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Population
4,590,241
Total Production
99,830,454 MWh / 21.75 MWh per capita
Total Consumption
95,995,697 MWh / 20.91 MWh per capita
Total Production from Renewable
3,361,539 MWh / 0.73 MWh per capita
CO₂ Emissions from Consumption
36,348,428,030 kg / 7,918.63 kg per capita
Total Production from Non-Renewable
96,468,915 MWh / 21.02 MWh per capita

Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Louisiana

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

Historical Electricity Rates:

4^th11.40¢Average residential price per kWh in the state of Louisiana

30^th$140.47Average 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 2023 and 2022 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 2022 will be finalized in the fall of 2023. Until that time, some data may be incomplete. Data for 2023 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 2024 currently averages 11.40 cents per kilowatt hour and the US average price is 16.12 cents. Louisiana ranks as the 4th 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 generates around 21.75 megawatt hours per capita per year from its electricity generating plants, which makes them the 9th highest producer per capita in the United States. Entergy Louisiana is the largest electricity provider in the state based on residential customer count. Residents of the state have an average per capita consumption of 20.91 megawatt hours of electricity each year. Coal usage for electricity generation in the state has declined by 10.18% in the last year.

Residential Electricity Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Service Type	Residential Rate (¢)	Residential Average Bill ($)	Residential Sales (MWh)	Residential Revenues ($)	State Production (MWh)
Entergy Louisiana	BUNDLED	10.88	136.39	14,350,492.23	1,561,670,250	41,085,775.55
CLECO Power	BUNDLED	11.83	150.27	3,834,819	453,567,000	12,793,730.96
Southwestern Electric Power Company	BUNDLED	12.99	151.24	2,650,735.56	344,420,963	3,629,743
Entergy New Orleans	BUNDLED	13.01	138.96	2,411,304.64	313,677,143	171,302
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	BUNDLED	9.67	139.25	1,828,315.75	176,773,937.47
DEMCO Electric	BUNDLED	12.72	167.24	1,693,250.03	215,456,148.68
Lafayette Utilities System	BUNDLED	10.58	128.01	855,502.34	90,516,884.64	1,127,522.17
Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	9.75	132.03	815,561.41	79,543,473.54
Beauregard Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	10.96	146.41	637,713.54	69,891,617.81
Claiborne Electric Coop	BUNDLED	9.88	119.71	315,209.29	31,146,137.82

Commercial Electricity Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Service Type	Commercial Rate (¢)	Commercial Average Bill ($)	Commercial Sales (MWh)	Commercial Revenues ($)	State Production (MWh)
Entergy Louisiana	BUNDLED	9.58	668.72	11,830,733.85	1,133,938,950	41,085,775.55
Entergy New Orleans	BUNDLED	10.65	1,310.74	2,878,983.84	306,513,698	171,302
CLECO Power	BUNDLED	10.86	603.31	2,862,166	310,748,000	12,793,730.96
Southwestern Electric Power Company	BUNDLED	11.15	817.95	2,064,152.65	230,253,350	3,629,743
Lafayette Utilities System	BUNDLED	9.01	720.04	1,138,836.71	102,582,638.59	1,127,522.17
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	BUNDLED	10.07	488.45	498,068.57	50,153,208.27
City of Alexandria Utilities	BUNDLED	9.74	907.2	371,911.58	36,217,274.99	159,654.44
Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	8.98	389.23	224,552.94	20,171,325.15
DEMCO Electric	BUNDLED	12.47	289.18	208,983.7	26,069,615.81
South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association	BUNDLED	10.23	371.65	183,594.51	18,773,715.26

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	8,562,895.01	4,087,496,719.02	477.35
River BendEntergy Louisiana (100.00%)	West Feliciana Parish	Nuclear	6,518,472
Taft Cogeneration FacilityOccidental Chemical Corporation (100.00%)	Taft CDP	Natural Gas	6,048,393	2,131,293,545.78	352.37
Acadia Energy CenterEntergy Power (51.24%)CLECO Power (48.76%)	Acadia Parish	Natural Gas	5,916,260	2,536,033,580.92	428.65
Waterford 3Entergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Taft CDP	Nuclear	5,731,298
Lake Charles PowerEntergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Calcasieu Parish	Natural Gas	5,426,663	1,959,710,505.48	361.13
Plaquemine Cogeneration PlantDow Inc (100.00%)	Iberville Parish	Natural Gas	5,083,337	2,092,885,905.6	411.71
St. Charles Power Station (LA)Entergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Montz CDP	Natural Gas	4,956,803	1,819,162,948.96	367
OuachitaEntergy Louisiana (31.84%)Entergy Arkansas (68.16%)	Ouachita Parish	Natural Gas	4,759,389	1,815,258,953.34	381.41
Coughlin Power StationCLECO Power (100.00%)	Evangeline Parish	Natural Gas	4,407,369	1,810,259,003.42	410.73

