Electricity Rates in Louisiana

Electricity Rates, Plans & Statistics

Electricity Companies & Statistics in Louisiana

Population
4,624,047
Total Production
102,799,314 MWh / 22.23 MWh per capita
Total Consumption
95,707,305 MWh / 20.7 MWh per capita
Total Production from Renewable
3,367,929 MWh / 0.73 MWh per capita
CO₂ Emissions from Consumption
37,652,630,844 kg / 8,142.79 kg per capita
Total Production from Non-Renewable
99,431,385 MWh / 21.5 MWh per capita

Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Louisiana

Louisiana residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in September.

Historical Electricity Rates:

15^th12.75¢Average residential price per kWh in the state of Louisiana

47^th$157.16Average residential monthly electricity bill for Louisiana Residents

Louisiana Electricity Fuel Mix

MonthlyWe report production data as it is published. Due to reporting methods and timing, data from 2022 and 2021 may be incomplete. Data is released in full each fall for the previous calendar year. For clarification on any data points, please contact our team.

AnnualAnnual data for 2021 will be finalized in the fall of 2022. Until that time, some data may be incomplete. Data for 2022 is a summation of all information released to date, which may only represent a portion of the actual production that has occurred. For clarification on any data points, please contact our team.

Louisiana's Electricity Prices and Usage

The Louisiana residential electricity rate in 2023 currently averages 12.75 cents per kilowatt hour and the US average price is 15.34 cents. Louisiana ranks as the 15th best priced state in the nation by average electricity rate. Customers in the state don't have much choice in their electricity provider due to the fact that Louisiana has a regulated electricity market based on the resident's geographic location. The state is the 7th largest producer of electricity per capita, with an average of 22.23 megawatt hours produced per person each year. The state uses 95,707,305 megawatt hours for their electricity needs, making the state the 14th highest consumer of megawatt hours in the US. The state has seen a 5.86% decrease in the use of coal for electric production over the past 12 months. Approximately 3.28% of the states' electricity is produced from renewable fuel sources, ranking them as the 41st highest state for total sustainable electricity production.

Residential Electricity Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Service Type	Residential Rate (¢)	Residential Average Bill ($)	Residential Sales (MWh)	Residential Revenues ($)	State Production (MWh)
Entergy Louisiana	BUNDLED	12.77	157.12	14,012,652	1,790,105,505	44,422,170.17
CLECO Power	BUNDLED	14.91	186.28	3,763,266	561,059,000	13,719,761.62
Southwestern Electric Power Company	BUNDLED	13.34	160.56	2,990,109	398,953,787	3,669,543.67
Entergy New Orleans	BUNDLED	13.94	146.58	2,368,797	330,113,322	424,474
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	BUNDLED	9.53	133.51	1,743,855	166,259,600
DEMCO Electric	BUNDLED	11.38	146.7	1,639,684	186,634,400
Lafayette Utilities System	BUNDLED	9.59	116.75	848,819	81,412,000	963,095.24
Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	9.62	122.29	757,540	72,864,600
Beauregard Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	11.20	146.01	614,959	68,872,000
Claiborne Electric Coop	BUNDLED	9.81	115.42	305,567	29,973,300

Commercial Electricity Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Service Type	Commercial Rate (¢)	Commercial Average Bill ($)	Commercial Sales (MWh)	Commercial Revenues ($)	State Production (MWh)
Entergy Louisiana	BUNDLED	11.76	813.28	11,721,293	1,377,975,911	44,422,170.17
Entergy New Orleans	BUNDLED	11.82	1,453.72	2,859,154	338,088,561	424,474
CLECO Power	BUNDLED	14.03	794.45	2,808,976	393,980,000	13,719,761.62
Southwestern Electric Power Company	BUNDLED	11.97	892.72	2,274,022	272,251,419	3,669,543.67
Lafayette Utilities System	BUNDLED	8.53	658.43	1,110,544	94,695,000	963,095.24
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	BUNDLED	10.60	459.83	448,051	47,482,500
City of Alexandria Utilities	BUNDLED	9.35	745.02	364,999	34,116,000	136,061.76
Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	9.19	367.3	209,850	19,283,200
DEMCO Electric	BUNDLED	10.89	223.12	182,631	19,879,900
South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association	BUNDLED	10.80	376.73	174,053	18,792,800

