North Dakota Electricity Rates, Providers & Generation
In North Dakota, the average residential electricity rate is 11.79¢ per kilowatt-hour, ranking 1st nationally; the typical home spends $127 per month on electricity; 11% of generation comes from renewable sources.
North Dakota electricity overview
Production, consumption, and emissions for North Dakota based on the most recent reported year (2025).
- Population
- 799,358
- Total production
- 163.0 TWh 203.89 MWh per capita
- Total consumption
- 30.3 TWh 37.95 MWh per capita
- Production from renewables
- 17.6 TWh 10.8% of generation
- Production from non-renewables
- 145.4 TWh
North Dakota electricity rates & bills
Average residential electricity rate in North Dakota, last 22 months.
| Sector | Avg rate (¢/kWh) |
|---|---|
| Residential | 11.79¢ |
| Commercial | 7.41¢ |
| Industrial | 7.52¢ |
How North Dakota generates electricity
Generation mix from in-state power plants over the most recent twelve months, by fuel category.
- Renewable
- Nuclear
- Fossil
- Other
| Fuel | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| fossil fuels | 15.3% | 24.8 TWh |
| coal, excluding waste coal | 13.9% | 22.5 TWh |
| all coal products | 13.9% | 22.5 TWh |
| renewable | 10.8% | 17.4 TWh |
| all renewables | 9.3% | 15.1 TWh |
| onshore wind turbine | 9.3% | 15.1 TWh |
| wind | 9.3% | 15.1 TWh |
| lignite coal | 8.8% | 14.2 TWh |
| refined coal | 5.1% | 8.2 TWh |
| conventional hydroelectric | 1.5% | 2.4 TWh |
| natural gas & other gases | 1.3% | 2.2 TWh |
| natural gas | 1.3% | 2.1 TWh |
North Dakota production fuel makeup
Share of in-state generation by fuel over the latest twelve months.
- fossil fuels15.3%
- coal, excluding waste coal13.9%
- all coal products13.9%
- renewable10.8%
- all renewables9.3%
- onshore wind turbine9.3%
- wind9.3%
- lignite coal8.8%
- refined coal5.1%
- conventional hydroelectric1.5%
- natural gas & other gases1.3%
- natural gas1.3%
Electric utilities in North Dakota
The 5 electric distribution utilities that serve North Dakota, by customers served. These are the companies that deliver power and handle outages.
| Utility | Parent company | Customers served | Outage map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota (Xcel) | Xcel Energy | 1,500,000 | Outage map |
| Capital Electric Coop, Inc | — | 22,526 | — |
| Nodak Electric Coop Inc | — | 21,784 | Outage map |
| Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop | — | 19,399 | Outage map |
| Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc | — | 3,506 | Outage map |
Residential electricity providers in North Dakota
17 utilities and retail providers serving residential customers, ordered by customer count.
| Provider | Type | Customers | Annual sales | Avg rate | Avg bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | Investor-owned | 82,987 | 731.1 GWh | 12.11¢ | — |
| Montana-Dakota Utilities Co | Investor-owned | 79,354 | 767.3 GWh | 11.72¢ | — |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 51,968 | 615.9 GWh | 12.45¢ | — |
| Otter Tail Power Co | Investor-owned | 45,467 | 556.8 GWh | 11.38¢ | — |
| Nodak Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 20,803 | 363.7 GWh | 12.08¢ | — |
| Capital Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 19,530 | 237.2 GWh | 12.31¢ | — |
| Verendrye Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 14,336 | 220.4 GWh | 10.70¢ | — |
| Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop | Cooperative | 11,405 | 194.6 GWh | 7.24¢ | — |
| Roughrider Electric Cooperativ | Cooperative | 11,183 | 163.4 GWh | 10.24¢ | — |
| Northern Plains Electric Coop | Cooperative | 10,393 | 227.7 GWh | 10.65¢ | — |
| North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (ND) | Cooperative | 6,061 | 134.8 GWh | 10.90¢ | — |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 5,721 | 122.0 GWh | 12.01¢ | — |
| McKenzie Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 5,382 | 110.2 GWh | 7.86¢ | — |
| McLean Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 3,711 | 54.7 GWh | 14.25¢ | — |
| Slope Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 3,204 | 43.3 GWh | 13.81¢ | — |
| Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 1,789 | 39.7 GWh | 7.88¢ | — |
| Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc | Cooperative | 799 | 12.7 GWh | 8.95¢ | — |
Commercial electricity providers in North Dakota
18 providers serving commercial customers, ordered by annual sales.
