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Cost to run a heat pump in Louisiana (June 2026 rates)

At 13.49¢ per kilowatt-hour — Louisiana's average residential price in June 2026 — running a heat pump costs $291 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $396. Louisiana's residential rate is up 5.9% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $275 to $291 a year.

Per hour
19.4¢
Per day of use
$1.94
Per month
$24.28
Per year
$291

Assumption: 2,400 W at a 60% duty cycle, 10 hours a day, 150 days a year — 2,160 kWh a year. A mid-size ducted heat pump in heating mode. It moves heat rather than making it, delivering two to four units of heat per unit of electricity until the outdoor temperature drops far enough to trigger backup resistance strips. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Louisiana compares

Louisiana pays 13.49¢/kWh, the 4th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $105 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same heat pump costs $283 a year in Nevada and $1,139 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $856 a year.

StateRatePer monthPer year
Nebraska13.25¢$23.85$286
Utah13.37¢$24.07$289
Louisiana13.49¢$24.28$291
Tennessee14.07¢$25.33$304
North Dakota14.12¢$25.42$305

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a heat pump.

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Questions

How much does a heat pump cost per month in Louisiana?
About $24.28 a month, assuming 2,400 W at a 60% duty cycle, 10 hours a day, 150 days a year at 13.49¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a heat pump use?
Roughly 2,160 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.44 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?
Louisiana has the 4th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $396 a year.