12.12¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Ames / IA ]
City of Ames electricity rates in Iowa
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+0.2%
vs 2024
25,123
residential customers
+4.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Ames's average effective residential rate (12.12¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.24¢ | — | 22,810 |
| 2016 | 10.70¢ | −4.8% | 23,122 |
| 2017 | 12.04¢ | +12.5% | 23,445 |
| 2018 | 11.67¢ | −3.1% | 23,946 |
| 2019 | 11.64¢ | −0.3% | 23,943 |
| 2020 | 11.60¢ | −0.3% | 24,342 |
| 2021 | 11.55¢ | −0.4% | 24,900 |
| 2022 | 11.73¢ | +1.6% | 24,889 |
| 2023 | 12.19¢ | +3.9% | 24,832 |
| 2024 | 12.10¢ | −0.7% | 24,979 |
| 2025 | 12.12¢ | +0.2% | 25,123 |
How this compares
13.62¢
Iowa average, 2025
−11.0%
City of Ames vs IA 2025 average
−29.7%
vs US 2025 average
#21
priciest in IA
Serves 1 county in Iowa: Story. 6 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Ames's average residential rate has gone from 11.24¢ to 12.12¢ per kWh: +7.8% over 10 years, or about +0.8% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +12.5% in 2017. The largest drop was −4.8% in 2016.
For a home using 861 kWh a month, the Iowa average, City of Ames's 2025 rate works out to about $1,252 a year, $155 less than at Iowa's average rate of 13.62¢. Of the 25 Iowa utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 21st most expensive.
City of Ames served 22,810 homes in 2015 and 25,123 in 2025 (+10.1%), about 2% of Iowa's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Ames's rates
City of Ames is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Iowa Utilities Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Iowa Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Ames raising rates in 2026?
City of Ames's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Iowa Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +0.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Ames charge per kWh?
City of Ames's average effective residential rate was 12.12¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Iowa's 2025 average was 13.62¢.
How much have City of Ames rates gone up in five years?
+4.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +11.1% for Iowa as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Ames have in Iowa?
25,123 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Story, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)