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About the Midwest: Business Climate

Industrial Electric Power: Typical Monthly Bill

For industrial firms, power cost is an important factor is site selection. Alliant Energy offers power at costs lower than the average monthly costs for most Midwestern states – which are lower than the national average.

We encourage our customers to take advantage of Alliant Energy's energy efficiency programs to invest in high-efficiency products and lower their energy use.

Provide us with your energy needs and we will provide you with a free energy cost study. Based on the information you supply, we will show you how affordable it is to operate a facility in the Alliant Energy service territory.


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National average: $20,723

Alliant Energy service territory

State

Typical Electric
Bill per Month1

Iowa

$13,801

Alliant Energy-Interstate Power & Light
(Northeast Zone, Iowa)2

$14,452

Alliant Energy-Interstate Power & Light
(South Zone, Iowa)2

$14,876

Minnesota

$15,497

Alliant Energy-Interstate Power & Light
(Minn.)2

$16,416

Alliant Energy-Interstate Power & Light
(North Zone, Iowa)2

$16,678

Wisconsin

$18,123

Alliant Energy-Wisconsin Power & Light
(Wis.)2

$19,445

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State-by-state comparison

State

Typical Electric
Bill per Month1

Tennessee

$11,123

Idaho

$11,659

Missouri

$11,890

West Virginia

$12,106

Oregon

$12,553

Oklahoma

$13,672

Iowa

$13,801

Montana

$14,120

Arkansas

$14,375

South Dakota

$14,948

Minnesota

$15,497

Alabama

$15,526

North Dakota

$15,636

Washington

$15,676

Kentucky

$15,866

Utah

$16,069

Maryland

$16,080

Kansas

$16,318

Virginia

$16,511

North Carolina

$16,864

South Carolina

$17,597

Mississippi

$17,599

Wyoming

$17,682

Wisconsin

$18,123

Illinois

$18,198

Arizona

$18,323

Indiana

$18,828

Louisiana

$18,886

Michigan

$19,084

New Mexico

$19,960

Colorado

$20,297

Texas

$20,931

Florida

$21,198

New Jersey

$22,715

Nevada

$23,147

Georgia

$23,303

Ohio

$23,305

California

$24,542

Rhode Island

$24,926

Pennsylvania

$25,801

New York

$27,074

Vermont

$27,904

New Hampshire

$32,083

Delaware

$33,700

Massachusetts

$39,026

Connecticut

$39,701

Hawaii

$55,361

Maine

$56,256

1 General Service Industrial rates in effect on Jan. 1, 2007 for a customer with a 1,000 kW demand and usage of 200,000 kWh per month. Figures are net monthly electric bills based on bundled rates of investor-owned utilities participating in the survey that provide electric service in each respective state.

2 Alliant Energy utility subsidiaries

NOTE: No data was available for Alaska or Nebraska.

Source: Typical Bills and Average Rates Report, Winter 2007, Reprinted with the permission of the Edison Electric Institute.

 

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