State electricity profile · EIA monthly through May 2026
Utah Electricity
As of May 2026, residential electricity in Utah costs 12.96¢ per kWh (+2.9% vs May 2025). EIA publishes these figures monthly and this page follows them. Utah's 2025 annual residential electricity rate is 13.07¢/kWh, 24.5% below the US average. The rate runs below the national average on a mix that is still only 23% renewable. Commercial, industrial and generation-mix figures follow.
- 12.96¢
- May 2026 rate
- +2.9%
- year over year
- 13.07¢/kWh
- Residential rate
- -24.5%
- vs US average
- 23%
- Renewable
- 1.3M
- Customers
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13.07¢/kWh residential, 10.04¢/kWh commercial
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2025 annual-frequency retail-sales series, Utah's residential average revenue per kWh is 13.07¢/kWh, with a commercial average of 10.04¢/kWh and an industrial average of 8.43¢/kWh; a separate EIA generation series for 2025 reports 23% of the state's generation from renewables.
- 24.5% below the US average vs national residential average
- 23% renewable generation
The verdict · 2025
Utah's residential electricity runs 13.07¢/kWh - 24.5% below the 17.30¢/kWh national average, cheaper than 88% of other states, with 23% of its power from renewables.
This is EIA state average revenue per kWh across 1.3M reported residential customers, a benchmark for comparing states, not the tariff on any single bill. Source: EIA retail-sales API, annual frequency.
Annual rate change
What changed in the 2025 annual EIA period
- Utah's industrial average rose from 7.86¢/kWh to 8.43¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +7.3%.
- Utah's residential average rose from 12.22¢/kWh to 13.07¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +7.0%.
- Utah's commercial average rose from 9.39¢/kWh to 10.04¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +6.9%.
Who generates Utah's electricity
Utah has 229 operable generating units on EIA's inventory totalling 10,736 MW of net summer capacity. The largest single plant is Hunter , a conventional steam coal station operated by PacifiCorp , rated 1,363 MW.
Balancing authorities keep supply and demand matched on the grid; the largest here by capacity are PacifiCorp - East, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Western Area Power Administration UGP West.
Showing the 16 largest of 128 operable plants in Utah by net summer capacity.
| Plant | Operator | Technology | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter | PacifiCorp | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 1,363 |
| Lake Side Power Plant | PacifiCorp | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 1,176 |
| Intermountain Power Project | Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 940 |
| Huntington | PacifiCorp | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 909 |
| Faraday Solar | – | Solar Photovoltaic | – | 525 |
| Currant Creek | PacifiCorp | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 524 |
| Bonanza | Deseret Generation & Tran Coop | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 471 |
| Gadsby | PacifiCorp | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | – | 354 |
| Milford Wind Corridor I LLC | Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC (Longroad) | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 204 |
| Dominguez Energy Storage | Dominguez Grid, LLC | Batteries | – | 200 |
| Hornshadow Solar II, LLC | Hornshadow Solar II, LLC | Solar Photovoltaic | – | 200 |
| Appaloosa Solar I | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | Solar Photovoltaic | – | 198 |
| West Valley Generation Project | Utah Municipal Power Agency | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | – | 185 |
| Flaming Gorge | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 152 |
| Nebo Power Station | Utah Associated Mun Power Sys | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | – | 130 |
| Cove Mountain Solar 2 | Cove Mountain Solar 2 LLC | Solar Photovoltaic | – | 122 |
| Operating company | Plants | Net summer MW |
|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 11 | 4,396 |
| Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | 1 | 940 |
| Clearway Renewable Operation & Maintenance LLC | 7 | 530 |
| Deseret Generation & Tran Coop | 2 | 485 |
| Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | 3 | 283 |
| Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC (Longroad) | 1 | 204 |
| Utah Municipal Power Agency | 3 | 201 |
| Dominguez Grid, LLC | 1 | 200 |
| Hornshadow Solar II, LLC | 1 | 200 |
| U S Bureau of Reclamation | 2 | 157 |
Operable units only, from EIA's generator inventory as reported for 2026-05. Capacity is net summer rating, which is what a unit can reliably deliver in peak conditions rather than its nameplate figure. Ownership and operatorship can differ; the company shown is the one EIA records as operating the unit.
