Entergy Louisiana electric rates and bill calculator

An Entergy Louisiana bill for 1,000 kWh on Schedule RS is $146.19 in November 2026 (14.6¢ per kWh, before tax). This calculator uses the Entergy Louisiana Residential Service tariff (Schedule RS) and its riders. Type the kWh from your bill. The result shows each charge on a different line.

  • Schedule RS
  • Effective: August 30, 2024 (riders as of October 2026)
  • Last checked: October 15, 2026

Entergy Louisiana bill calculator

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Current Entergy Louisiana electricity rates

A Entergy Louisiana bill for 1,000 kWh on Schedule RS, with all charges, at the rates in effect at our last check on October 15, 2026:

Entergy Louisiana average price per kWh at 1,000 kWh
Billing monthBillAverage price per kWh
November$146.1914.62¢
Base rates now
ChargeRate
Customer charge$10.00 per month
Advanced metering system customer charge$1.99 per month
Energy charge3.762¢ per kWh

The average price includes the base rates and the riders. See all rates and riders, the example bills and the sources.

Average Entergy Louisiana bill

In 2025, the average Entergy Louisiana home that bought its power from Entergy Louisiana used 1,233 kWh a month and paid $146.76 a month (11.9¢ per kWh). The average for all homes in Louisiana was $153.32 (1,225 kWh, 12.5¢ per kWh). These are yearly averages from the EIA-861 data of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, at the rates of 2025. See the average electric bill in Louisiana and in each state. To turn the watts of an appliance into dollars, use the electricity cost calculator.

For an apartment: with the EIA average kWh of small homes in the South, a 1-bedroom apartment (773 kWh) costs about $119.39 a month on RS and a 2-bedroom apartment (973 kWh) about $142.97 (November rates, before taxes). See the apartment electric bill at each utility.

Help paying your Entergy Louisiana bill

  • Senior Discount program: Entergy waives the $10 monthly customer charge, saving you $120 a year.
  • The Power to Care: Emergency bill payment help given through local nonprofit agencies, funded by donations.
  • Deferred payment arrangement: Take up to four months to pay your current bill, your unpaid balance or both.
  • Payment extension: A few extra days to pay. You may get up to a 5-day extension online, or a 3-day extension from a call center agent.
  • Pick-A-Date: Choose the day your bill is due to match your payday.
  • Level Billing: Your bill is based on your rolling twelve-month billing average, re-calculated each month.

See all 11 Entergy Louisiana bill help programs, with who qualifies, how to apply, state energy assistance and the shutoff rules.

EV charging cost on Entergy Louisiana

Charging an electric car for 1,000 miles a month (300 kWh) overnight on weekdays adds this much to a 1,000 kWh November bill:

Entergy Louisiana: extra cost of home EV charging
PlanA monthPer 100 milesCharging period
RSResidential Service$35.37$3.54All hours

Use your own miles, car and charging time in the EV charging cost calculator.

Solar savings on Entergy Louisiana

With the solar output of Kenner (PVWatts), a 6 kW system makes about 9,092 kWh a year. On a home that uses 1,000 kWh a month, it cuts the yearly bill by:

Entergy Louisiana: yearly bill savings of a 6 kW solar system
PlanBill a year without solarSavings a year
RSResidential Service$1,754.28$1,072.45

If each solar kWh replaces a kWh bought at the full price within the month (monthly net metering). A lower credit for the power you send to the grid, or a solar fee, makes the savings smaller. Use your own kWh, city and system in the solar savings calculator.

Entergy Louisiana rebates

Entergy Louisiana rebates and energy-saving programs: the page lists home energy audit, income-qualified, appliances, manufactured homes, multifamily. See also the home energy rebates in Louisiana. Checked October 22, 2026.

Entergy Louisiana outages, payments and customer service

Official links and phone numbers from the Entergy Louisiana website, checked October 20, 2026. This site is not part of Entergy Louisiana: for an outage or a question about your account, use these links.

If you see a downed power line, stay away from it and call Entergy Louisiana at 800-968-8243 or 911.

Terms on this tariff: Adjustment clause, Customer charge, Energy charge, Energy efficiency charge, Environmental cost recovery, Fuel charge, Rider, Smart meter charge, Storm recovery charge, Vegetation management. See the electric bill glossary.

