North Dakota electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
13.61¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$1.10
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How North Dakota compares
At 13.61¢ per kWh, North Dakota is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 6th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical North Dakota household uses
Electricity a month
1,062 kWh
Bill a month
$130
Households in North Dakota use 23% more electricity than the national average and pay 13% less than average. Cheap power absorbs most of that: the meter turns faster here, but at 13.61¢ each unit costs less than it does nationally. The climate pulls the other way here: 8,700 heating degree days against 600 cooling ones, so how a home is heated matters more than how it is cooled.
Averaged over twelve months across 401,700 residential accounts in North Dakota. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
North Dakota sees around 180 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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