Market Overview
Residential Revenue
$1.5B
Commercial Revenue
$1.5B
Residential Sales
11.8M MWh
Residential Customers
1.3M
What Utah's Electricity Data Tells Us
Residential customers in Utah pay 13.07¢/kWh in 2025, across 1.3M metered households, placing the state 24.5% below the national residential average of 17.30¢/kWh. Commercial rates sit at 10.04¢/kWh while industrial buyers pay 8.43¢/kWh. These sector averages describe recorded revenue per kWh; this dataset alone does not establish why they differ. Annual residential sales total 11.8M MWh on roughly $1.5B in utility revenue. Sales and revenue are reported retail-series measures and should not be treated as a local load forecast.
The two ends of Utah's market are priced very differently: 45 of 51 for households against 27 for industry. A gap this wide means a single statewide "electricity price" describes almost nothing, and the sector figures above should be read separately. No single fuel reaches half of Utah's in-state generation. Coal leads at 46.8%, with natural gas at 29.9% close enough behind that the mix reads as a balance rather than a clear lead. It is the leading fuel in 9 states. Renewable fuels (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass) account for 22.8% of Utah's electricity output. These shares describe in-state generation, not a utility-specific customer bill.
Looking back across EIA records, residential prices in Utah moved from 11.02¢/kWh in 2016 to 13.07¢/kWh in 2025, a 18.6% shift over that window. States charging a similar rate include Washington, Oklahoma, Nevada, a useful peer set for a sanity check. A coal-led grid prices differently from a fuel-market-led one. Utah's generators buy under multi-year contracts and recover plant capital through the rate base, so the rate above tends to move in regulated steps rather than with any commodity price, and the live question is what retiring units get replaced with. Read the number as a floor rather than a promise. A statewide average this far under the national figure is usually held down by a few large low-cost generators, and a household on the wrong side of a service-territory boundary in Utah can pay well above it.
-24.5%
Much cheaper vs the US residential average
88%
of states have higher rates — Among the cheapest
23%
Moderate renewable — below the 25% US mix
1.3M
residential customers served
Energy Generation Mix (2025)
How Utah generates its electricity, from the EIA generation series for 2025 (separate from the 2025 retail-sales price figures above). Renewable sources account for 22.8% of generation.
- Coal46.8%
- Natural Gas29.9%
- Solarrenewable17.3%
- Hydrorenewable2.2%
- Windrenewable2.1%
- Geothermalrenewable1.2%
- Other0.4%
- Petroleum0.1%
Residential Price History
Utah residential average revenue per kWh moved from 11.02¢/kWh in 2016 to 13.07¢/kWh in 2025 (18.6% over the window).
- Utah residential avg
- 13.07¢/kWh 18.6% since 2016
- 2016 → 2025
- Utah residential: 2016, 11¢
- Utah residential: 2017, 11¢
- Utah residential: 2018, 10.4¢
- Utah residential: 2019, 10.4¢
- Utah residential: 2020, 10.4¢
- Utah residential: 2021, 10.4¢
- Utah residential: 2022, 10.8¢
- Utah residential: 2023, 11.2¢
- Utah residential: 2024, 12.2¢
- Utah residential: 2025, 13.1¢
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · annual frequency. Utah full trend →
Utah Average Price by Sector and Year (¢/kWh)
The chart above tracks households only. In 2025, Utah households paid 13.07¢/kWh while businesses paid 10.04¢/kWh, a 30.2% residential premium, a wider household-versus-business gap than most states. Every year EIA has published is below, so a single year can be read across all three sectors rather than assembled from three separate EIA queries.
