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Commercial electricity rates in Oklahoma

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

10.90¢per kWh
Average commercial price, August 2026 · 25% below the US average of 14.47¢ · up 9.0% from August 2025

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 7.68¢ to 10.90¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Oklahoma by the numbers

Commercial accounts
313,595
billed in August 2026
Commercial sales
2,895M kWh
total for August 2026
Average use per account
9,231 kWh
computed: sales divided by accounts, August 2026
Commercial revenue
$315.5M
total for August 2026
Share of US commercial sales
1.9%
computed, August 2026
Rank of 51
#10
1 = cheapest

How commercial compares with other sectors

SectorPrice per kWh
Commercial10.90¢
Residential14.82¢
Industrial8.16¢

All figures are August 2026 averages for Oklahoma.

Commercial customers in Oklahoma pay 26% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

A monthly average of what was actually billed, not a rate on offer — how it is calculated. Your own rate class and demand charges will differ; your state regulator is the authority on them.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Oklahoma used 9,231 kWh in August 2026. At 10.90¢ per kWh that is about $1,006 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, Oklahoma's commercial price rose 7.5%, from 10.14¢ in September 2023 to 10.90¢. The high point was 10.90¢ in August 2026 and the low 7.68¢ in March 2024 — a spread of 42% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was September (10.14¢) and the cheapest April (8.00¢), a seasonal swing of 27%.

Oklahoma against its region

Oklahoma is in EIA's West South Central division, where the commercial average was 9.54¢ in August 2026. Oklahoma is 14% above that, and 2 of 4 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas.

States priced near Oklahoma

State¢/kWhRank
Oregon10.72¢8
North Carolina10.73¢9
Louisiana11.09¢11
Virginia11.14¢12

Source

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