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Electricity rates — Iowa

EIA puts the average residential price in Iowa at 14.0¢ per kWh over the 12 months to June 2026, the 15th-lowest of 51 against 17.9¢ for the US. The 3 ranked plans below come from utilities serving about 29% of its homes, so they are listed, not presented as the state's price. Retrieved September 23, 2026.

Every priced plan, 1,000 kWh/mo

Annual cost of each published plan, 1,000 kWh/mo, cheapest first
PlanPer yearvs cheapestEffective
Electric Residential Service Optional Demand - 507✓ cheapesttime-of-use · demand charge · in effect since July 2025$1,320.1611.0¢
Optional Residential Service Demand Rate Rd-1 (Wisconsin)time-of-use · demand charge · in effect since July 2014 · older schedule, not ranked$1,394.76+$74.6011.6¢
Optional Residential Time of Use Rg-5 (Wisconsin)time-of-use · in effect since July 2014 · older schedule, not ranked$1,502.19+$182.0312.5¢
Electric Residential Service Usage - 400 [Net Metering Pilot]priced by season · tiered · in effect since April 2018 · pilot programme$1,954.29+$634.1316.3¢
Electric Residential Service Usage Time of Day - 407time-of-use · in effect since July 2025$2,077.42+$757.2617.3¢
Electric Residential Service Usage - 400priced by season · in effect since July 2025$2,095.41+$775.2517.5¢

Cost across usage levels

The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.

  • 500 kWh/mo — cheapest $753.05 (Electric Residential Service Optional Demand - 507), dearest $1,140.72, a $387.67 spread
  • 1,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,320.16 (Electric Residential Service Optional Demand - 507), dearest $2,095.41, a $775.25 spread
  • 2,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $2,454.29 (Electric Residential Service Optional Demand - 507), dearest $4,004.79, a $1,550.50 spread

What households in Iowa pay, by EIA's count

Over the 12 months to June 2026, residential electricity in Iowa averaged 14.0¢ per kWh, the 15th-lowest of the 50 states and DC and 22% below the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Wyoming (14.0¢) and South Dakota (14.1¢).

EIA lists 24 utilities serving homes in Iowa. By homes served, the largest 5 are MidAmerican Energy Co (632,436), Interstate Power and Light Co (417,153), Linn County REC (30,323), City of Ames - (IA) (24,979), and Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop (20,749). Member-owned cooperatives supply about 9% of its households.

Over five years they rose 12.6%, well behind the US's 34.7%.

Iowa homes used the most electricity in January and the least in October (2021–2025): a winter peak, 1.6 times the lightest month. August was the dearest month per kWh, 32% above January.

The utilities with a ranked plan on this page serve about 29% of Iowa's households: Interstate Power and Light Co (417,153). That is less than half the state, so the plans below describe those utilities, not Iowa; EIA's figure is the state's. Their median plan at 1,000 kWh a month works out to 17.3¢ per kWh.

EIA figures for Iowa
Average price, 12 months to June 202614.0¢
Among the 50 states and DC15 of 51, 1 = lowest
US average, same months17.9¢
Change on the 12 months before↑ +4.4%
Change over five years↑ +12.6% (US ↑ +34.7%)
Average price in 20018.4¢
Households, 20241,448,818
Average use per home832 kWh a month (US 872)
Average bill per home$111.54 a month (US $143.64)
Average residential price by year, 20012025
2001 Iowa: 8.4¢ to 13.7¢ US: 8.6¢ to 17.3¢2025
Every year’s figure
Average residential price per kWh in Iowa and the US, by year
YearIowaUS
202513.7¢17.3¢
202413.4¢16.5¢
202313.3¢16.0¢
202213.1¢15.0¢
202112.7¢13.7¢
202012.5¢13.2¢
201912.5¢13.0¢
201812.2¢12.9¢
201712.3¢12.9¢
201611.9¢12.5¢
201511.6¢12.7¢
201411.2¢12.5¢
201311.0¢12.1¢
201210.8¢11.9¢
201110.5¢11.7¢
201010.4¢11.5¢
200910.0¢11.5¢
20089.5¢11.3¢
20079.4¢10.7¢
20069.6¢10.4¢
20059.3¢9.4¢
20049.0¢8.9¢
20038.6¢8.7¢
20028.4¢8.4¢
20018.4¢8.6¢

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 3 generally available plans here run from $1,320.16 on Electric Residential Service Optional Demand - 507 to $2,095.41 on Electric Residential Service Usage - 400, with a median of $2,077.42.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, span 11.0¢ to 17.5¢ per kWh at that usage.

Who provides these plans

Every plan here comes from Interstate Power and Light Co — a limit of what has been indexed, not a claim that it is the only provider in Iowa. How each of its plans is built, and what changing between them saves, is set out on Interstate Power and Light Co's own page.

What this does not cover

Only one utility in Iowa has been indexed so far, so the ranges above are not statewide. A household served by another provider will not find its plans here yet.

4 of these plans price by the hour, so their figures are marked lower confidence.

New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.

Estimate — your actual bill may differ.

Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 23, 2026.

State prices from U.S. Energy Information Administration, electricity retail sales, Iowa, retrieved September 23, 2026; households and utilities from U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2024 (Sales_Ult_Cust_2024.xlsx), retrieved September 23, 2026. US Government public domain.