Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 22 utilities reporting residential rates in Louisiana, Southwestern Electric Power Co comes 18th of 22. The state's range runs from City of Ruston - (LA) at 5.66¢ to Sunnova at 17.28¢, so where a household sits inside Louisiana depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Louisiana, whose customer-weighted average is 11.55¢, Southwestern Electric Power Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+16.5%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Southwestern Electric Power Co reported 207.0K residential customers, ranking 3rd of 22 utilities in Louisiana by customers served and covering 9.8% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,946 kWh per customer per year - -10.1% against the Louisiana median of 14,394 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,742.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Louisiana

All 22 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Louisiana, largest first, with Southwestern Electric Power Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Louisiana.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Louisiana, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Southwestern Electric Power Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Southwestern Electric Power Co rates

How much does Southwestern Electric Power Co charge per kWh?

Southwestern Electric Power Co reported an average residential price of 13.46¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Southwestern Electric Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Louisiana?

Its average residential price is above the Louisiana customer-weighted average of 11.76¢ per kWh, a difference of +14.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 22 utilities reporting residential service in Louisiana.

What is the average electricity bill for Southwestern Electric Power Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,946 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,742 a year, or about $145 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Southwestern Electric Power Co?

EIA classifies Southwestern Electric Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.