SOLAR AND EV

Do you want solar panels or an electric vehicle? The US solar calculator and the EV charging from solar calculator on ProSolarCalc estimate the savings and the payback. Also read what changed in the federal solar tax credit in 2026. Sri Murugan Systems also makes ProSolarCalc.

Do you have your hourly usage file? Compare Entergy Louisiana plans with your Green Button data.

Why is my Entergy Louisiana bill so high? Check your bill against Entergy Louisiana RS. How does Entergy Louisiana compare? See the monthly bill comparison.

What does an appliance cost to run on this tariff? Use the appliance cost tool with Entergy Louisiana RS.

The rates in this calculator

These values come from the official tariff documents of Entergy Louisiana. The Louisiana Public Service Commission approves these tariffs.

Base rates: Schedule RS
ChargeRate
Customer charge$10.00 per month
Advanced metering system customer charge$1.99 per month
Energy charge3.762¢ per kWh
Riders and fees that the calculator adds
ItemRateApplies toSchedule
Formula rate plan rider
Applies to the base bill: the customer charge, the metering charge and the energy charge.
100.698% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Rider SCO (2005 hurricane offset) Legacy Entergy Louisiana (ELL): -0.4022%
Legacy Gulf States (EGSL): -0.5379%
Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bills, October 2026
Rider SCOII (2008 hurricane offset) Legacy Entergy Louisiana (ELL): -0.2035%
Legacy Gulf States (EGSL): -0.5466%
Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bills, October 2026
Rider SCOIII (2012 hurricane offset) Legacy Entergy Louisiana (ELL): -0.4572%
Legacy Gulf States (EGSL): -0.2136%
Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bills, October 2026
Rider SCOIV (2020 hurricane offset) -1.6398% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Rider SCOV (2021 hurricane offset) -0.0881% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Fuel adjustment 2.748¢ per kWh All kWh Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Fuel stabilization pilot program 0.0002¢ per kWh All kWh Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Energy efficiency cost rate rider 0.184¢ per kWh All kWh Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Environmental adjustment clause 0.0047¢ per kWh All kWh Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Resilience plan cost recovery rider 7.9118% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Vegetation management pilot 2.5771% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Rider FSCIV (2020 hurricane charge) 17.5102% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026
Rider FSCV (2021 hurricane charge) 9.5262% Base bill Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026

Minimum monthly bill: The customer charge.

Example bills for 1,000 kWh

These examples use 1,000 kWh. Legacy service area: Legacy Entergy Louisiana (ELL). Each column uses the rates of the billing month in its heading. The examples do not include taxes.

LineAll year (November)
Customer charge$10.00
Advanced metering system customer charge$1.99
Energy charge$37.62
Formula rate plan rider$49.96
Rider SCO (2005 hurricane offset)−$0.20
Rider SCOII (2008 hurricane offset)−$0.10
Rider SCOIII (2012 hurricane offset)−$0.23
Rider SCOIV (2020 hurricane offset)−$0.81
Rider SCOV (2021 hurricane offset)−$0.04
Fuel adjustment$27.48
Fuel stabilization pilot program$0.00
Energy efficiency cost rate rider$1.84
Environmental adjustment clause$0.05
Resilience plan cost recovery rider$3.93
Vegetation management pilot$1.28
Rider FSCIV (2020 hurricane charge)$8.69
Rider FSCV (2021 hurricane charge)$4.73
Total before tax$146.19

How the calculator gets the total

  1. It adds the customer charge. This is a fixed amount for each month.
  2. It adds the advanced metering system customer charge. This is a fixed amount for each month.
  3. It multiplies the kWh by the rate of the energy charge.
  4. It adds the formula rate plan rider as a percentage of the base bill.
  5. It adds the Rider SCO (2005 hurricane offset) as a percentage of the base bill.
  6. It adds the Rider SCOII (2008 hurricane offset) as a percentage of the base bill.
  7. It adds the Rider SCOIII (2012 hurricane offset) as a percentage of the base bill.
  8. It adds the Rider SCOIV (2020 hurricane offset) as a percentage of the base bill.
  9. It adds the Rider SCOV (2021 hurricane offset) as a percentage of the base bill.
  10. It multiplies the kWh by the rate of each of the 4 riders in the riders table, from the fuel adjustment to the environmental adjustment clause.
  11. It adds the resilience plan cost recovery rider as a percentage of the base bill.
  12. It adds the vegetation management pilot as a percentage of the base bill.
  13. It adds the Rider FSCIV (2020 hurricane charge) as a percentage of the base bill.
  14. It adds the Rider FSCV (2021 hurricane charge) as a percentage of the base bill.

