11.77¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Bentonville / AR ]
City of Bentonville electricity rates in Arkansas
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+1.0%
vs 2024
22,559
residential customers
+0.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Bentonville's average effective residential rate (11.77¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.12¢ | — | 17,840 |
| 2016 | 10.93¢ | +8.0% | 19,593 |
| 2017 | 11.41¢ | +4.4% | 19,416 |
| 2018 | 11.52¢ | +1.0% | 20,969 |
| 2019 | 11.72¢ | +1.7% | 21,641 |
| 2020 | 11.72¢ | +0.0% | 22,451 |
| 2021 | 11.43¢ | −2.5% | 23,052 |
| 2022 | 11.41¢ | −0.2% | 23,548 |
| 2023 | 11.87¢ | +4.0% | 24,169 |
| 2024 | 11.65¢ | −1.9% | 25,103 |
| 2025 | 11.77¢ | +1.0% | 22,559 |
How this compares
12.87¢
Arkansas average, 2025
−8.6%
City of Bentonville vs AR 2025 average
−31.7%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in AR
Serves 1 county in Arkansas: Benton. 6 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Bentonville's average residential rate has gone from 10.12¢ to 11.77¢ per kWh: +16.3% over 10 years, or about +1.5% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.0% in 2016. The largest drop was −2.5% in 2021.
For a home using 1,076 kWh a month, the Arkansas average, City of Bentonville's 2025 rate works out to about $1,520 a year, $142 less than at Arkansas's average rate of 12.87¢. Of the 28 Arkansas utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 19th most expensive.
City of Bentonville served 17,840 homes in 2015 and 22,559 in 2025 (+26.4%), about 1% of Arkansas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Bentonville's rates
City of Bentonville 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 Arkansas Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Arkansas Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Bentonville raising rates in 2026?
City of Bentonville's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Arkansas Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +1.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Bentonville charge per kWh?
City of Bentonville's average effective residential rate was 11.77¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Arkansas's 2025 average was 12.87¢.
How much have City of Bentonville rates gone up in five years?
+0.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Arkansas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Bentonville have in Arkansas?
22,559 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Benton, 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)