Electricity and gas prices in Iowa

Households in Iowa paid an average of 15.93¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $22.16 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 29th 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$22.49
Heat pump at COP 3.0$15.56
Heat pump at COP 2.0$23.34
Electric resistance$46.69

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

Five years of prices

July 202114.39¢
October 202112.50¢
January 202211.03¢
April 202212.16¢
July 202215.69¢
October 202213.43¢
January 202311.38¢
April 202312.62¢
July 202315.17¢
October 202313.46¢
January 202411.78¢
April 202413.01¢
July 202414.88¢
October 202413.17¢
January 202511.99¢
April 202513.34¢
July 202515.31¢
October 202513.48¢
January 202612.83¢
April 202613.86¢

Who sells electricity in Iowa

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
Midamerican Energy Co	Investor Owned	632,436	11.01¢
Interstate Power And Light Co	Investor Owned	417,153	17.90¢
Adjustment 2024		205,531	12.98¢
Linn County Rec	Cooperative	30,323	14.23¢
City Of Ames - (Ia)	Municipal	24,979	12.10¢
Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop	Cooperative	20,749	13.56¢
Cedar Falls Utilities	Municipal	17,772	10.42¢
Midland Power Coop	Cooperative	11,939	13.60¢
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop	Cooperative	11,051	13.76¢
Board Of Water Electric & Communications	Municipal	10,123	12.63¢
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop	Cooperative	9,714	13.78¢
North West Rural Electric Coop	Cooperative	9,400	9.26¢
Access Energy Coop	Cooperative	8,850	14.95¢
East-Central Iowa Rural Elec Coop	Cooperative	7,368	13.28¢
Consumers Energy Coop - (Ia)	Cooperative	6,922	15.00¢
Mienergy Cooperative	Cooperative	6,006	16.91¢
Heartland Power Coop	Cooperative	4,351	12.67¢
Butler County Rural Elec Coop - (Ia)	Cooperative	3,898	15.43¢
Prairie Energy Coop	Cooperative	3,440	14.34¢
City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)	Municipal	2,805	13.15¢
City Of Independence - (Ia)	Municipal	2,719	13.82¢

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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.