There are 2 Nuclear Power Plants in Louisiana

Plant	City/County	Primary Fuel Type	Production (MWh)	Emission (KG)	Emissions/MWh (KG/MWh)	Toxic Chemical Release	Closing Date
River BendEntergy Louisiana (100.00%)	West Feliciana Parish	Nuclear	6,518,472
Waterford 3Entergy Louisiana (100.00%)	Taft CDP	Nuclear	5,731,298

Quick Facts

In the previous year, Louisiana has experienced a 88.38% increase in generation of electricity from solar sources, up from 222,496.63 megawatt hours each year to 419,148.89 megawatt hours each year.

Louisiana produces 75,889,240.06 megawatt hours from natural gas, which is enough to rank them 6th in the nation for natural gas generation.

Louisiana is the 35th highest producing state of solar energy.

Louisiana generates 0.09 megawatt hours per capita per year from solar energy, giving the state a rank of 39th in the nation.

Louisiana produces 96.63% of its electricity from non-renewable fuel types, giving it a ranking of 11th worst for total electricity production from non-renewable fuel sources.

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

County	Population	Providers	Plants	Residential Rate (¢)	Residential Avg. Electric Bill
Acadia Parish	58,200	5	2	10.41	$138.82/mo
Allen Parish	23,085	4		11.08	$142.92/mo
Ascension Parish	130,458	3		11.80	$151.82/mo
Assumption Parish	21,366	3		10.84	$136.01/mo
Avoyelles Parish	39,880	4		11.28	$140.82/mo
Beauregard Parish	36,417	4		11.05	$142.61/mo
Bienville Parish	13,130	5		11.23	$131.39/mo
Bossier Parish	129,276	4		12.48	$138.09/mo
Caddo Parish	229,025	2	1	12.99	$138.64/mo
Calcasieu Parish	202,418	6	7	11.61	$146.42/mo
Caldwell Parish	9,707	3		10.32	$138.51/mo
Cameron Parish	5,650	3		11.68	$147.11/mo
Catahoula Parish	9,117	6		10.79	$117.51/mo
Claiborne Parish	14,456	3		10.31	$126.93/mo
Concordia Parish	18,989	4		10.79	$112.18/mo
De Soto Parish	26,803	3	1	12.59	$142.66/mo
East Baton Rouge Parish	450,544	3	2	11.80	$151.82/mo
East Carroll Parish	7,502	3		10.25	$138.76/mo
East Feliciana Parish	19,588	3		11.80	$151.82/mo
Evangeline Parish	32,538	3	1	10.70	$144.50/mo
Franklin Parish	19,964	3		10.32	$138.51/mo
Grant Parish	22,236	6		11.92	$133.10/mo
Iberia Parish	68,327	3		11.16	$140.42/mo
Iberville Parish	30,651	4	3	10.93	$135.75/mo
Jackson Parish	15,214	3		10.38	$128.05/mo
Jefferson Davis Parish	32,270	6		11.61	$146.35/mo
Jefferson Parish	425,884	2	1	10.88	$136.39/mo
LaSalle Parish	14,770	4		10.90	$120.80/mo
Lafayette Parish	247,866	4		10.30	$136.90/mo
Lafourche Parish	95,870	3		10.84	$135.98/mo
Lincoln Parish	48,415	4		10.22	$125.82/mo
Livingston Parish	148,425	3		11.83	$152.25/mo
Madison Parish	10,297	3		10.30	$138.57/mo
Morehouse Parish	25,852	3		10.26	$138.72/mo
Natchitoches Parish	37,896	6		12.48	$140.17/mo
Orleans Parish	369,749	4	1	12.17	$137.87/mo
Ouachita Parish	157,702	3	2	10.38	$128.09/mo
Plaquemines Parish	23,536	2		10.88	$136.39/mo
Pointe Coupee Parish	20,951	5	1	10.94	$135.85/mo
Rapides Parish	127,189	5	1	11.36	$144.12/mo
Red River Parish	7,787	6	1	12.11	$140.03/mo
Richland Parish	20,110	3	1	10.32	$138.51/mo
Sabine Parish	22,377	5		12.61	$142.20/mo
St. Bernard Parish	43,821	2	1	10.88	$136.39/mo
St. Charles Parish	52,411	2	5	10.88	$136.39/mo
St. Helena Parish	10,881	3		11.80	$151.82/mo
St. James Parish	20,390	2	1	10.88	$136.39/mo
St. John the Baptist Parish	42,704	3		10.74	$135.82/mo
St. Landry Parish	81,773	4		10.45	$139.19/mo
St. Martin Parish	52,222	5		10.50	$137.83/mo
St. Mary Parish	49,818	2		11.84	$150.25/mo
St. Tammany Parish	273,263	4		10.51	$136.61/mo
Tangipahoa Parish	137,048	4		11.14	$145.51/mo
Tensas Parish	4,269	4		10.42	$134.35/mo
Terrebonne Parish	104,786	4		11.47	$149.15/mo
Union Parish	21,272	3		10.24	$125.76/mo
Vermilion Parish	57,775	7		10.26	$137.73/mo
Vernon Parish	49,064	6		11.91	$142.98/mo
Washington Parish	45,794	4	3	10.37	$134.72/mo
Webster Parish	37,356	6		11.29	$131.72/mo
West Baton Rouge Parish	27,064	3	1	10.93	$135.76/mo
West Carroll Parish	9,959	3		10.26	$138.75/mo
West Feliciana Parish	15,334	3	1	11.80	$151.82/mo
Winn Parish	13,875	5		12.02	$137.54/mo

