Montana electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
14.67¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$0.85
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How Montana compares
At 14.67¢ per kWh, Montana is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 13th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical Montana household uses
Electricity a month
823 kWh
Bill a month
$113
Households in Montana use about as much electricity as the national average and pay 24% less than average. Light use and a below-average rate together, which is the cheapest position a state can be in. The climate pulls the other way here: 7,500 heating degree days against 500 cooling ones, so how a home is heated matters more than how it is cooled.
Averaged over twelve months across 572,400 residential accounts in Montana. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
Montana sees around 170 freezing nights a year. Whether a heat pump beats a furnace here depends on the gap between those two prices above — not on the equipment.
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