North Dakota Electricity Utilities & Rates

35 electric utilities serve North Dakota · EIA Form 861 2025, with monthly prices through August 2026

Utilities

Customers

516,892

Electricity sold

30,931 GWh

Residential rate (2025)

11.82¢

Avg residential bill

$126/mo

Residential price (August 2026)

13.31¢

Average North Dakota electricity prices, 2025

Customer class	Avg price	Avg monthly use	Avg monthly bill
Residential	11.82¢	1,070 kWh	$126.40
Commercial	7.36¢	12,253 kWh	$902.41
Industrial	7.59¢	103,678 kWh	$7,868.02

EIA Form 861 average-bill tables for 2025: total class revenue divided by sales and customers as filed. Prices are average realized rates, blending fixed and variable charges - not any single tariff.

Latest monthly prices (EIA-861M, preliminary)

Period	Residential	Commercial	Industrial	All sectors
August 2026	13.31¢	8.07¢	8.12¢	8.91¢
2026 year-to-date	12.46¢	7.72¢	8.18¢	8.74¢

Electric utilities serving North Dakota

Utility	Ownership	Customers in state	Sales (GWh)	Residential rate
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	Investor Owned	96,940	2,099	13.54¢
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co	Investor Owned	94,744	3,459	11.06¢
Cass County Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	60,646	1,387	12.66¢
Otter Tail Power Co	Investor Owned	59,067	2,555	11.07¢
Adjustment 2025		28,888	712	12.51¢
Capital Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	22,758	401	13.53¢
Nodak Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	21,260	1,985	12.69¢
Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop	Cooperative	19,199	6,136	7.25¢
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	16,815	598	11.19¢
Roughrider Electric Cooperativ	Cooperative	15,326	784	10.82¢
McKenzie Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	13,712	6,685	8.02¢
Northern Plains Electric Coop	Cooperative	12,127	444	10.88¢
Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	10,441	166	—
North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (ND)	Cooperative	7,612	240	10.94¢
Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	7,019	660	12.74¢
McLean Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	4,303	191	14.64¢
Slope Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	4,142	192	14.27¢
KEM Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	4,134	114	—
City of Valley City	Municipal	3,958	106	—
Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	3,508	243	8.61¢
City of Grafton - (ND)	Municipal	2,277	48.8	—
Cavalier Rural Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	1,616	32.9	—
Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc	Cooperative	1,163	206	8.95¢
City of Hillsboro - (ND)	Municipal	1,016	45.9	—
City of Park River - (ND)	Municipal	893	18.9	—
City of Cavalier - (ND)	Municipal	875	14.7	—
City of Northwood - (ND)	Municipal	674	64.2	—
City of Lakota - (ND)	Municipal	540	14.2	—
City of Riverdale - (ND)	Municipal	346	3.3	—
City of Maddock - (ND)	Municipal	326	12.5	—
City of Stanton - (ND)	Municipal	254	7.3	—
City of Hope - (ND)	Municipal	205	4.0	—
City of Sharon- (ND)	Municipal	83	1.3	—
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration	Federal	24	199	—
Basin Electric Power Coop	Cooperative	1	1,102	—

Cheapest residential electricity in North Dakota (2025)

Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop - 7.25¢
McKenzie Electric Coop Inc - 8.02¢
Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc - 8.61¢
Roughrider Electric Cooperativ - 10.82¢
Northern Plains Electric Coop - 10.88¢
North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (ND) - 10.94¢
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co - 11.06¢
Otter Tail Power Co - 11.07¢
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc - 11.19¢
Adjustment 2025 - 12.51¢

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-861 (2025) and EIA-861M (monthly, preliminary).