Electricity and gas prices in Louisiana

Households in Louisiana paid an average of 13.49¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $16.62 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in December 2025. That is the 48th 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$16.87
Heat pump at COP 3.0$13.18
Heat pump at COP 2.0$19.77
Electric resistance$39.54

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

Five years of prices

July 202110.90¢
October 202111.69¢
January 202211.45¢
April 202212.25¢
July 202214.09¢
October 202214.29¢
January 202311.98¢
April 202311.20¢
July 202311.26¢
October 202311.95¢
January 202410.93¢
April 202412.21¢
July 202411.61¢
October 202411.95¢
January 202511.10¢
April 202513.57¢
July 202513.12¢
October 202512.39¢
January 202612.46¢
April 202614.44¢

Who sells electricity in Louisiana

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
Entergy Louisiana LLC	Investor Owned	957,522	11.05¢
Cleco Power LLC	Investor Owned	251,927	12.33¢
Southwestern Electric Power Co	Investor Owned	207,011	13.46¢
Entergy New Orleans, LLC	Investor Owned	188,178	13.03¢
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (La)	Cooperative	110,675	11.91¢
Southwest Louisiana E M C	Cooperative	108,368	11.55¢
City Of Lafayette - (La)	Municipal	59,961	10.12¢
Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc.	Cooperative	50,901	11.85¢
Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	40,051	13.70¢
Adjustment 2024		37,449	11.58¢
Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	21,438	13.00¢
City Of Alexandria - (La)	Municipal	19,541	11.10¢
South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	16,997	13.48¢
Concordia Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	11,879	13.36¢
Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc.	Cooperative	11,543	10.66¢
Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov'T	Municipal	11,218	10.73¢
City Of Ruston - (La)	Municipal	9,900	5.66¢
Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	9,127	14.05¢
Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	8,459	8.84¢
Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	8,255	13.42¢
City Of Natchitoches	Municipal	7,234	9.25¢

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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.