7.14¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City Water and Light Plant / AR ]
City Water and Light Plant electricity rates in Arkansas
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+7.7%
vs 2024
35,335
residential customers
+14.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City Water and Light Plant's average effective residential rate (7.14¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6.73¢ | — | 30,108 |
| 2016 | 6.62¢ | −1.6% | 30,493 |
| 2017 | 7.15¢ | +8.0% | 31,285 |
| 2018 | 6.39¢ | −10.6% | 32,070 |
| 2019 | 6.26¢ | −2.0% | 32,535 |
| 2020 | 6.26¢ | +0.0% | 33,019 |
| 2021 | 6.83¢ | +9.1% | 33,670 |
| 2022 | 8.50¢ | +24.4% | 34,116 |
| 2023 | 7.90¢ | −7.1% | 34,591 |
| 2024 | 6.63¢ | −16.1% | 35,013 |
| 2025 | 7.14¢ | +7.7% | 35,335 |
How this compares
12.87¢
Arkansas average, 2025
−44.5%
City Water and Light Plant vs AR 2025 average
−58.6%
vs US 2025 average
#28
priciest in AR
Serves 1 county in Arkansas: Craighead. 7 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City Water and Light Plant's average residential rate has gone from 6.73¢ to 7.14¢ per kWh: +6.1% over 10 years, or about +0.6% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +24.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −16.1% in 2024.
For a home using 1,076 kWh a month, the Arkansas average, City Water and Light Plant's 2025 rate works out to about $922 a year, $740 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 least expensive.
City Water and Light Plant served 30,108 homes in 2015 and 35,335 in 2025 (+17.4%), about 2% of Arkansas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City Water and Light Plant's rates
City Water and Light Plant 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 Water and Light Plant raising rates in 2026?
City Water and Light Plant'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 +7.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City Water and Light Plant charge per kWh?
City Water and Light Plant's average effective residential rate was 7.14¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Arkansas's 2025 average was 12.87¢.
How much have City Water and Light Plant rates gone up in five years?
+14.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.1% for Arkansas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City Water and Light Plant have in Arkansas?
35,335 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Craighead, 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)