Utah electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
12.96¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$0.99
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How Utah compares
At 12.96¢ per kWh, Utah is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 2nd cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical Utah household uses
Electricity a month
767 kWh
Bill a month
$102
Households in Utah use 11% less electricity than the national average and pay 31% less than average. Light use and a below-average rate together, which is the cheapest position a state can be in. The climate is fairly balanced — 5,600 heating degree days against 1,100 cooling ones — so neither season dominates the bill.
Averaged over twelve months across 1,281,310 residential accounts in Utah. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
Utah sees around 130 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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