Electricity and gas prices in Minnesota

Households in Minnesota paid an average of 17.52¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $14.79 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 20th 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$15.01
Heat pump at COP 3.0$17.12
Heat pump at COP 2.0$25.67
Electric resistance$51.35

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

Five years of prices

July 202114.06¢
October 202114.11¢
January 202212.84¢
April 202213.96¢
July 202215.25¢
October 202215.07¢
January 202313.25¢
April 202314.71¢
July 202315.60¢
October 202315.45¢
January 202414.24¢
April 202415.26¢
July 202416.50¢
October 202415.96¢
January 202514.51¢
April 202515.08¢
July 202516.92¢
October 202516.37¢
January 202614.98¢
April 202616.39¢

Who sells electricity in Minnesota

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
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	Investor Owned	1,230,057	16.98¢
Adjustment 2024		251,565	14.09¢
Connexus Energy	Cooperative	134,095	13.66¢
Allete, Inc.	Investor Owned	125,896	15.66¢
Dakota Electric Association	Cooperative	108,097	14.00¢
East Central Energy	Cooperative	55,250	16.89¢
Rochester Public Utilities	Municipal	54,943	17.91¢
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	Cooperative	53,714	14.59¢
Otter Tail Power Co	Investor Owned	50,118	11.33¢
Lake Country Power	Cooperative	47,204	17.90¢
Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Comp	Cooperative	44,698	13.33¢
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	43,412	13.98¢
Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (Mn)	Cooperative	27,239	13.28¢
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn	Cooperative	26,138	13.88¢
People's Cooperative Services	Cooperative	21,665	16.70¢
Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	20,732	14.40¢
Shakopee Public Utilities Comm	Municipal	18,517	15.54¢
Benco Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	18,361	15.03¢
City Of Moorhead - (Mn)	Municipal	18,180	11.38¢
Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	17,842	15.15¢
Mienergy Cooperative	Cooperative	15,224	16.56¢
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative	Cooperative	14,546	17.58¢
Runestone Electric Assn	Cooperative	14,282	14.36¢
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	13,948	14.35¢
City Of Elk River	Municipal	11,776	15.83¢
City Of Anoka	Municipal	11,646	15.88¢
City Of Owatonna - (Mn)	Municipal	11,434	15.27¢
Itasca-Mantrap Co-Op Electrical Assn	Cooperative	11,200	13.44¢
City Of Chaska - (Mn)	Municipal	10,954	16.28¢
City Of Austin - (Mn)	Municipal	10,795	15.34¢
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric	Cooperative	10,725	15.63¢
City Of Alexandria - (Mn)	Municipal	8,758	11.57¢
Willmar Municipal Utilities	Municipal	8,662	12.21¢
Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn	Cooperative	8,572	14.09¢
Brainerd Public Utilities	Municipal	6,956	12.15¢
Hutchinson Utilities Comm	Municipal	6,653	11.09¢
City Of Marshall - (Mn)	Municipal	5,857	9.70¢
Federated Rural Electric Assn	Cooperative	5,727	11.64¢
Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn	Cooperative	4,931	12.22¢
South Central Electric Assn	Cooperative	4,665	15.20¢

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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.