Commercial electricity rates in Alaska

What businesses in Alaska actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 20.43¢ to 23.90¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Alaska by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Alaska.

Commercial customers in Alaska pay 19% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is narrower than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Alaska used 3,759 kWh in August 2026. At 23.90¢ per kWh that is about $898 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Alaska's commercial price rose 12.9%, from 21.17¢ in September 2023 to 23.90¢. The high point was 23.90¢ in August 2026 and the low 20.43¢ in December 2024 — a spread of 17% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is typical for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was August (23.11¢) and the cheapest December (21.00¢), a seasonal swing of 10%.

Alaska against its region

Alaska is in EIA's Pacific Noncontiguous division, where the commercial average was 34.46¢ in August 2026. Alaska is 31% below that, and 1 of 2 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Hawaii.

States priced near Alaska

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states