Electricity and gas prices in Idaho

Households in Idaho paid an average of 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $11.33 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 42nd 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$11.50
Heat pump at COP 3.0$14.04
Heat pump at COP 2.0$21.06
Electric resistance$42.12

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

Five years of prices

July 202110.39¢
October 202110.58¢
January 20229.85¢
April 20229.82¢
July 202211.18¢
October 202211.19¢
January 202310.51¢
April 202310.18¢
July 202311.76¢
October 202312.07¢
January 202410.71¢
April 202411.37¢
July 202412.17¢
October 202412.20¢
January 202510.82¢
April 202511.89¢
July 202512.28¢
October 202512.46¢
January 202612.07¢
April 202612.70¢

Who sells electricity in Idaho

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
Idaho Power Co	Investor Owned	525,751	11.76¢
Avista Corp	Investor Owned	128,226	11.62¢
Pacificorp	Investor Owned	74,170	12.11¢
Adjustment 2024		34,854	10.00¢
Kootenai Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	30,378	12.21¢
City Of Idaho Falls - (Id)	Municipal	28,142	9.25¢
Northern Lights, Inc.	Cooperative	18,511	11.49¢
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc.	Cooperative	15,433	11.11¢
United Electric Co-Op, Inc. - (Id)	Cooperative	5,100	7.89¢
Salmon River Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	2,383	9.00¢
Inland Power & Light Company	Cooperative	2,115	8.92¢
Lower Valley Energy Inc.	Cooperative	1,636	7.23¢
Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc.	Cooperative	1,391	9.18¢

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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.