| Provider | Type | Customers | Annual sales | Avg rate | Avg bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana-Dakota Utilities Co | Investor-owned | 14,799 | 2.1 TWh | 5.84¢ | — |
| McKenzie Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 7,117 | 2.0 TWh | 7.66¢ | — |
| Otter Tail Power Co | Investor-owned | 13,643 | 1.9 TWh | 6.84¢ | — |
| Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop | Cooperative | 2,651 | 1.6 TWh | 5.26¢ | — |
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | Investor-owned | 13,411 | 985.0 GWh | 10.83¢ | — |
| Nodak Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 3 | 851.5 GWh | 3.41¢ | — |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 7,117 | 478.1 GWh | 10.81¢ | — |
| Roughrider Electric Cooperativ | Cooperative | 3,927 | 328.2 GWh | 11.55¢ | — |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | Federal | 15 | 194.5 GWh | 2.81¢ | — |
| Capital Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 2,935 | 147.8 GWh | 10.46¢ | — |
| Verendrye Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 2,333 | 139.7 GWh | 10.33¢ | — |
| North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (ND) | Cooperative | 1,526 | 84.4 GWh | 13.58¢ | — |
| Northern Plains Electric Coop | Cooperative | 1,458 | 76.9 GWh | 10.93¢ | — |
| McLean Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 464 | 43.1 GWh | 12.63¢ | — |
| Slope Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 590 | 19.8 GWh | 14.30¢ | — |
| Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 349 | 14.2 GWh | 10.84¢ | — |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 480 | 9.1 GWh | 13.17¢ | — |
| Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc | Cooperative | 165 | 3.0 GWh | 10.29¢ | — |
Power plant map of North Dakota
59 power plants in North Dakota with known coordinates, plotted by location. Marker size reflects nameplate capacity; color shows primary fuel.
- Renewable
- Nuclear
- Fossil
- Other
Power plants in North Dakota
Largest in-state electricity generators by annual net generation, with associated CO2 emissions where available.
| Plant | County | Fuel | Capacity | Generation | CO₂ | CO₂/MWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Creek | — | RC | 1.2 GW | 7.2 TWh | 6.6 M tonnes | 917 kg |
| Antelope Valley | — | LIG | 954 MW | 4.9 TWh | 5.3 M tonnes | 1,084 kg |
| Milton R Young | — | LIG | 734 MW | 4.5 TWh | 5.0 M tonnes | 1,100 kg |
| Leland Olds | — | LIG | 656 MW | 3.3 TWh | 3.8 M tonnes | 1,154 kg |
| Coyote | — | LIG | 450 MW | 2.6 TWh | 2.9 M tonnes | 1,129 kg |
| Garrison | — | WAT | 583 MW | 2.1 TWh | — | — |
| Pioneer Generation Station | — | NG | 897 MW | 1.5 TWh | 279.7 k tonnes | 185 kg |
| Lonesome Creek Station | — | NG | 363 MW | 1.2 TWh | 594.3 k tonnes | 514 kg |
| Aurora Wind Project | — | WND | 299 MW | 948.5 GWh | — | — |
| Emmons-Logan Wind, LLC | — | WND | 200 MW | 861.8 GWh | — | — |
| Burke Wind, LLC | — | WND | 199 MW | 769.1 GWh | — | — |
| Courtenay Wind Farm | — | WND | 200 MW | 694.6 GWh | — | — |
| Brady II Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 150 MW | 638.8 GWh | — | — |
| Brady Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 150 MW | 615.5 GWh | — | — |
| Bison 4 Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 205 MW | 608.4 GWh | — | — |
| Merricourt Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 150 MW | 594.7 GWh | — | — |
| Border Winds Wind Farm | — | WND | 150 MW | 583.3 GWh | — | — |
| Foxtail Wind, LLC | — | WND | 150 MW | 578.8 GWh | — | — |
| FPL Energy Ashtabula Wind LLC | — | WND | 149 MW | 561.6 GWh | — | — |
| Lindahl Wind Project, LLC | — | WND | 150 MW | 526.0 GWh | — | — |
| Thunder Spirit Wind, LLC | — | WND | 156 MW | 487.7 GWh | — | — |
| Langdon Renewables, LLC | — | WND | 119 MW | 455.6 GWh | — | — |
| Oliver Wind III, LLC | — | WND | 99 MW | 412.1 GWh | — | — |
| Sunflower Wind Project | — | WND | 104 MW | 404.9 GWh | — | — |
| Glen Ullin Energy Center | — | WND | 107 MW | 399.0 GWh | — | — |
| New Frontier Wind | — | WND | 100 MW | 375.2 GWh | — | — |
