Iowa · Municipal
City of Ames - (IA)
12.12¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $72.36 at 596.9 kWh a month, across 25,123 customers on that row.
Iowa averaged 13.62¢/kWh and $117.30 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use bundled service. Customer count: 25,123, the largest residential count across service types.
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The figure below is this utility's 2025 EIA residential average.
2025 EIA average
$121.20
12.12¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.24¢ | $66.34 | 590.0 | 22,810 |
| 2016 | 10.70¢ | $64.04 | 598.6 | 23,122 |
| 2017 | 12.04¢ | $70.55 | 586.0 | 23,445 |
| 2018 | 11.67¢ | $71.71 | 614.6 | 23,946 |
| 2019 | 11.64¢ | $68.50 | 588.3 | 23,943 |
| 2020 | 11.60¢ | $68.89 | 593.7 | 24,342 |
| 2021 | 11.55¢ | $69.84 | 604.9 | 24,900 |
| 2022 | 11.73¢ | $71.01 | 605.3 | 24,889 |
| 2023 | 12.19¢ | $72.19 | 592.3 | 24,832 |
| 2024 | 12.10¢ | $68.99 | 570.4 | 24,979 |
| 2025 | 12.12¢ | $72.36 | 596.9 | 25,123 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
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EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool