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Iowa electricity rates

Average bill
$117.30
All-in price
13.62¢
Average use
860.9 kWh
Customers
1,460,591

EIA-861 Average Bill, residential, 2025, released October 7, 2026. July 2026 residential price in Table 5.6.A was 15.99¢/kWh. July 2025 was 15.31¢/kWh. Table retrieved October 10, 2026.

Bundled and energy utilities

Larger utilities, sorted by the 2025 all-in price of the primary service. Delivery-only utilities are in the next section.

UtilityService¢/kWhBillCustomers
MidAmerican Energy CoBundled11.21¢$92.85639,558
Cedar Falls UtilitiesBundled11.56¢$96.5817,746
City of Ames - (IA)Bundled12.12¢$72.3625,123
Board of Water Electric & CommunicationsBundled12.89¢$107.4310,105
Midland Power CoopBundled13.66¢$202.0112,083
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec CoopBundled13.80¢$153.4811,161
Corridor Energy CooperativeBundled14.18¢$125.7430,992
Eastern Iowa Light & Power CoopBundled14.81¢$177.3120,472
Interstate Power and Light CoBundled17.77¢$131.38419,451

Lowest in this list: MidAmerican Energy Co at 11.21¢/kWh. Highest: Interstate Power and Light Co at 17.77¢/kWh.

Delivery-only utilities

Delivery charges reported to EIA. In Texas, this is the wires utility, separate from the retail plan.

No delivery-only utility in this state is in the ranking above.

EIA state adjustment

Form EIA-861 includes a balancing row for Iowa, utility number 99999. The sales file names that row Adjustment 2025. It is not a company, the ownership field is blank, and the service-territory file lists no counties. The bundled figure on that row is 13.99¢/kWh, $124.65 a month, at 891.1 kWh, across 160,083 customers. Read the adjustment row.

Smaller utilities (17)

Listed for reference and left out of the rankings above. Most serve fewer than 10,000 residential customers.