Electricity Rate in Utah (2026): 13.37c/kWh Average
The EIA residential electricity price in Utah is 13.37 cents per kWh as of June 2026, 4.97c below the US average of 18.34c/kWh. The Utah commercial rate is 10.99c/kWh and the industrial rate is 9.22c/kWh (EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A).
Utah Electricity Rate: What You Need to Know
Utah electricity averages 13.37 cents per kWh for residential customers as of June 2026, according to the EIA Electric Power Monthly. This is 4.97c below the US average of 18.34c/kWh. The average monthly bill for Utah households is $101 based on typical usage of 770 kWh.
Utah has some of the cheaper electricity in the West - 13.37c/kWh (June 2026), well below the US average of 18.34c. Almost the entire state is served by a single regulated utility: Rocky Mountain Power, the Utah operating name of PacifiCorp (a Berkshire Hathaway Energy company), which delivers more than 80% of Utah's electricity to roughly a million customers under the oversight of the Utah Public Service Commission. Utah is a regulated, vertically integrated market with no residential retail choice - households buy from the utility assigned to their territory. Coal is still the backbone of the grid (around 46% of generation), with natural gas near 30% and a fast-growing solar share around 15%, which helps hold per-kWh costs down. Rates have been climbing, though: Rocky Mountain Power asked for a 30.5% increase over two years in its 2024 rate case, and in April 2025 the PSC approved a far smaller 4.7% increase for single-family residential customers - about a quarter of what the utility sought - citing fuel and wholesale-power costs, new transmission and generation, and wildfire-insurance premiums. The emerging pressure is data-center load along the Silicon Slopes corridor (Lehi, Draper, Bluffdale); Utah's 2025 Senate Bill 132 created a "large load" framework requiring customers of 100 MW or more to shoulder the cost of the infrastructure they need, a structure designed to keep data-center build-out off residential bills.
Generation mix: Coal 46%, natural gas 30%, solar 15%, wind and hydro 6%. The fuel mix is a primary driver of electricity rates - states with abundant hydro or nuclear tend to have lower rates, while states dependent on imported petroleum (Hawaii) or natural gas pay more.
Year-over-year change: Utah rates rose 2.1% year-over-year as of June 2026. This compares to the US average increase of 5% over the same period.
Regulated: You Cannot Switch Electricity Suppliers
Rocky Mountain Power (PacifiCorp) operates as the regulated utility in Utah. Retail electricity choice is not available for residential customers. Options for reducing your bill include: time-of-use rate optimization, energy efficiency upgrades, and rooftop solar.
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EIA's Form 861 census records 51 entities with 2024 retail electricity sales in Utah: 19 distribution utilities filing the full form, 32 small utilities filing the short form (EIA-861S). By ownership: 38 municipal, 8 cooperative, 2 political subdivision, 1 state, 1 investor owned, 1 federal. The state-wide average realised residential price in 2024 was 12.22 cents per kWh across 1,272,129 residential customers and 11,825,248 MWh of sales; EIA's latest monthly figure is 13.37c (June 2026). The largest utility by residential accounts served (bundled plus delivery-only) is PacifiCorp with 947,246 (12.52c per kWh, 72.8% of state residential sales by MWh). 18 of the 19 distribution utilities have a detail page; the rest are listed here only.
