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Alaska electric companies, rates and outages

EIA counts 11 utilities in Alaska, serving 356,597 accounts for a population of 733,971.

Disused coal plant at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, August 2025
An out of commission coal plant that used to power the radars at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, August 25, 2025. Photo by U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jordan Thompson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

In 2025 Alaska homes paid 26.09 ¢/kWh: rank 8 of 51, 50.8% above the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 24.82 ¢).

Calculators for Alaska

How it compares

Alaska prices
Customer sector2024GapRank
Residential24.82 ¢/kWh+50.6% against the U.S.6 of 511 is highest
Commercial21.57 ¢/kWh+69.2% against the U.S.3 of 511 is highest
Industrial19.31 ¢/kWh+137.5% against the U.S.4 of 511 is highest

Electric companies in Alaska

Alaska home prices, 2024; lowest filled.

Alaska companies
CompanyHome accountsAverage priceReliabilityNet metering
Ketchikan Public UtilitiesLowest price6,56112.48 ¢/kWh$72 a month at 578 kWhNo dataNo data
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.15,40712.93 ¢/kWh$75 a month at 578 kWh156 minSAIDI, SAIFI 2.93No data
Kodiak Electric Assn Inc4,77218.83 ¢/kWh$109 a month at 578 kWhNo dataNo data
Chugach Electric Assn Inc97,04821.24 ¢/kWh$123 a month at 578 kWh125 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.425.4 MW993 systems
Matanuska Electric Assn Inc64,20523.37 ¢/kWh$135 a month at 578 kWh258 minSAIDI, SAIFI 2.353.3 MW522 systems
Homer Electric Assn Inc29,72129.79 ¢/kWh$172 a month at 578 kWh257 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.654.0 MW605 systems
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc40,67530.32 ¢/kWh$175 a month at 578 kWh225 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.965.1 MW896 systems
Alaska Power and Telephone Co5,73737.18 ¢/kWh$215 a month at 578 kWhNo data0.0 MW6 systems
Kotzebue Electric Assn Inc1,22747.90 ¢/kWh$277 a month at 578 kWhNo dataNo data
Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc7,68969.95 ¢/kWh$404 a month at 578 kWhNo dataNo data

Alaska: 2025 and 2026

Alaska, data to July 2026.

Alaska 2025 average price
26.09 ¢/kWh+5.1% against 2024, U.S. +5.0%
Alaska 2025 rank
8 of 51-2 places against 2024
Alaska January to Jul 2026
27.09 ¢/kWh+5.0% on Jan-Jul 2025
Alaska Last 12 months
26.85 ¢/kWhto July 2026
Alaska July 2026
28.83 ¢/kWh+5.6% against July 2025
Alaska 2025 costliest month
Aug 27.71 ¢cheapest Jan 24.73 ¢, a 12% spread
Alaska Typical 2025 bill
$147 a monthtop Dec $194, low Jun $126

The Alaska residential price averaged 26.09 ¢/kWh in 2025, +5.1% on 2024: Alaska stayed within 0.1 points of the nation. From January to July 2026 the Alaska average is 27.09 ¢, +5.0% on 2025, 2.1 points below the U.S. change. Seasonality in Alaska: 2025 peaked in August at 27.71 ¢ and bottomed in January at 24.73 ¢. A typical residential account in Alaska paid about $1,765 for energy over 2025, from $126 in June to $194 in December; use per account ran 469 to 759 kWh a month.

Alaska price by month, 2024 to Jul 2026

Price by month, Alaska: 12 rows
Month202420252026 to Jul
Jan23.9124.7325.52
Feb23.0024.7625.79
Mar24.8425.7927.17
Apr25.0125.9627.35
May25.1526.0828.23
Jun25.5326.8728.21
Jul25.8127.3028.83
Aug26.4427.71No data
Sep25.8427.16No data
Oct25.6426.46No data
Nov24.8126.18No data
Dec23.6525.54No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What a typical Alaska account paid each month

Alaska: use per account times price, energy only.

