Electricity and gas prices in North Dakota

Households in North Dakota paid an average of 14.12¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $18.21 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 45th 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$18.48
Heat pump at COP 3.0$13.79
Heat pump at COP 2.0$20.69
Electric resistance$41.38

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

Five years of prices

July 202112.25¢
October 202111.63¢
January 20229.45¢
April 202210.50¢
July 202212.56¢
October 202211.75¢
January 20239.95¢
April 202310.28¢
July 202312.63¢
October 202311.71¢
January 20249.95¢
April 202411.40¢
July 202412.94¢
October 202412.08¢
January 20259.95¢
April 202511.72¢
July 202513.31¢
October 202512.82¢
January 202610.92¢
April 202612.35¢

Who sells electricity in North Dakota

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	82,987	12.11¢
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co	Investor Owned	79,354	11.72¢
Cass County Elec Coop Inc.	Cooperative	51,968	12.45¢
Otter Tail Power Co	Investor Owned	45,467	11.38¢
Adjustment 2024		23,746	12.32¢
Nodak Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	20,803	12.08¢
Capital Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	19,530	12.31¢
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	14,336	10.70¢
Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop	Cooperative	11,405	7.24¢
Roughrider Electric Cooperativ	Cooperative	11,183	10.24¢
Northern Plains Electric Coop	Cooperative	10,393	10.65¢
North Central Elec Coop, Inc. - (Nd)	Cooperative	6,061	10.90¢
Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc.	Cooperative	5,721	12.01¢
Mckenzie Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	5,382	7.86¢
Mclean Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	3,711	14.25¢
Slope Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	3,204	13.81¢
Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	1,789	7.88¢

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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.