What charging an electric vehicle at home costs to run, by state
Electricity delivered to the vehicle at home. Public and workplace charging is billed elsewhere and is not in this figure.
Figures cover homes that charge an electric vehicle. Each is the difference charging an electric vehicle at home makes to a year’s bill on the cheapest and dearest published plan in that state, not a rate multiplied by a wattage.
Pilot data. 450 tariffs from 45 utilities, retrieved September 2, 2026. This is a sample, not national coverage — a utility missing here is one that has not been indexed yet.
| State | Used per year | Cheapest plan | Dearest plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,632 kWh | $251.88 | $845.68 |