12.49¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of North Little Rock / AR ]
City of North Little Rock electricity rates in Arkansas
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+2.1%
vs 2024
35,721
residential customers
+12.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of North Little Rock's average effective residential rate (12.49¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.52¢ | — | 33,382 |
| 2016 | 10.24¢ | −2.7% | 33,410 |
| 2017 | 11.29¢ | +10.3% | 33,476 |
| 2018 | 11.10¢ | −1.7% | 33,556 |
| 2019 | 10.97¢ | −1.2% | 33,875 |
| 2020 | 11.14¢ | +1.6% | 34,001 |
| 2021 | 11.14¢ | +0.0% | 34,457 |
| 2022 | 12.08¢ | +8.4% | 34,599 |
| 2023 | 12.94¢ | +7.1% | 34,724 |
| 2024 | 12.23¢ | −5.5% | 34,984 |
| 2025 | 12.49¢ | +2.1% | 35,721 |
How this compares
12.87¢
Arkansas average, 2025
−3.0%
City of North Little Rock vs AR 2025 average
−27.5%
vs US 2025 average
#15
priciest in AR
Serves 1 county in Arkansas: Pulaski. 15 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of North Little Rock's average residential rate has gone from 10.52¢ to 12.49¢ per kWh: +18.7% over 10 years, or about +1.7% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.3% in 2017. The largest drop was −5.5% in 2024.
For a home using 1,076 kWh a month, the Arkansas average, City of North Little Rock's 2025 rate works out to about $1,613 a year, $49 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 15th most expensive.
City of North Little Rock served 33,382 homes in 2015 and 35,721 in 2025 (+7.0%), about 2% of Arkansas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of North Little Rock's rates
City of North Little Rock 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 North Little Rock raising rates in 2026?
City of North Little Rock'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 +2.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of North Little Rock charge per kWh?
City of North Little Rock's average effective residential rate was 12.49¢ 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 North Little Rock rates gone up in five years?
+12.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Arkansas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of North Little Rock have in Arkansas?
35,721 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Pulaski, 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)