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Who heats with electricity where it is cold in Utah?

180,092homes in Utah heat mainly with electricity in counties that are cold in a normal year

All 29 Utah counties average at least 4,000 heating degree days in a normal year, and 16% of the 1,094,896 occupied homes heat mainly with electricity. Rank 26 of 35 by count, 24 by share. Salt Lake County holds the most: 61,712 electric-heated homes at 6,301 heating degree days.

Where Utah sits among the states

Share of homes that heat with electricity in cold counties, by state, one tile per stateAlaska: no data in this seriesAKMaine: 10.1% of homesMEVermont: 8.1% of homesVTNew Hampshire: 10.7% of homesNHWashington: 57.7% of homesWAIdaho: 35.0% of homesIDMontana: 26.6% of homesMTNorth Dakota: 39.9% of homesNDMinnesota: 18.8% of homesMNIllinois: 18.2% of homesILWisconsin: 17.3% of homesWIMichigan: 11.6% of homesMINew York: 14.4% of homesNYRhode Island: 12.1% of homesRIMassachusetts: 17.9% of homesMAOregon: 53.1% of homesORNevada: 8.7% of homesNVWyoming: 23.3% of homesWYSouth Dakota: 32.6% of homesSDIowa: 24.3% of homesIAIndiana: 30.7% of homesINOhio: 25.6% of homesOHPennsylvania: 24.8% of homesPANew Jersey: 15.6% of homesNJConnecticut: no data in this seriesCTCalifornia: 2.0% of homesCAUtah: 16.4% of homesUTColorado: 25.2% of homesCONebraska: 31.2% of homesNEMissouri: 37.0% of homesMOKentucky: 49.5% of homesKYWest Virginia: 45.5% of homesWVVirginia: 32.2% of homesVAMaryland: 42.6% of homesMDDelaware: 37.0% of homesDEArizona: 0.9% of homesAZNew Mexico: 13.1% of homesNMKansas: 26.5% of homesKSArkansas: 1.9% of homesARTennessee: 9.9% of homesTNNorth Carolina: 5.6% of homesNCSouth Carolina: 0.0% of homesSCDistrict of Columbia: no data in this seriesDCOklahoma: 0.5% of homesOKLouisiana: 0.0% of homesLAMississippi: 0.0% of homesMSAlabama: 0.0% of homesALGeorgia: 0.4% of homesGAHawaii: no data in this seriesHITexas: 0.1% of homesTXFlorida: 0.0% of homesFL

Darker is a larger share. Utah is outlined.

Utah: cold counties and electric heat

Utah cold counties, electric heating
Salt Lake County416,58914.861,7126,301-5%34.3
Utah County195,60216.231,6816,899-4%17.6
Washington County66,91439.826,6244,352-3%14.8
Weber County92,35314.413,3007,140-5%7.4
Davis County114,67411.513,1976,240-4%7.3
Iron County19,65827.75,4446,176-4%3.0
Cache County43,11812.55,3907,854-3%3.0
Tooele County23,05018.34,2105,974-2%2.3
Uintah County11,94021.52,5667,220-3%1.4
Box Elder County19,1509.81,8736,686-3%1.0
Kane County3,19253.61,7115,271-4%1.0
Duchesne County6,71421.31,4298,440-4%0.8
Wasatch County11,98511.71,4018,576-3%0.8
Summit County14,4779.11,3179,363-3%0.7
Sevier County7,39313.39837,347-3%0.5
San Juan County4,65018.08365,229-3%0.5
Sanpete County8,7489.58327,652-4%0.5
Garfield County2,02739.17926,244-4%0.4
Carbon County8,0239.77767,514-3%0.4
Juab County3,75619.17176,097-3%0.4

Largest 20 of 29 cold counties, ranked by electric-heated homes. The 9 smaller cold counties are in the CSV. All counties, CSV.

Where the electric-heated homes are

The 3 largest counties, Salt Lake County, Utah County, Washington County, hold 67% of the 180,092 electric-heated homes in Utah cold counties. The highest electric-heat share among cold counties with 5,000+ homes is Washington County at 40%. The coldest, Summit County, averages 9,363 heating degree days; Utah as a whole averages 6,521 when weighted by homes.

electric-heated homes, Utah cold counties, 12 largest

  • Salt Lake County61,712
  • Utah County31,681
  • Washington County26,624
  • Weber County13,300
  • Davis County13,197
  • Iron County5,444
  • Cache County5,390
  • Tooele County4,210
  • Uintah County2,566
  • Box Elder County1,873
  • Kane County1,711
  • Duchesne County1,429

Utah: the 10 coldest counties

Summit County is coldest at 9,363 heating degree days with 9% electric heat. The 10 coldest hold 11,640 electric-heated homes.

Utah 10 coldest counties
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Summit County14,4779.19,3639,102
Rich County8173.78,8958,650
Wasatch County11,98511.78,5768,277
Daggett County2625.78,4638,376
Duchesne County6,71421.38,4408,081
Cache County43,11812.57,8547,596
Morgan County3,6057.27,7417,424
Piute County56733.57,6867,343
Sanpete County8,7489.57,6527,358
Carbon County8,0239.77,5147,276

Utah: where electric heat is most common

Among counties with 2,000+ homes, Kane County is highest at 54% and San Juan County is 10th at 18%.

Utah 10 counties with the highest electric heat share
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Kane County3,19253.65,2715,065
Washington County66,91439.84,3524,215
Garfield County2,02739.16,2446,023
Beaver County2,38629.66,1956,015
Iron County19,65827.76,1765,945
Uintah County11,94021.57,2206,981
Duchesne County6,71421.38,4408,081
Juab County3,75619.16,0975,907
Tooele County23,05018.35,9745,843
San Juan County4,65018.05,2295,080

Winter disconnections and price in Utah

Utah utilities logged 0.17 disconnections per 100 residential accounts a month in December to February 2024 and 0.23 in June to August.

At the 2025 average residential price of 13.07 cents a kWh, 1,000 kWh costs 131 dollars in Utah.

Utah in the ranking

Idaho is 24th with 243,011 homes (35.0% of its homes). North Carolina is 25th with 235,396 homes (5.6% of its homes). North Dakota is 27th with 129,646 homes (39.9% of its homes). Montana is 28th with 120,498 homes (26.6% of its homes).

Utah beside 6 neighbors

Utah neighbors with a winter page
NeighborElectric homesShare, %Avg HDD
Arizona26,0470.9%1,788
Colorado586,73325.2%6,674
Idaho243,01135.0%6,673
Nevada102,4038.7%3,600
New Mexico108,30813.1%4,702
Wyoming55,52823.3%8,244

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How many Utah homes heat with electricity in cold counties?

180,092 homes, 16.4% of 1,094,896 occupied Utah homes, in 29 counties averaging 4,000+ heating degree days.

Which Utah county has the most electric-heated homes among its cold counties?

Salt Lake County, with 61,712 of its 416,589 homes (15%) at 6,301 normal heating degree days.

Which Utah county is the coldest, and how many of its homes heat with electricity?

Summit County, at 9,363 normal heating degree days: 1,317 of 14,477 homes (9%).

How far did the last decade run from the Utah normal?

Utah cold counties averaged 3.4% below their 1991-2020 heating degree days over 2016-2025.

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@misc{usedata_winter_states_utah,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Utah winter exposure: 180,092 electric-heated homes in cold counties},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/winter/states/utah.html},
  note = {Data as of 9 October 2026. Accessed 9 October 2026}
}
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