Average Electricity Bill in Alaska

This page estimates a typical monthly and annual electricity bill in Alaska using the state's average residential electricity rate and a benchmark usage assumption of 900 kWh per month.

Alaska average rate
25.01 ¢/kWh
Estimated monthly bill
$225.09
Estimated annual bill
$2701.08
500 kWh example
$125.05
1,500 kWh example
$375.15

Key metrics

MetricValue
Alaska average rate25.01 ¢/kWh
Estimated monthly bill$225.09
Estimated annual bill$2701.08
500 kWh example$125.05
1,500 kWh example$375.15

Alaska vs U.S. average bill

Alaska monthly bill
$225.09
U.S. monthly bill
$158.13
Monthly difference
+$66.96
Alaska average rate
25.01 ¢/kWh

Alaska's typical residential bill estimate is higher than the U.S. average by $66.96 per month (42.3%).

How to interpret this bill estimate

The statewide residential rate in Alaska is 25.01 ¢/kWh. Applying that rate to 900 kWh of monthly use produces an estimated bill of $225.09 before delivery charges, taxes, and fixed utility fees.

That benchmark is useful for comparing states, but real households can land above or below it depending on cooling load, heating type, home size, appliance intensity, and local utility rate design.

Usage-level bill examples in Alaska

Monthly usageEstimated costCanonical page
500 kWh$125.05How much does 500 kWh cost in Alaska?
1,000 kWh$250.10How much does 1,000 kWh cost in Alaska?
1,500 kWh$375.15How much does 1,500 kWh cost in Alaska?
2,000 kWh$500.20How much does 2,000 kWh cost in Alaska?

These usage pages are the canonical route family for fixed-kWh consumer electricity searches. The bill page uses them as supporting examples rather than duplicating the same intent under another URL.

What usually moves a household bill?

In practice, the biggest bill drivers are air conditioning, space heating, electric water heating, laundry, EV charging, and the length of time high-wattage appliances run each month.

That is why this page links to both usage-cost routes and appliance operating-cost pages: one shows what a whole-home kWh pattern looks like, and the other shows how specific devices contribute to the final bill.

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Source & Method

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Retail Sales of Electricity. Last dataset period: February 2026. Costs are energy-only estimates and exclude delivery charges, taxes, and fixed utility fees.

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