| Year | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.07¢/kWh | 10.04¢/kWh | 8.43¢/kWh |
| 2024 | 12.22¢/kWh | 9.39¢/kWh | 7.86¢/kWh |
| 2023 | 11.20¢/kWh | 8.51¢/kWh | 6.99¢/kWh |
| 2022 | 10.84¢/kWh | 8.39¢/kWh | 6.84¢/kWh |
| 2021 | 10.43¢/kWh | 8.13¢/kWh | 6.19¢/kWh |
| 2020 | 10.44¢/kWh | 8.27¢/kWh | 5.90¢/kWh |
| 2019 | 10.40¢/kWh | 8.26¢/kWh | 5.98¢/kWh |
| 2018 | 10.41¢/kWh | 8.23¢/kWh | 5.90¢/kWh |
| 2017 | 10.95¢/kWh | 8.64¢/kWh | 6.13¢/kWh |
| 2016 | 11.02¢/kWh | 8.75¢/kWh | 6.33¢/kWh |
Average revenue per kilowatt-hour, U.S. Energy Information Administration annual-frequency retail-sales series. Revenue per kWh is what customers in each sector actually paid on average, not an advertised tariff rate. Years with no EIA figure for a sector show —.
Where Utah's residential rate sits nationally
2025 average revenue per kWh across every reporting state
13.07¢/kWh Top 14% most affordable More affordable than 88% of 50 other states
all reporting states, equal-width bands
Each bar spans 5¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more states; the dashed marker locates this state. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.
Source U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · 2025 annual frequency
How Utah compares
Average revenue per kWh, EIA retail-sales API. Pick a benchmark above to compare Utah against the US average or a peer state.
States with Similar Electricity Prices
Other states led by coal
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Using Utah's numbers
Utah is mid-transition, which is the phase where prices are hardest to predict: it is paying to run the old fleet and to build the new one at the same time, and the rate above sits in the middle of that.
- Utah sits 24.5% 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, computed as revenue divided by sales, so delivery and taxes are inside them but not broken out. Your actual rate depends on your utility, plan, and usage, see our disclaimer.
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Where Utah's figures come from
Every price and generation figure on this page is drawn from the EIA series below, and from nothing else.
Utilities serving Utah
The 21 utilities that reported bundled residential service in Utah to EIA Form 861 (2024), largest first. Entity prices below are Form 861 averages for that release, not the same survey as the 2025 retail-sales statewide average above, and not a household tariff. What an individual household pays depends on which of these serves its address.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | Investor Owned | 947.2K | 12.52¢ |
| Provo City Corp | Municipal | 35.3K | 11.39¢ |
| City of St George | Municipal | 28.4K | 11.40¢ |
| Lehi City Corporation | Municipal | 27.5K | 10.95¢ |
| Dixie Escalante R E A, Inc | Cooperative | 26.9K | 8.92¢ |
| City of Logan - (UT) | Municipal | 19.5K | 12.82¢ |
| City of Murray - (UT) | Municipal | 17.0K | 11.06¢ |
| City of Bountiful | Municipal | 15.7K | 12.97¢ |
| Spanish Fork City Corporation | Municipal | 14.0K | 10.10¢ |
| Moon Lake Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | 13.3K | 8.98¢ |
| Garkane Energy Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11.7K | 11.45¢ |
| City of Springville - (UT) | Municipal | 10.9K | 12.75¢ |
| Strawberry Electric Serv Dist | Political Subdivision | 3.6K | 15.16¢ |
| Navajo Tribal Utility Authority | State | 1.8K | 13.92¢ |
| Empire Electric Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 946 | 16.26¢ |
Showing the 15 largest of 21 reporting utilities. The 1 serving 100.0K+ residential customers link to a full profile. Presence in EIA Form 861 is not evidence that a utility is available at a given address or that a customer may choose it.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Statewide prices use the EIA retail-sales annual series (2025). Generation mix uses a separate EIA generation series (2025). Utility rows use Form EIA-861 (2024) and are not averaged into the statewide retail-sales figure. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.