Average electric bill in Alaska (AK)
A typical Alaska household pays
$158a month · $1891 a year
That is 5% above the national average of $151, the 24th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 587 kilowatt hours a month at 28.83¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — January 2026
$211
Cheapest — September 2025
$127
The dearest month costs $84 more than the cheapest — 66% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 10,500 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Alaska the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Alaska's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 305,661 residential accounts in Alaska, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Alaska rate page for the underlying prices.
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