Power Plants in Louisiana

Plant	City/County	Primary Fuel Type	Production (MWh)	Emission (KG)	Emissions/MWh (KG/MWh)
Nine Mile PointEntergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Bridge City CDP	Natural Gas	8,173,808	3,799,987,433.51	464.9
River BendEntergy Louisiana (100.00%)	West Feliciana Parish	Nuclear	8,117,681
Waterford 3Entergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Taft CDP	Nuclear	7,828,949
Lake Charles PowerEntergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Calcasieu Parish	Natural Gas	5,771,932	2,101,589,072.1	364.1
Taft Cogeneration FacilityOccidental Chemical Corporation (100.00%)	Taft CDP	Natural Gas	5,691,122.02	2,006,932,791.22	352.64
St. Charles Power Station (LA)Entergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Montz CDP	Natural Gas	5,308,703	2,021,551,988.54	380.8
Brame Energy CenterLouisiana Energy & Power Authority (7.44%)CLECO Power (73.97%)Lafayette Utilities System (18.59%)	Rapides Parish	Coal	5,180,270.01	5,210,311,222.76	1,005.8
Plaquemine Cogeneration PlantDow Inc (100.00%)	Iberville Parish	Natural Gas	5,008,884	2,065,624,897.98	412.39
Acadia Energy CenterEntergy Power (46.60%)CLECO Power (53.40%)	Acadia Parish	Natural Gas	4,844,716	2,142,008,800.54	442.13
OuachitaEntergy Louisiana (40.67%)Entergy Arkansas (59.33%)	Ouachita Parish	Natural Gas	3,871,276	1,488,423,414.24	384.48

Quick Facts

The burning of non-renewable fuel sources for electricity generation has increased by 2.81% over the course of the past year in Louisiana power generation facilities.

With a 0.72% decrease in the previous 12 months, Louisiana's population is estimated to be 4,624,047.

Louisiana ranks 5th in the US for total natural gas generation, with 70,535,832.49 megawatt hours generated using the fuel.

In Louisiana, 99,431,385.02 megawatt hours of electricity are produced from non-renewable fuel types. Louisiana ranks 11th worst in the United States for total electricity production from non-renewable sources.

The state of Louisiana is the 30th highest generator of electricity sourced from coal energy.

The state of Louisiana generates 1.00% of their electricity from hydroelectric power, approximately 1,029,660.01 megawatt hours a year.

