Electricity and gas prices in Alaska

Households in Alaska paid an average of 28.21¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $17.35 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 7th highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$17.61
Heat pump at COP 3.0$27.56
Heat pump at COP 2.0$41.34
Electric resistance$82.68

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Alaska

Five years of prices

July 202123.39¢
October 202123.19¢
January 202222.17¢
April 202222.83¢
July 202224.36¢
October 202223.66¢
January 202321.73¢
April 202323.44¢
July 202324.96¢
October 202324.04¢
January 202423.91¢
April 202425.01¢
July 202425.81¢
October 202425.64¢
January 202524.73¢
April 202525.96¢
July 202527.30¢
October 202526.46¢
January 202625.52¢
April 202627.35¢

Who sells electricity in Alaska

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Chugach Electric Assn Inc.	Cooperative	97,048	21.24¢
Matanuska Electric Assn Inc.	Cooperative	64,205	23.37¢
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc.	Cooperative	40,675	30.32¢
Homer Electric Assn Inc.	Cooperative	29,721	29.79¢
Adjustment 2024		25,355	30.73¢
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.	Investor Owned	15,407	12.93¢
Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	7,689	69.95¢
Ketchikan Public Utilities	Municipal	6,561	12.48¢
Alaska Power And Telephone Co	Investor Owned	5,737	37.18¢
Kodiak Electric Assn Inc.	Cooperative	4,772	18.83¢
Kotzebue Electric Assn Inc.	Cooperative	1,227	47.90¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.