Typical bill by month, Alaska: 12 rows
Month20252026 to Jul
Jan174211
Feb159167
Mar156192
Apr139162
May130143
Jun126129
Jul134141
Aug132No data
Sep127No data
Oct138No data
Nov156No data
Dec194No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What Alaska power is made of

In plain words. Natural gas is the biggest source in Alaska (50%), and the power made there is about as clean as the U.S. average per kWh. Plants with 3 MW are planned to retire by 2030.

In 2025 Alaska plants of 1 MW or more made 7.5 TWh. The biggest sources: natural gas 50.0%, hydro 23.5%, petroleum 13.8%. For comparison, natural gas makes 40.9% of U.S. generation. Wind, solar and hydro together: 25.3% (22.6% for the U.S.). Alaska plants only; imports and rooftop solar are not counted.

Alaska, share of net generation, %

  • Coal 10.5
  • Natural gas 50.0
  • Nuclear
  • Hydro (conventional) 23.5
  • Wind 1.6
  • Utility-scale solar 0.1
  • Petroleum 13.8
  • Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste 0.5
  • Other

Fuel groups: prices guide.

Alaska, share of net generation and operating capacity: 8 rows
SourceAlaska share of generation, %U.S. share, %Alaska generation, TWhAlaska capacity, MW
Coal10.516.60.79198
Natural gas50.040.93.771,391
Hydro (conventional)23.55.51.77483
Wind1.610.40.1260
Utility-scale solar0.16.80.018
Petroleum13.80.41.04834
Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste0.51.40.0412
Other-0.10.4-0.010

EIA-923 and EIA-860 for Alaska, 2025 data, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Alaska plant pipeline

Alaska, megawatts: 6 rows
Alaska plantsMW
Operating, utility-scale2,984
Battery storage134
Retiring 2026 to 20303
Retiring after 20301
Under construction0
Planned30

EIA-860 generators in Alaska, 2025 data.

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Alaska carbon per kWh

Alaska plants emitted 810 lb of CO₂ per MWh in 2023 (0.367 kg per kWh), against 767 lb for the U.S. An average Alaska home using 559 kWh a month accounts for about 205 kg of CO₂ a month at that rate. The rate is for Alaska plants, not your supplier.

state and national values: 4 rows
MeasureAlaskaU.S.
CO₂, lb per MWh809.8767.2
CO₂, kg per kWh0.3670.348
NOx, lb per MWh6.1660.452
SO2, lb per MWh0.4040.359

EPA eGRID2023 for Alaska, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Alaska weather

No data: NOAA nClimDiv has no statewide degree days for Alaska.

Alaska meters and time-of-use rates

74.1% of Alaska home meters are advanced (AMI) meters: 223,983 of 302,338. 2 of 2 reporting utilities offer a home time-of-use rate, and 69 home accounts are enrolled in dynamic pricing programs.

EIA-861 meters in Alaska, data year 2024, pulled 2 Oct 2026: homes.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Alaska

Alaska: 169 NFIP flood claims with a loss date in 2015 to 2025, $6.8M paid, median paid claim $26,349; 47th of 55 states and territories by dollars paid. The peak year was 2024 with 54 claims. FEMA counts 1.1% of Alaska residential structures as insured, 23rd of 51, and the policy file shows 3,274 NFIP policies in force on 8 Sep 2026. Floods damage substations and lines, and in Alaska this is claims history, not an outage count.

Alaska counties with the most NFIP flood claims
Top counties in AlaskaClaims 2015-2025PaidClaims per 1,000 homes
Juneau City and Borough71$4.5M7.8
Fairbanks North Star Borough33$510K1.1
Anchorage Municipality12$12K0.1
Nome Census Area10$896K3.6
Matanuska-Susitna Borough10$573K0.2

Alaska: flood claims by state, flood claims by county. 169 Alaska claims as of 8 Sep 2026, OpenFEMA NFIP; counts under 5 hidden.