County	Population	Providers	Plants	Residential Rate (¢)	Residential Avg. Electric Bill
Acadia Parish	58,200	5	2	11.46	$148.58/mo
Allen Parish	23,085	4		12.50	$157.64/mo
Ascension Parish	125,289	3	3	12.08	$151.91/mo
Assumption Parish	21,366	3		12.66	$155.70/mo
Avoyelles Parish	39,880	4		12.52	$146.34/mo
Beauregard Parish	36,417	4	1	12.39	$156.32/mo
Bienville Parish	13,130	5		11.94	$143.92/mo
Bossier Parish	128,508	4		13.20	$159.72/mo
Caddo Parish	239,775	2	3	13.34	$160.56/mo
Calcasieu Parish	212,646	7	11	12.41	$148.18/mo
Caldwell Parish	9,707	3		11.02	$143.46/mo
Cameron Parish	5,650	3		12.34	$146.47/mo
Catahoula Parish	9,117	6		11.27	$121.22/mo
Claiborne Parish	14,456	3		11.09	$133.47/mo
Concordia Parish	18,989	4	1	10.96	$112.25/mo
De Soto Parish	26,803	3	2	13.88	$169.47/mo
East Baton Rouge Parish	455,447	3	5	12.08	$151.91/mo
East Carroll Parish	7,502	3		10.82	$141.88/mo
East Feliciana Parish	19,588	3		12.08	$151.91/mo
Evangeline Parish	32,538	3	1	12.07	$158.36/mo
Franklin Parish	19,964	3		11.02	$143.47/mo
Grant Parish	22,236	6		12.96	$151.66/mo
Iberia Parish	70,518	3	1	13.40	$165.59/mo
Iberville Parish	30,651	4	5	11.81	$137.11/mo
Jackson Parish	15,214	3	1	11.29	$136.27/mo
Jefferson Davis Parish	32,270	6		12.38	$147.59/mo
Jefferson Parish	439,402	2	2	12.77	$157.12/mo
LaSalle Parish	14,770	4		11.71	$128.65/mo
Lafayette Parish	241,173	4	2	11.01	$142.64/mo
Lafourche Parish	97,677	3		12.65	$155.61/mo
Lincoln Parish	48,415	4	1	11.12	$133.92/mo
Livingston Parish	141,057	3		12.06	$151.76/mo
Madison Parish	10,297	3		10.97	$143.05/mo
Morehouse Parish	25,852	3		10.85	$142.10/mo
Natchitoches Parish	37,896	6		13.52	$164.19/mo
Orleans Parish	383,974	4	5	13.42	$149.77/mo
Ouachita Parish	160,227	3	4	11.30	$136.37/mo
Plaquemines Parish	23,536	2	2	12.77	$157.12/mo
Pointe Coupee Parish	20,951	5	3	11.83	$137.43/mo
Rapides Parish	130,459	5	2	12.93	$161.00/mo
Red River Parish	7,787	6	1	13.42	$163.71/mo
Richland Parish	20,110	3		11.02	$143.46/mo
Sabine Parish	22,377	5		13.82	$168.47/mo
St. Bernard Parish	43,821	2	3	12.77	$157.12/mo
St. Charles Parish	52,411	2	6	12.77	$157.12/mo
St. Helena Parish	10,881	3		12.08	$151.91/mo
St. James Parish	20,390	2	3	12.77	$157.12/mo
St. John the Baptist Parish	42,704	3		12.36	$152.58/mo
St. Landry Parish	82,999	4		11.57	$149.84/mo
St. Martin Parish	52,222	5		11.75	$150.14/mo
St. Mary Parish	49,818	2	4	14.87	$185.73/mo
St. Tammany Parish	262,799	4		11.66	$145.75/mo
Tangipahoa Parish	132,492	4		11.25	$141.95/mo
Tensas Parish	4,269	4		11.10	$139.35/mo
Terrebonne Parish	110,100	4	1	9.68	$130.80/mo
Union Parish	21,272	3		10.88	$130.54/mo
Vermilion Parish	57,775	7		11.10	$144.81/mo
Vernon Parish	49,064	6		12.58	$156.99/mo
Washington Parish	45,794	4	3	11.31	$141.17/mo
Webster Parish	37,356	6		12.02	$144.60/mo
West Baton Rouge Parish	27,064	3	2	11.81	$137.13/mo
West Carroll Parish	9,959	3		10.83	$141.94/mo
West Feliciana Parish	15,334	3	2	12.08	$151.91/mo
Winn Parish	13,875	5		13.07	$158.86/mo

The state of Louisiana's electricity use levels result in CO2 pollution totaling 37,652,630,843.53 kilograms, which is the 13th largest amount of any state in the United States. Averaging 8,142.79 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the state ranks 8th worst for emissions per capita from electricity consumption. Around 68.62% of electricity in Louisiana comes from generation using Natural Gas. Adding Natural Gas totals to Nuclear (15.51%) and Coal (7.61%), these three fuel types make up 91.73% of the electricity production in the state. Louisiana has 80 power plants within the state. This is the 36th highest number of power plants within a single state and the 44th highest number of power plants per citizen in a state.

