11.51¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Lafayette / LA ]
City of Lafayette electricity rates in Louisiana
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+13.7%
vs 2024
60,634
residential customers
+26.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Lafayette's average effective residential rate (11.51¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8.62¢ | — | 54,346 |
| 2016 | 8.39¢ | −2.7% | 54,761 |
| 2017 | 9.06¢ | +8.0% | 55,227 |
| 2018 | 9.26¢ | +2.2% | 55,536 |
| 2019 | 9.32¢ | +0.7% | 56,768 |
| 2020 | 9.09¢ | −2.5% | 57,412 |
| 2021 | 9.59¢ | +5.5% | 58,109 |
| 2022 | 12.00¢ | +25.1% | 58,774 |
| 2023 | 10.16¢ | −15.3% | 59,209 |
| 2024 | 10.12¢ | −0.4% | 59,961 |
| 2025 | 11.51¢ | +13.7% | 60,634 |
How this compares
12.52¢
Louisiana average, 2025
−8.1%
City of Lafayette vs LA 2025 average
−33.2%
vs US 2025 average
#13
priciest in LA
Serves 1 county in Louisiana: Lafayette. 11 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Lafayette's average residential rate has gone from 8.62¢ to 11.51¢ per kWh: +33.5% over 10 years, or about +2.9% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +25.1% in 2022. The largest drop was −15.3% in 2023.
For a home using 1,225 kWh a month, the Louisiana average, City of Lafayette's 2025 rate works out to about $1,692 a year, $148 less than at Louisiana's average rate of 12.52¢. Of the 20 Louisiana utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 13th most expensive.
City of Lafayette served 54,346 homes in 2015 and 60,634 in 2025 (+11.6%), about 3% of Louisiana's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Lafayette's rates
City of Lafayette 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 Louisiana Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Louisiana Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Lafayette raising rates in 2026?
City of Lafayette's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Louisiana Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +13.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Lafayette charge per kWh?
City of Lafayette's average effective residential rate was 11.51¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Louisiana's 2025 average was 12.52¢.
How much have City of Lafayette rates gone up in five years?
+26.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +16.7% for Louisiana as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Lafayette have in Louisiana?
60,634 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Lafayette, 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)