia - (IA) · Municipal
City of Bellevue - (IA) · Municipal
City of Bloomfield - (IA) · Municipal
City of Breda - (IA) · Municipal
City of Brooklyn - (IA) · Municipal
City of Buffalo - (IA) · Municipal
City of Burt · Municipal
City of Callender - (IA) · Municipal
City of Carlisle- (IA) · Municipal
City of Coggon - (IA) · Municipal
City of Corning - (IA) · Municipal
City of Corwith - (IA) · Municipal
City of Danville - (IA) · Municipal
City of Dayton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Denison - (IA) · Municipal
City of Denver - (IA) · Municipal
City of Dike - (IA) · Municipal
City of Durant - (IA) · Municipal
City of Dysart - (IA) · Municipal
City of Earlville - (IA) · Municipal
City of Ellsworth - (IA) · Municipal
City of Estherville - (IA) · Municipal
City of Fairbank - (IA) · Municipal
City of Farnhamville - (IA) · Municipal
City of Fonda - (IA) · Municipal
City of Fontanelle - (IA) · Municipal
City of Forest City- (IA) · Municipal
City of Fredericksburg - (IA) · Municipal
City of Glidden - (IA) · Municipal
City of Graettinger - (IA) · Municipal
City of Grand Junction - (IA) · Municipal
City of Greenfield - (IA) · Municipal
City of Guttenberg · Municipal
City of Hartley - (IA) · Municipal
City of Hawarden - (IA) · Municipal
City of Hinton · Municipal
City of Hopkinton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Kimballton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lake Mills - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lake Park - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lake View - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lamoni - (IA) · Municipal
City of Larchwood - (IA) · Municipal
City of Laurens - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lawler - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lehigh - (IA) · Municipal
City of Lenox - (IA) · Municipal
City of Livermore- (IA) · Municipal
City of Long Grove - (IA) · Municipal
City of Manning - (IA) · Municipal
City of Mapleton- (IA) · Municipal
City of Marathon - (IA) · Municipal
City of McGregor- (IA) · Municipal
City of Milford - (IA) · Municipal
City of Montezuma - (IA) · Municipal
City of Mt Pleasant - (IA) · Municipal
City of Neola - (IA) · Municipal
City of New Hampton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Ogden - (IA) · Municipal
City of Onawa - (IA) · Municipal
City of Orange City - (IA) · Municipal
City of Orient - (IA) · Municipal
City of Osage - (IA) · Municipal
City of Panora - (IA) · Municipal
City of Paton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Paullina - (IA) · Municipal
City of Pella - (IA) · Municipal
City of Pocahontas - (IA) · Municipal
City of Primghar - (IA) · Municipal
City of Readlyn - (IA) · Municipal
City of Remsen - (IA) · Municipal
City of Renwick - (IA) · Municipal
City of Rockford- (IA) · Municipal
City of Sabula - (IA) · Municipal
City of Sanborn - (IA) · Municipal
City of Sergeant Bluff - (IA) · Municipal
City of Shelby - (IA) · Municipal
City of Sibley - (IA) · Municipal
City of Sioux Center · Municipal
City of Spencer - (IA) · Municipal
City of Stanhope - (IA) · Municipal
City of Stanton - (IA) · Municipal
City of State Center - (IA) · Municipal
City of Story City - (IA) · Municipal
City of Stratford - (IA) · Municipal
City of Strawberry Point -(IA) · Municipal
City of Stuart - (IA) · Municipal
City of Sumner - (IA) · Municipal
City of Tipton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Traer - (IA) · Municipal
City of Villisca - (IA) · Municipal
City of Vinton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Wall Lake - (IA) · Municipal
City of Webster City - (IA) · Municipal
City of West Bend - (IA) · Municipal
City of West Liberty - (IA) · Municipal
City of Whittemore - (IA) · Municipal
City of Wilton - (IA) · Municipal
City of Winterset - (IA) · Municipal
City of Woodbine - (IA) · Municipal
City of Woolstock - (IA) · Municipal
Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA) · Cooperative
Eldridge City Utilities · Municipal
Farmers Electric Coop - (IA) · Cooperative
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA) · Cooperative
Franklin Rural Electric Coop - (IA) · Cooperative
Gowrie Municipal Utilities - (IA) · Municipal
Grafton Electric - (IA) · Municipal
Grundy Center Mun Light & Power · Municipal
Grundy County Rural Elec Coop · Cooperative
Grundy Electric Coop, Inc · Cooperative
Guthrie County Rural E C A · Cooperative
Harlan Municipal Utilities - (IA) · Municipal
Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop · Cooperative
Indianola Municipal Utilities - (IA) · Municipal
Keosauqua Municipal Light & Pwr · Municipal
La Porte City Utilities · Municipal
Lyon Rural Electric Coop · Cooperative
New London Municipal Utilities - (IA) · Municipal
Nishnabotna Valley R E C · Cooperative
Nobles Cooperative Electric · Cooperative
Osceola Electric Coop, Inc · Cooperative
Pella Cooperative Elec Assn · Cooperative
Pleasant Hill Community Line · Cooperative
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative · Cooperative
Rock Rapids Municipal Utility - (IA) · Municipal
Southern Iowa Elec Coop, Inc · Cooperative
Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop · Cooperative
T I P Rural Electric Coop · Cooperative
Town of Manilla - (IA) · Municipal
Town of Westfield - (IA) · Municipal
United Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) · Cooperative
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration · Federal
Waverly Municipal Elec Utility - (IA) · Municipal
West Point Utility System · Municipal
Western Iowa Power Coop · Cooperative
Woodbury County Rural E C A · Cooperative

A bill at the July 2026 state average

Monthly use	At 15.99¢/kWh
500 kWh	$79.95
750 kWh	$119.93
1,000 kWh	$159.90
1,500 kWh	$239.85
2,000 kWh	$319.80

This uses the statewide average, not your utility's tariff. Fixed charges make low-use bills diverge. Needs verification against the bill.

Regulator and assistance

Iowa's utility regulator was formerly the Iowa Utilities Board. Confirm the live docket site if this link has moved. Needs verification.

Iowa Utilities Commission

LIHEAP contacts for Iowa are on the federal list. A utility's own discount needs verification.