The state of Louisiana's electricity use levels result in CO2 pollution totaling 36,348,428,029.66 kilograms, which is the 13th largest amount of any state in the United States. Averaging 7,918.63 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person, the state ranks 8th worst for emissions per capita from electricity consumption. Around 76.02% of electricity in Louisiana comes from generation using Natural Gas. Adding Natural Gas totals to Nuclear (12.27%) and Coal (5.55%), these three fuel types make up 93.84% of the electricity production in the state. Louisiana has 37 power plants within the state. This is the 28th highest number of power plants within a single state and the 35th highest number of power plants per citizen in a state.

NATURAL GAS

76.02%

NUCLEAR

12.27%

COAL

5.55%

OTHER GAS

1.78%

BLACK LIQUOUR

1.25%

OTHER

3.13%

Of the 34 electric companies in Louisiana, 21 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 2.98%. This includes data from 16 companies, including Entergy Louisiana, CLECO Power, and Entergy New Orleans. For comparison, the national average electricity loss is 2.87%. Louisiana has a rank of 23rd 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.

Louisiana generates 99,830,454.19 megawatt hours of electricity.

Roughly 3,361,539.02 megawatt hours of electricity are generated from renewable fuel sources in Louisiana.

Louisiana consumes 96.16% of the generation put out by their power generation plants, this means they must export or store the excess megawatt hours.

Citizens of Louisiana consume enough electricity to emit 7,918.63 kilograms each of CO2 gases per year, which is the 8th highest amount of pollution from electricity consumption for a state in the country.

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 76.02% of the fuel used in the state. Additionally, Nuclear makes up 12.27% and Coal makes up 5.55%.

What is a good electricity rate in Louisiana?

The average rate per kilowatt hour of electricity in Louisiana in 2024 is 11.40 cents.

What is the average electric bill in Louisiana?

The average electricity bill in the state of Louisiana in 2024 is $140 while the US average is $138.

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 37 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	3.87	11,521
2	Welsh, Louisiana Electric Utility	5.99	1,736
3	Vinton, Louisiana Electric Utility	7.88	1,539
4	Winnfield, Louisiana Electric Utility	8.16	2,510
5	St Martinville, Louisiana Electric Utility	8.16	2,667
6	Abbeville, Louisiana Electric Utility	9.14	5,464
7	Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	9.67	114,370
8	Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	9.75	54,525
9	Northeast Louisiana Power	9.75	17,328
10	South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association	9.80	21,396

What power companies are in Louisiana?

State Customers Rank	Provider	State Customers
1	Entergy Louisiana	1,105,975
2	CLECO Power	294,966
3	Southwestern Electric Power Company	234,616
4	Entergy New Orleans	209,049
5	DEMCO Electric	115,368
6	Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation	114,370
7	Lafayette Utilities System	70,799
8	Washington-St Tammany Electric Cooperative	54,525
9	Beauregard Electric Cooperative	44,005
10	Claiborne Electric Coop	24,240

Last Reviewed By: Ginalyn Gelera

Published: 2024-06-27

Electricity Rates in Louisiana

Electricity Companies & Statistics in Louisiana