Average electric bill in New Mexico
A typical New Mexico household pays
$98a month · $1176 a year
That is 34% below the national average of $149, the 51st highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 643 kilowatt hours a month at 14.12¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — July 2025
$141
Cheapest — April 2026
$74
The dearest month costs $67 more than the cheapest — 92% higher and it is air conditioning that does it. New Mexico runs about 1,600 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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 929,368 residential accounts in New Mexico, 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 New Mexico rate page for the underlying prices.