Alaska charts

Price by sector, Alaska

Home 24.82, business 21.57, industry 19.31 ¢ in 2024.

Alaska price by sector 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearResidentialCommercialIndustrialGap to U.S. residential
201519.8317.4414.53+7.18
2016No data17.5615.22No data
201721.2718.8916.34+8.38
201821.9418.5817.10+9.07
201922.9219.8016.94+9.91
202022.5719.5815.88+9.42
202122.5519.6116.85+8.89
202223.1020.0618.43+8.06
202323.9020.8718.70+7.90
202424.8221.5719.31+8.34

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Largest utilities, SAIDI

Median of 5 reporters here: 224.6 minutes.

min

  • Chugach Electric Assn Inc124.6
  • Matanuska Electric Assn Inc258.1
  • Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc224.6
  • Homer Electric Assn Inc256.9
  • Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.156.4
  • U.S. median99.5

Alaska, SAIDI of the largest Alaska utilities: EIA-861 survey.

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Median SAIDI by year, 2015-2024

177 minutes in 2015, 225 in 2024.

Median SAIDI by year, Alaska, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearAlaska medianGap to U.S. median reporter
2015177+76
2016187+85
2017163+68
2018184+83
2019214+116
2020301+204
2021234+138
2022331+228
2023334+235
2024225+126

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Who serves each county

Alaska counties shaded by utilities listing them; the table shows the top twelve.

Alaska counties by number of electric utilitiesKetchikan GatewayHainesBethelSoutheast FairbanksKusilvakNorth SlopeNomeDillinghamFairbanks North StarJuneauDenaliMatanuska-SusitnaYakutatYukon-KoyukukKodiak IslandKenai PeninsulaAnchorageNorthwest Arctic

1 utility 2 3 4 or more

Alaska counties: first 12 of 20 rows
CountyUtilitiesNames
Yukon Koyukuk3Alaska Power and Telephone Co; Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc; Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Anchorage2Chugach Electric Assn Inc; Matanuska Electric Assn Inc
Kenai Peninsula2Chugach Electric Assn Inc; Homer Electric Assn Inc
Kodiak Island2Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc; Kodiak Electric Assn Inc
Northwest Arctic2Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc; Kotzebue Electric Assn Inc
Bethel1Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc
Denali1Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Dillingham1Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc
Fairbanks North Star1Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Haines1Alaska Power and Telephone Co
Juneau1Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
Ketchikan Gateway1Ketchikan Public Utilities

20 rows from EIA-861 Service Territory, Census 2023 county outlines.

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Analyst note

Alaska residential power was 4th highest of 51 in 2015 at 19.83 ¢ and is 6th in 2024 at 24.82 ¢, so the state slid down 2 places. The U.S. figure went 12.65 to 16.48 ¢ while Alaska went +25.2%. The biggest annual move was 2019 at +4.5%; the latest year, 2024, came in at +3.8% against +3.0% for the U.S. Business customers paid 17.44 ¢ in 2015 and 21.57 ¢ in 2024, a gap to homes of -2.39 ¢ then and -3.25 ¢ now; industry went from 14.53 to 19.31 ¢ (+32.9%). Reliability worsened at the 3 Alaska utilities that report in both years: their median SAIDI went from 177 minutes in 2015 to 257 in 2024, +45%, against a U.S. median reporter of 99. Chugach Electric Assn Inc is the largest by accounts with 113,378, 31.8% of the 356,597 accounts in Alaska, and the top three hold 65.2%.

Alaska ranks 6th of 51 on residential price (24.82 ¢), among the costliest, and 50.6% over the national average. Since 2015 the residential price moved +25.2% against +30.3% nationally, so Alaska has slipped behind the national trend by 5.1 points.

Businesses pay 3.25 ¢ less than households here (-13.1%); business is under home price in 51 of 51. The median of 5 reporting utilities is 224.6 SAIDI minutes, 2.26 times the national median. The top three utilities hold 72.6% of accounts, so a few reliability records set the state picture.

