North Dakota Electricity Prices

Relatively, yes — 13.61¢ per kilowatt-hour in May 2026, 6th-cheapest of 51 and 29.9% below the national benchmark.

At North Dakota's May 2026 average of 13.61¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $1,429 a year — around $119 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the May 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,038 — a $609 gap between the two published averages, less for North Dakota, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the North Dakota jurisdiction average has risen 143% since January 2001, from 5.60¢ to 13.61¢ in May 2026 — a compound 3.6% per year. North Dakota is among the most month-to-month variable third of jurisdictions.

June 2025, at 13.71¢ per kilowatt-hour. The May 2026 reading of 13.61¢ sits 0.7% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 5.60¢ in January 2001.

June. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for North Dakota, 2001 through 2025, June runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 29.3 percentage points.

Among North Dakota and its land-border neighbours in May 2026, North Dakota posts the lowest average at 13.61¢ and Minnesota the highest at 16.95¢. That makes North Dakota the cheapest in the group, at 13.61¢.

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 North Dakota for May 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 10.92¢ in January 2026 and 13.71¢ in June 2025. 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.