| Baldwin Wind LLC | — | WND | 102 MW | 360.4 GWh | — | — |
| Ashtabula Wind II LLC | — | WND | 120 MW | 335.8 GWh | — | — |
| Rugby Wind Power Project | — | WND | 149 MW | 333.2 GWh | — | — |
| Prairie Winds ND1 | — | WND | 116 MW | 328.2 GWh | — | — |
| Tatanka Wind Power LLC | — | WND | 180 MW | 290.3 GWh | — | — |
| Bison 3 Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 105 MW | 242.1 GWh | — | — |
| Bison 2 Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 105 MW | 236.8 GWh | — | — |
| Wilton Wind II LLC | — | WND | 50 MW | 187.0 GWh | — | — |
| Bison I Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 82 MW | 181.7 GWh | — | — |
| FPL Energy Oliver Wind II LLC | — | WND | 48 MW | 179.9 GWh | — | — |
| FPL Energy Burleigh County Wind | — | WND | 50 MW | 175.4 GWh | — | — |
| FPL Energy Oliver Wind I LLC | — | WND | 51 MW | 171.5 GWh | — | — |
| Ashtabula Wind III LLC | — | WND | 62 MW | 163.9 GWh | — | — |
| Langdon Wind II LLC | — | WND | 41 MW | 159.9 GWh | — | — |
| Luverne Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 50 MW | 159.5 GWh | — | — |
| FPL Energy North Dakota Wind I/II | — | WND | 62 MW | 135.7 GWh | — | — |
| Spiritwood Station | — | NG | 106 MW | 132.8 GWh | 56.2 k tonnes | 423 kg |
| Ashtabula Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 48 MW | 123.2 GWh | — | — |
| Langdon Wind Energy Center | — | WND | 41 MW | 104.7 GWh | — | — |
| American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro | — | SUB | 13 MW | 91.8 GWh | 51.0 k tonnes | 555 kg |
| Cedar Hills Wind Farm | — | WND | 20 MW | 52.3 GWh | — | — |
| American Crystal Sugar Drayton | — | SUB | 6 MW | 42.8 GWh | 23.6 k tonnes | 552 kg |
| Glen Ullin Station 6 | — | WH | 5 MW | 38.0 GWh | — | — |
| Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant | — | OG | 9 MW | 31.1 GWh | 9.8 k tonnes | 315 kg |
Data centers & crypto mining in North Dakota
Data centers and cryptocurrency-mining operations are large electricity consumers that show up inside North Dakota's commercial and industrial load. EIA does not publish a facility-level data-center inventory, so the figures below pair reported commercial and industrial sales with EIA estimates of data-center and crypto-mining electricity demand.
Quick facts about electricity in North Dakota
- The average residential electricity rate in North Dakota is 11.79¢ per kWh, the 1st lowest among the 50 states and DC.
- The typical residential electricity bill in North Dakota is $127 per month.
- North Dakota's largest source of in-state generation is fossil fuels, at 15.3% of the mix.
- Renewable sources account for 10.8% of the electricity generated in North Dakota.
- North Dakota generated 163.0 TWh of electricity in the most recent reported year.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average electricity rate in North Dakota?
The average residential electricity rate in North Dakota was 11.79¢ per kilowatt-hour as of 2025, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, ranking 1st among the 50 states and DC.
What is the average electricity bill in North Dakota?
The average monthly residential electricity bill in North Dakota was $127 in 2025. This figure is calculated from total annual residential revenue divided by average customer count over twelve months, using EIA Form 861 data.
Can I choose my electricity provider in North Dakota?
No. Most residential customers receive electricity from a regulated utility serving their area.
What share of North Dakota's electricity comes from renewable sources?
In 2025, 10.8% of electricity generated in North Dakota came from renewable sources (wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass), based on EIA Form 923 data.
How much electricity do data centers use in North Dakota?
Data centers in North Dakota are estimated to use about 1.4 TWh of electricity per year, roughly 4.5% of the state's electricity sales. EIA does not publish facility-level data-center data; this is an estimate that apportions national EIA/DOE data-center figures by North Dakota's share of U.S. commercial electricity sales.