Electricity and gas prices in Maine

Households in Maine paid an average of 29.59¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $31.62 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 4th 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$32.10
Heat pump at COP 3.0$28.91
Heat pump at COP 2.0$43.36
Electric resistance$86.72

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

Five years of prices

July 202116.37¢
October 202118.17¢
January 202218.27¢
April 202225.29¢
July 202222.99¢
October 202222.97¢
January 202324.08¢
April 202328.61¢
July 202327.73¢
October 202329.06¢
January 202427.39¢
April 202421.49¢
July 202423.15¢
October 202425.78¢
January 202526.13¢
April 202528.11¢
July 202527.98¢
October 202526.63¢
January 202630.73¢
April 202628.42¢

Who sells electricity in Maine

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
Central Maine Power Co	Investor Owned	519,295	23.43¢
Versant Power	Investor Owned	130,632	28.08¢
Eastern Maine Electric Coop	Cooperative	10,803	17.06¢
Adjustment 2024		8,973	14.53¢
Houlton Water Company	Municipal	3,907	11.95¢
Town Of Madison - (Me)	Municipal	2,413	15.16¢

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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.