City Water and Light Plant electricity rates
City Water and Light Plant charges an average of 6.63 cents per kilowatt-hour to residential customers, and the average household on its system paid $79 a month using 1,197 kilowatt-hours, according to its 2024 filing with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Municipal utility MISO Arkansas
Where City Water and Light Plant sits
It is a smaller system, serving 35,013 residential customers, which means its fixed costs are spread across a narrow base. At 6.63¢ per kilowatt-hour it is one of the cheaper places to buy electricity in Arkansas, 53.8% under the statewide average of 14.36¢.
Consumption here is high, 1,197 kilowatt-hours a month against a national average of 871. Long cooling seasons, large detached homes and electric resistance heating are the usual causes, and together they matter more to the bill than the rate does.
Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.
| Rate | Monthly bill | Monthly kWh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Water and Light Plant | 6.63¢ | $79 | 1,197 |
| Arkansas average | 14.36¢ | $138 | 1,045 |
| United States average | 18.44¢ | $155 | 871 |
Utility figures: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024. State and national figures: Electric Power Monthly, May 2026. Methodology
Where City Water and Light Plant delivers
Its service territory covers one county in Arkansas.
- Craighead
Rooftop solar on this system
53 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 0.43 megawatts. That works out to 1.5 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.
Adoption is below the national median. A low retail rate reduces what solar displaces, and export compensation set at avoided cost rather than the retail rate reduces it further. What exports are actually worth.
Other Arkansas utilities
| Utility | Rate | Bill | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | 12.97¢ | $137 | 608,362 |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | 11.53¢ | $98 | 108,102 |
| North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc | 12.86¢ | $124 | 36,355 |
| City of North Little Rock | 12.23¢ | $108 | 34,984 |
| Conway Corporation | 8.29¢ | $82 | 30,979 |
City Water and Light Plant rates: common questions
How much does City Water and Light Plant charge per kilowatt-hour?
An average of 6.63 cents per kilowatt-hour across its residential customers in 2024. That is -53.8% against the Arkansas average of 14.36¢ and -64.0% against the national average of 18.44¢. It is an all-in average across every residential rate schedule the utility offers, not a specific tariff.
What is the average City Water and Light Plant bill?
$79 a month, based on total residential revenue divided by residential customers over the 2024 survey year, at an average of 1,197 kWh a month. The national average bill is $155 at 871 kWh.
Who owns City Water and Light Plant?
It is classified by the EIA as a municipal utility. Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate.
Is City Water and Light Plant expensive compared with other Arkansas utilities?
It ranks #28 of the 28 Arkansas utilities covered here, counting from the most expensive. Nationally it ranks #1363 of 1369.