State electricity profile · 2024
Utah Electricity
Residential electricity in Utah runs 12.22¢/kWh, 25.8% below the US average. Commercial, industrial, and generation-mix detail below, all from EIA filings.
- 12.22¢/kWh
- Residential rate
- -25.8%
- vs US average
- 23%
- Renewable
- 1.3M
- Customers
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The verdict · 2024
Utah's residential electricity runs 12.22¢/kWh - 25.8% below the 16.48¢/kWh national average, cheaper than 88% of states, with 23% of its power from renewables.
Rate is the EIA state average across all 1.3M residential customers, a benchmark for comparing states, not the rate on any single bill. Source: EIA Form-861.
What Utah's Electricity Data Tells Us
Households in Utah are billed 12.22¢/kWh on average for residential power, per 2024 EIA data, billed to 1.3M metered households statewide, 25.8% below where the national residential average sits, 16.48¢/kWh. Commercial rates sit at 9.39¢/kWh with industrial power priced at 7.86¢/kWh, reflecting the cost differentials that come from voltage level, load factor, and contract length across EIA Form-861 survey respondents. Residential sales for the year came to 11.8M MWh, generating about $1.4B in utility revenue, a useful yardstick for sizing local demand against the grid mix that serves it.
Utah's power comes primarily from coal, which accounts for 44.3% of in-state generation; the runner-up is natural gas, at 32.3%, plus solar at 17.5%. Utah's renewable share, spanning solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass, sits at 22.9% of total output, a figure that matters because each renewable megawatt-hour displaces fuel costs that otherwise flow through to retail bills. Expansion headroom remains: cost curves for wind and solar have fallen faster than fossil alternatives for most of the last decade.
Looking back across EIA records, residential prices in Utah moved from 11.02¢/kWh in 2016 to 12.22¢/kWh in 2024, a 10.9% shift over that window. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee price out at a comparable level, a handy peer set for cross-checking. For anyone negotiating a supplier contract, weighing an energy-efficiency upgrade, or modeling a household budget, the combination of current rate, multi-year trend, and generation mix offers a sturdier footing than any single data point on its own.
-25.8%
vs the US residential average
88%
of states have higher residential rates
23%
renewable share, above the US mix
1.3M
residential customers served
How Utah compares
Cents per kWh, EIA Form 861. Pick a benchmark above to compare Utah against the US average or a peer state.
Residential Price History
| Year | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.22¢/kWh | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 11.20¢/kWh | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 10.84¢/kWh | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 10.43¢/kWh | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 10.44¢/kWh | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 10.40¢/kWh | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 10.41¢/kWh | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 10.95¢/kWh | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 11.02¢/kWh | - |
Energy Generation Mix
How Utah generates its electricity. Renewable sources account for 22.9% of generation.
- Coal44.3%
- Natural Gas32.3%
- Solarrenewable17.5%
- Hydrorenewable2.1%
- Windrenewable2.1%
- Geothermalrenewable1.3%
- Other0.4%
- Petroleum0.1%
Market Overview
Residential Revenue
$1.4B
Commercial Revenue
$1.3B
Residential Sales
11.8M MWh
Residential Customers
1.3M
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Using Utah's numbers
This is the state average, use it as a benchmark, not a quote for your address.
- Utah sits 25.8% below the national average, see exactly where it lands among all 50 states. See the rankings
- Check the multi-year trend before you judge the rate, a low price rising fast can cost more over a decade than a steady one. Utah price trend
- Compare Utah side by side with the US average and peer states using the tool above, then estimate your own bill from your monthly kWh. Cost calculator
Figures are EIA state averages by sector. Your actual rate depends on your utility, plan, and usage, see our disclaimer.
Energy Guides
Understanding Electricity Rates
What ¢/kWh means and how your bill is calculated
Why Prices Vary by State
Generation mix, regulation, and geography
US Energy Sources Explained
How each fuel source powers the grid
Renewable vs Fossil Fuel Costs
LCOE comparison and the cost crossover
Cheapest States for Electricity
Which states pay the least and why
Primary source data for Utah
Every figure on this page traces to these official federal datasets.
- 📊 EIA State Energy Profile, Utah State energy database
- ⚡ EIA Electric Power Monthly Generation and price statistics
- 🌿 EPA eGRID Power-grid emissions database
- ☀️ NREL solar resource maps Solar potential by location
- 💨 NREL wind resource maps Wind potential by location
- ⚛️ NRC reactor data Nuclear operating status
- ⚡ FERC market data Transmission and market prices
- 🏛️ NARUC commissions State public utility commissions
- 📖 EIA energy mapping system Interactive federal energy map
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