| # | Utility | Ownership | Res. accounts | Residential | Commercial | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PacifiCorpalso OR, WY, WA, ID, CA | Investor Owned | 947,246 | 12.52c | 9.23c | 26 |
| 2 | Provo City Corp | Municipal | 35,299 | 11.39c | 9.33c | 1 |
| 3 | City of St George | Municipal | 28,436 | 11.40c | 9.95c | 1 |
| 4 | Lehi City Corporation | Municipal | 27,459 | 10.95c | 11.07c | 1 |
| 5 | Dixie Escalante R E A, Incalso AZ | Cooperative | 26,906 | 8.92c | 7.18c | 3 |
| 6 | City of Logan (UT) | Municipal | 19,455 | 12.82c | 11.38c | 1 |
| 7 | City of Murray (UT) | Municipal | 17,000 | 11.06c | 7.94c | 1 |
| 8 | City of Bountiful | Municipal | 15,709 | 12.97c | 11.93c | 1 |
| 9 | Spanish Fork City Corporation | Municipal | 13,988 | 10.10c | 9.40c | 1 |
| 10 | Moon Lake Electric Assn Incalso CO | Cooperative | 13,275 | 8.98c | 8.77c | 4 |
| 11 | Garkane Energy Coop, Incalso AZ | Cooperative | 11,653 | 11.45c | 10.81c | 7 |
| 12 | City of Springville (UT) | Municipal | 10,852 | 12.75c | 11.63c | 1 |
| 13 | Strawberry Electric Serv Dist | Political Subdivision | 3,593 | 15.16c | 16.01c | 1 |
| 14 | Navajo Tribal Utility Authorityalso AZ, NM | State | 1,805 | 13.92c | 14.24c | 1 |
| 15 | Empire Electric Assn, Incalso CO | Cooperative | 946 | 16.26c | 13.26c | 1 |
| 16 | Wells Rural Electric Coalso NV | Cooperative | 510 | 10.56c | 9.52c | 1 |
| 17 | Raft Rural Elec Coop Incalso NV, ID | Cooperative | 381 | 10.05c | 7.11c | 1 |
| 18 | Mt Wheeler Power, Incalso NV | Cooperative | 211 | 9.60c | 10.35c | 3 |
| 19 | WAPA-- Western Area Power Administrationalso CA, AZ, CO, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, SD, WY | Federal | 0 | n/a | 3.36c | 4 |
Small utilities filing the EIA-861S short form (32): totals across all sectors, no residential split+
| Utility | Ownership | Customers (all) | Avg price (all) | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heber Light & Power Company | Municipal | 15,757 | 11.35c | 1 |
| City of Washington (UT) | Municipal | 11,672 | 15.60c | 1 |
| Kaysville City Corporation | Municipal | 11,029 | 10.86c | 1 |
| Hurricane City Power | Municipal | 9,754 | 11.22c | 1 |
| Payson City Corporation | Municipal | 9,450 | 12.53c | 1 |
| Brigham City Corporation | Municipal | 8,642 | 10.01c | 1 |
| Price Municipal Corporation | Municipal | 4,847 | 13.41c | 1 |
| Hyrum City Corporation | Municipal | 4,348 | 10.17c | 1 |
| City of Santa Clara (UT) | Municipal | 3,793 | 11.89c | 1 |
| Salem City Corporation (UT) | Municipal | 3,592 | 12.31c | 1 |
| Nephi City Corporation | Municipal | 2,908 | 8.63c | 1 |
| City of Ephraim (UT) | Municipal | 2,737 | 13.69c | 1 |
| City of Mt Pleasant (UT) | Municipal | 2,564 | 12.28c | 1 |
| Bridger Valley Elec Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 2,204 | 16.04c | 2 |
| Morgan City (UT) | Municipal | 2,021 | 13.62c | 1 |
| City of Blanding (UT) | Municipal | 1,828 | 10.86c | 1 |
| Beaver City Corporation | Municipal | 1,803 | 11.48c | 1 |
| Parowan City Corporation | Municipal | 1,708 | 12.05c | 1 |
| City of Manti (UT) | Municipal | 1,588 | 10.68c | 1 |
| Fillmore City Corporation | Municipal | 1,314 | 8.92c | 1 |
| City of Helper (UT) | Municipal | 1,297 | 7.36c | 1 |
| City of Monroe (UT) | Municipal | 1,268 | 13.20c | 1 |
| Fairview City Corporation | Municipal | 946 | 10.66c | 1 |
| City of Enterprise (UT) | Municipal | 830 | 12.35c | 1 |
| Spring City Corporation | Municipal | 638 | 11.51c | 1 |
| Levan Town Corporation (UT) | Municipal | 380 | 10.86c | 1 |
| Town of Oak City (UT) | Municipal | 317 | 10.67c | 1 |
| Kanosh Town Corporation | Municipal | 297 | 14.41c | 1 |
| Town of Paragonah (UT) | Municipal | 286 | 12.65c | 1 |
| Town of Holden (UT) | Municipal | 255 | 16.67c | 1 |
| Meadow Town Corporation | Municipal | 171 | 11.23c | 1 |
| Ticaboo Electric Improvement District | Political Subdivision | 95 | 52.95c | 1 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.