Average Electricity Bill in Arkansas

A typical household in Arkansas pays about $111.15 per month for electricity, based on the state average rate of 12.35 ¢/kWh and a 900 kWh monthly usage benchmark.

Arkansas average rate
12.35 ¢/kWh
Estimated monthly bill
$111.15
Estimated annual bill
$1333.80
500 kWh example
$61.75
1,500 kWh example
$185.25

Key metrics

MetricValue
Arkansas average rate12.35 ¢/kWh
Estimated monthly bill$111.15
Estimated annual bill$1333.80
500 kWh example$61.75
1,500 kWh example$185.25

Arkansas vs U.S. average bill

Arkansas monthly bill
$111.15
U.S. monthly bill
$160.74
Monthly difference
-$49.59
Arkansas average rate
12.35 ¢/kWh

Arkansas's typical residential bill estimate is lower than the U.S. average by $49.59 per month (30.9%).

How to interpret this bill estimate

The statewide residential rate in Arkansas is 12.35 ¢/kWh. Applying that rate to 900 kWh of monthly use produces an estimated bill of $111.15 before delivery charges, taxes, and fixed utility fees.

That benchmark is useful for comparing states, but real households can land above or below it depending on cooling load, heating type, home size, appliance intensity, and local utility rate design.

Usage-level bill examples in Arkansas

These usage pages are the canonical route family for fixed-kWh consumer electricity searches. The bill page uses them as supporting examples rather than duplicating the same intent under another URL.

What usually moves a household bill?

In practice, the biggest bill drivers are air conditioning, space heating, electric water heating, laundry, EV charging, and the length of time high-wattage appliances run each month.

That is why this page links to both usage-cost routes and appliance operating-cost pages: one shows what a whole-home kWh pattern looks like, and the other shows how specific devices contribute to the final bill.

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Source & Method

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Retail Sales of Electricity. Updated: January 2026. Estimates are energy-only and exclude delivery charges, taxes, and fixed utility fees. For how rates and estimates are defined, see the methodology hub.

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