By revenue, Alaska electricity splits 38.3% residential, 41.9% commercial and 19.8% industrial; by kWh the split is 34.2%, 43.1% and 22.7%. Commercial accounts are the largest revenue source here. Home accounts are 83.7% of 356,597 accounts and use 578 kWh a month, a commercial account 3,806 and an industrial one 96,014.

Facts

Residents (ACS 2023)
733,971267,865 households
Electric accounts
356,597486 per 1,000 residents
Residential price
24.82 ¢/kWh+8.34 ¢ against the U.S.
Commercial price
21.57 ¢/kWh+8.82 ¢ against the U.S.
Industrial price
19.31 ¢/kWh+11.18 ¢ against the U.S.
Residential since 2015
+25.2%-5.1 points vs U.S.
Retail sales
6.0 TWh8,238 kWh a resident
Utilities listed
117 cooperative, 3 investor owned, 1 municipal
Median SAIDI
224.6 min5 utilities, 2.26x U.S.
Net-metered capacity
18 MW3,022 installations
Top three utilities
72.6%of utility accounts
Business minus home
-3.25 ¢-13.1% of the home price
Counties with 2+ utilities
5 of 20most: Yukon Koyukuk, 3 utilities

Data tables

Alaska: price by year

YearHomeBusinessIndustryHome vs U.S.
201519.8317.4414.53+7.18
2016No data17.5615.22No data
201721.2718.8916.34+8.38
201821.9418.5817.10+9.07
201922.9219.8016.94+9.91
202022.5719.5815.88+9.42
202122.5519.6116.85+8.89
202223.1020.0618.43+8.06
202323.9020.8718.70+7.90
202424.8221.5719.31+8.34

Questions on Alaska

What is the average residential electricity price in Alaska?

24.82 cents in 2024, which is +8.34 cents against the U.S. figure.

How has Alaska residential power changed since 2015?

It went from 19.83 to 24.82 cents, +25.2% in total, -5.1 points against the U.S.

How many electric utilities operate in Alaska?

11 utilities have Alaska as their largest state, and 5 of them report SAIDI.

What net-metered capacity do Alaska utilities report?

18 MW over 3,022 installations.

How many accounts per 1,000 people in Alaska?

486: 356,597 accounts for 733,971 residents.

Is commercial power cheaper than residential in Alaska?

Businesses pay 21.57 ¢ and homes 24.82 ¢, a difference of -3.25 ¢.

What did Alaska residential electricity cost in 2025?

Alaska averaged 26.09 cents per kWh, +5.1% against 24.82 in 2024, and 8 of 51 among states.

Are Alaska residential electricity prices rising in 2026?

Alaska is -2.1 points against the U.S.: 27.09 cents from January to July 2026, +5.0% on 2025.

When in 2025 did Alaska residential power cost most, August or January?

August at 27.71 cents in Alaska; January was the lowest at 24.73, a 12% spread.

Does Alaska residential power cost more than the national average in 2026?

8.88 cents above the national average; Alaska 27.09 cents over January to July 2026, +5.0% on 2025.

States with a similar home price

Closest to Alaska at 24.82 ¢/kWh, by 2024 average home price.

More on Alaska

How Alaska ranks and compares

Alaska is 44th cheapest of 51 on price (26.09 ¢); 38th of 44 on outage minutes (194 min); 34th cleanest grid (810 lb CO2 per MWh); 34th highest income burden (1.98%).

All rankings, price, income and outages explorer, compare two states.

Help paying the bill in Alaska

Alaska has $12.2 million in federal energy-assistance money for FY2026, shutoff rules and phone lines. Open the Alaska help page.

Counties in Alaska ranked: highest and lowest energy burden, storm reports and old homes, county by county.

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In 2025 Alaska homes paid 26.09 ¢/kWh: rank 8 of 51, 50.8% above the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 24.82 ¢).

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