Electricity and gas prices in Alabama

Households in Alabama paid an average of 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $24.06 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 24th 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$24.42
Heat pump at COP 3.0$16.02
Heat pump at COP 2.0$24.03
Electric resistance$48.07

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

Five years of prices

July 202113.23¢
October 202113.70¢
January 202212.75¢
April 202214.10¢
July 202214.83¢
October 202215.02¢
January 202314.41¢
April 202314.54¢
July 202314.48¢
October 202315.08¢
January 202414.48¢
April 202415.95¢
July 202415.03¢
October 202415.63¢
January 202515.09¢
April 202516.81¢
July 202515.93¢
October 202516.72¢
January 202616.06¢
April 202617.41¢

Who sells electricity in Alabama

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
Alabama Power Co	Investor Owned	1,332,911	16.77¢
City Of Huntsville - (Al)	Municipal	197,537	11.45¢
Baldwin County El Member Corp	Cooperative	83,005	13.87¢
Adjustment 2024		61,619	14.45¢
City Of Athens - (Al)	Municipal	50,985	12.24¢
Foley Board Of Utilities	Municipal	50,954	13.48¢
Central Alabama Electric Coop	Cooperative	45,036	16.64¢
City Of Florence - (Al)	Municipal	41,594	11.61¢
Cullman Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	39,779	13.26¢
Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	36,973	14.49¢
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc.	Cooperative	29,578	14.39¢
Sand Mountain Electric Coop	Cooperative	27,298	12.55¢
City Of Dothan - (Al)	Municipal	26,752	10.72¢
Covington Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	23,281	16.65¢
Decatur Utilities	Municipal	22,820	11.15¢
Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	22,401	15.45¢
Dixie Electric Coop - (Al)	Cooperative	22,054	15.05¢
Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	20,645	13.90¢
Black Warrior Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	20,053	13.24¢
Cherokee Electric Coop - (Al)	Cooperative	18,830	15.06¢
Clarke-Washington E M C	Cooperative	18,708	15.76¢
Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coop	Cooperative	17,318	12.49¢
South Alabama Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	16,801	15.44¢
Sheffield Utilities	Municipal	15,663	12.35¢
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	15,612	15.71¢
Pea River Electric Coop	Cooperative	14,922	16.77¢
Arab Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	14,062	11.96¢
City Of Opelika - (Al)	Municipal	13,555	12.83¢
North Alabama Electric Coop	Cooperative	13,099	12.83¢
City Of Bessemer Utilities	Municipal	9,378	12.26¢
Albertville Municipal Utilities Board	Municipal	8,318	10.67¢
City Of Troy - (Al)	Municipal	7,855	9.66¢
City Of Muscle Shoals	Municipal	7,154	11.96¢
City Of Scottsboro - (Al)	Municipal	7,090	12.87¢
Cullman Power Board	Municipal	7,049	12.64¢
Fort Payne Improvement Authority	Municipal	6,922	12.14¢
Franklin Electric Coop - (Al)	Cooperative	5,979	14.03¢
Guntersville Electric Board	Municipal	4,875	12.80¢
City Of Hartselle	Municipal	4,629	12.14¢
City Of Tuscumbia	Municipal	4,038	11.81¢

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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.