The calculator rounds each line to the cent. Each percentage uses the rounded lines.

Items that the calculator does not include

  • State, city and local taxes.
  • Rider FSCIII (2012 hurricane charge). It is 0% in October 2026.
  • Optional rates and programs.

Sources and last check

We read each value from the official documents below. The approval column shows the docket, order or advice number that is printed on each sheet. Last check: October 15, 2026.

DocumentUsed forEffectiveApproval
Schedule RSCustomer charge, energy chargeAugust 30, 2024LPSC Order U-36959 (printed as “LPCS Order U-36959”)
Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026Advanced metering system customer charge, formula rate plan rider, Rider SCOIV (2020 hurricane offset), Rider SCOV (2021 hurricane offset), fuel adjustment, fuel stabilization pilot program, energy efficiency cost rate rider, environmental adjustment clause, resilience plan cost recovery rider, vegetation management pilot, Rider FSCIV (2020 hurricane charge), Rider FSCV (2021 hurricane charge)October 2026Sample bill; rider orders not printed
Entergy Louisiana sample bills, October 2026Rider SCO (2005 hurricane offset), Rider SCOII (2008 hurricane offset), Rider SCOIII (2012 hurricane offset)October 2026Sample bill; rider orders not printed

Base rates read from the text of Entergy Louisiana Schedule RS. Rider rates read from Entergy Louisiana's own sample bills for October 2026 (legacy ELL and legacy EGSL areas). The calculator gives the same total as each sample bill for 1,000 kWh. Entergy Louisiana sample bill, October 2026.

Questions about Entergy Louisiana bills

What is the average Entergy Louisiana electric bill?

In 2025, the average Entergy Louisiana home that bought its power from Entergy Louisiana used 1,233 kWh a month and paid $146.76 a month, 11.9¢ per kWh (EIA-861 data). That is less than the Louisiana average of $153.32. Your bill depends on your kWh: use the calculator on this page with the kWh from your bill.

Why are there so many riders on my bill?

Entergy Louisiana adds several riders to the base bill. Most are a percentage of the base bill. The formula rate plan rider is the largest. It is about the same size as the base bill.

What are the hurricane riders?

The FSC riders recover the cost of storms in 2020 and 2021. The SCO riders are small credits that offset earlier storm costs.

Which legacy area am I in?

Look at the Rider SCO lines on your bill. They show ELL or EGSL. If you do not know, select ELL. The difference is about 12 cents for 1,000 kWh.

How often does the fuel rate change?

The fuel adjustment changes each month. We update the calculator when Entergy Louisiana publishes a new sample bill.

Why is my Entergy Louisiana bill so high?

The most common reason is more kWh: heating and air conditioning use much electricity. More days in the billing period also add kWh and daily charges. To see which reason applies to your bill, use the Why is my bill so high tool on this site: type your bill and an earlier bill, and it shows each reason in dollars.

Why is my bill different from the result?

Your bill can include sales tax, a city fee, a discount, a late fee or a different number of days. Type the number of days from your bill. To add tax, type the tax rate from your bill in the tax field. If your tariff has a discount program, select it in the options.

Where do I find my kWh?

Your bill shows the kWh for the billing period. Look for the meter reading section or the usage section.

What is the Entergy Louisiana outage number?

To report a power outage to Entergy Louisiana, call 800-968-8243, or use the outage map on the Entergy Louisiana website. If you see a downed power line, stay away from it and call the utility or 911.

utilityratecalc.com is not part of Entergy Louisiana, LLC or the Louisiana Public Service Commission. For the official values, use your bill and the tariff of Entergy Louisiana.