NATURAL GAS

68.62%

NUCLEAR

15.51%

COAL

7.61%

PETROLEUM COKE

2.78%

OTHER GAS

1.79%

OTHER

3.70%

Of the 34 electric companies in Louisiana, 19 of them report that they offer net metering. The state has bad net metering and feed in tariffs that make solar and other alternative types of electricity generation more realistic.

The average energy loss for electricity companies in Louisiana is 3.03%. This includes data from 16 companies, including Entergy Louisiana, CLECO Power, and Entergy New Orleans. For comparison, the national average electricity loss is 2.45%. Louisiana has a rank of 21st best in the United States for grid efficiency based on energy loss.

Encouraging private citizens to install solar panels can be a challenge due to prohibitive initial costs. States can help the cause by passing legislation for tax breaks and rebates for those who purchase solar panels. Louisiana currently offers no state tax credit to consumers who install solar panels at their place of residence. The state offers no rebates to residents who are purchasing private solar. Louisiana citizens have the ability to apply a 100% property tax exemption for the purchase of solar panels, which is as good as it gets. There is currently no sales tax exemption for residents who purchase private solar.

Whether a customer is able to seek out electricity options with renewable fuels is at least partially determined by state level legislation. States that have Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) have requirements in place for electricity providers who do business in the state. These standards dictate that a certain amount of electricity must be produced from green energy. Unfortunately, the state of Louisiana has no standards in place at this time. Additionally, the state does not have any sort of low income solar programs that assist with the installation of solar panels at low income households.

Learn about going solar in Louisiana, find out which system size is best for you, compare local installers and see which incentives are available in your area.

FAQ: Common Questions About Electricity in Louisiana

What electricity company is the largest provider in Louisiana?

By total customer count, Entergy Louisiana is the largest electricity provider in Louisiana.

Does Louisiana have a deregulated electricity market?

No, the state has a regulated market, where residents' electricity supplier choices are usually determined by their location or state legislation.

Where does Louisiana get its electricity?

The main fuel used for electricity generation in Louisiana is Natural Gas, making up 68.62% of the fuel used in the state. Additionally, Nuclear makes up 15.51% and Coal makes up 7.61%.

What is a good electricity rate in Louisiana?

The average rate per kilowatt hour of electricity in Louisiana in 2023 is 12.75 cents.

What is the average electric bill in Louisiana?

The average electricity bill in the state of Louisiana in 2023 is $157 while the US average is $137.

How many electric companies offer service in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 34 electricity providers offering service in the area.

How many power plants are within Louisiana?

There are 80 active electricity plants in Louisiana.

What is the cheapest electricity company in Louisiana?

Residential Rate Rank	Provider	Residential Rate (¢)	State Customers
1	City of Ruston Utilities	4.39	11,345
2	Welsh, Louisiana Electric Utility	6.16	1,750
3	St Martinville, Louisiana Electric Utility	8.60	2,709
4	Vinton, Louisiana Electric Utility	8.87	1,554
5	Winnfield, Louisiana Electric Utility	9.18	2,446
6	Northeast Louisiana Power	9.27	17,528
7	Natchitoches Utilities	9.35	8,466
8	Terrebonne Parish Electric Utility	9.40	12,819
9	Erath, Louisiana Electric Utility	9.53	926
10	Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	9.53	112,406

What power companies are in Louisiana?

State Customers Rank	Provider	State Customers
1	Entergy Louisiana	1,102,226
2	CLECO Power	292,850
3	Southwestern Electric Power Company	234,524
4	Entergy New Orleans	208,725
5	DEMCO Electric	114,000
6	Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	112,406
7	Lafayette Utilities System	70,094
8	Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	54,027
9	Beauregard Electric Cooperative	43,528
10	Claiborne Electric Coop	24,215

Last Reviewed By: Ginalyn Gelera

Published: 2022-10-24