Average electric bill in Minnesota (MN)
A typical Minnesota household pays
$120a month · $1443 a year
That is 20% below the national average of $151, the 44th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 742 kilowatt hours a month at 17.45¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — July 2026
$169
Cheapest — November 2025
$100
The dearest month costs $69 more than the cheapest — 69% higher and it is air conditioning that does it. Minnesota runs about 700 cooling degree days a year, so the summer bill is where any efficiency gain shows up.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Minnesota the amount of electricity used 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 Minnesota's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 2,645,042 residential accounts in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota rate page for the underlying prices.
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