Louisiana Electricity Prices

Relatively, yes — 14.15¢ per kilowatt-hour in May 2026, 10th-cheapest of 51 and 27.1% below the national benchmark.

At Louisiana's May 2026 average of 14.15¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $1,486 a year — around $124 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the May 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,038 — a $552 gap between the two published averages, less for Louisiana, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the Louisiana jurisdiction average has risen 78% since January 2001, from 7.97¢ to 14.15¢ in May 2026 — a compound 2.3% per year. Louisiana is among the most month-to-month variable third of jurisdictions.

April 2026, at 14.44¢ per kilowatt-hour. The May 2026 reading of 14.15¢ sits 2.0% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 6.27¢ in January 2002.

October. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Louisiana, 2001 through 2025, October runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 11.8 percentage points.

Among Louisiana and its land-border neighbours in May 2026, Louisiana posts the lowest average at 14.15¢ and Texas the highest at 16.44¢. That makes Louisiana the cheapest in the group, at 14.15¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Louisiana for May 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 12.36¢ in September 2025 and 14.44¢ in April 2026. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.