Electricity rates by state
Over the twelve months to June 2026, US homes paid an average of 17.9¢ per kWh, up 6.7% on the twelve months before, and $156 a month. North Dakota was the cheapest at 12.3¢ and Hawaii the dearest at 42.7¢; prices rose in 48 of the 51.
A price is not a bill. The largest average bill was in Hawaii, at $220 a month for 514 kWh; the smallest in New Mexico, at $98. Every figure is the EIA’s count of what homes were billed, riders and every utility in the state included, not any one plan’s rate.
| Rank | State | 12-month price | On a year before | June 2026 | Average bill | Average use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | United States | 17.9¢ | ↑ +6.7% | 18.3¢ | $156 | 870 kWh |
| 1 | Hawaii | 42.7¢ | ↑ +3.0% | 52.7¢ | $220 | 514 kWh |
| 2 | California | 32.9¢ | ↑ +2.9% | 34.7¢ | $160 | 487 kWh |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 30.4¢ | ↑ +1.3% | 29.6¢ | $183 | 603 kWh |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 29.0¢ | ↓ −0.2% | 29.2¢ | $164 | 564 kWh |
| 5 | Maine | 29.0¢ | ↑ +11% | 29.6¢ | $156 | 538 kWh |
| 6 | Connecticut | 28.4¢ | ↓ −6.1% | 24.3¢ | $201 | 708 kWh |
| 7 | New York | 28.0¢ | ↑ +10.0% | 29.5¢ | $165 | 592 kWh |
| 8 | Alaska | 26.7¢ | ↑ +5.2% | 28.2¢ | $157 | 587 kWh |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 26.3¢ | ↑ +12% | 27.0¢ | $169 | 645 kWh |
| 10 | Washington, DC | 24.0¢ | ↑ +25% | 24.4¢ | $152 | 633 kWh |
| 11 | New Jersey | 23.8¢ | ↑ +16% | 25.0¢ | $160 | 672 kWh |
| 12 | Vermont | 23.7¢ | ↑ +5.4% | 24.4¢ | $141 | 595 kWh |
| 13 | Maryland | 21.8¢ | ↑ +18% | 21.8¢ | $207 | 951 kWh |
| 14 | Michigan | 20.7¢ | ↑ +6.4% | 23.0¢ | $131 | 629 kWh |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | 20.5¢ | ↑ +13% | 21.7¢ | $173 | 846 kWh |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 18.6¢ | ↑ +6.1% | 19.6¢ | $123 | 660 kWh |
| 17 | Illinois | 18.5¢ | ↑ +11% | 19.9¢ | $131 | 706 kWh |
| 18 | Ohio | 18.0¢ | ↑ +11% | 19.2¢ | $157 | 873 kWh |
| 19 | Delaware | 17.6¢ | ↑ +5.2% | 19.3¢ | $166 | 944 kWh |
| 20 | Indiana | 16.9¢ | ↑ +9.7% | 17.5¢ | $159 | 942 kWh |
| 21 | Colorado | 16.5¢ | ↑ +7.5% | 17.1¢ | $110 | 668 kWh |
| 22 | Alabama | 16.4¢ | ↑ +5.1% | 16.4¢ | $185 | 1,127 kWh |
| 23 | Virginia | 16.3¢ | ↑ +12% | 17.2¢ | $172 | 1,057 kWh |
| 24 | Minnesota | 16.2¢ | ↑ +4.1% | 17.5¢ | $119 | 738 kWh |
| 25 | Texas | 15.9¢ | ↑ +4.9% | 15.9¢ | $174 | 1,095 kWh |
| 26 | South Carolina | 15.6¢ | ↑ +6.1% | 15.6¢ | $164 | 1,058 kWh |
| 27 | Oregon | 15.5¢ | ↑ +3.1% | 16.3¢ | $132 | 853 kWh |
| 28 | West Virginia | 15.5¢ | ↑ +0.6% | 15.5¢ | $164 | 1,064 kWh |
| 29 | Florida | 15.4¢ | ↑ +6.6% | 15.1¢ | $168 | 1,094 kWh |
| 30 | Arizona | 15.4¢ | ↑ +2.2% | 15.2¢ | $161 | 1,048 kWh |
| 31 | New Mexico | 15.3¢ | ↑ +5.3% | 15.1¢ | $98 | 644 kWh |
| 32 | Georgia | 15.0¢ | ↑ +4.3% | 16.4¢ | $161 | 1,071 kWh |
| 33 | Kansas | 15.0¢ | ↑ +4.2% | 15.7¢ | $130 | 870 kWh |
| 34 | Mississippi | 14.7¢ | ↑ +7.5% | 14.9¢ | $170 | 1,160 kWh |
| 35 | North Carolina | 14.6¢ | ↑ +4.1% | 14.7¢ | $151 | 1,034 kWh |
| 36 | South Dakota | 14.1¢ | ↑ +7.7% | 15.4¢ | $138 | 981 kWh |
| 37 | Iowa | 14.0¢ | ↑ +4.4% | 15.9¢ | $119 | 849 kWh |
| 38 | Wyoming | 14.0¢ | ↑ +8.7% | 15.2¢ | $114 | 810 kWh |
| 39 | Washington | 14.0¢ | ↑ +13% | 14.9¢ | $131 | 933 kWh |
| 40 | Missouri | 13.9¢ | ↑ +6.1% | 16.2¢ | $145 | 1,045 kWh |
| 41 | Kentucky | 13.8¢ | ↑ +6.5% | 14.3¢ | $155 | 1,116 kWh |
| 42 | Montana | 13.8¢ | ↑ +9.6% | 15.1¢ | $113 | 823 kWh |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 13.6¢ | ↑ +7.4% | 14.3¢ | $142 | 1,046 kWh |
| 44 | Tennessee | 13.5¢ | ↑ +4.7% | 14.1¢ | $163 | 1,205 kWh |
| 45 | Utah | 13.4¢ | ↑ +5.6% | 13.4¢ | $102 | 763 kWh |
| 46 | Nevada | 13.3¢ | ↓ −3.7% | 13.1¢ | $117 | 877 kWh |
| 47 | Arkansas | 13.3¢ | ↑ +6.8% | 14.1¢ | $140 | 1,048 kWh |
| 48 | Louisiana | 13.0¢ | ↑ +7.4% | 13.5¢ | $156 | 1,198 kWh |
| 49 | Nebraska | 12.8¢ | ↑ +7.3% | 13.3¢ | $122 | 956 kWh |
| 50 | Idaho | 12.5¢ | ↑ +7.7% | 14.4¢ | $112 | 899 kWh |
| 51 | North Dakota | 12.3¢ | ↑ +6.7% | 14.1¢ | $131 | 1,064 kWh |
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WattClear, "Electricity rates by state", https://wattclear.com/electricity-rates, from U.S. Energy Information Administration retail sales data, July 2025 to June 2026 (retrieved September 23, 2026).
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Plans priced in each state
Each state’s page prices the published plans of the utilities found there, beside the figures above. A state appears once plans from at least one of its utilities have been placed in it.
Not every utility. 1211 tariffs from 217 utilities, retrieved up to October 8, 2026. A utility missing here is one that has not been indexed yet.
California
From $2,890.50 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 149 priced plans.
38 computed facts · 7 utilities
New York
From $2,185.58 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 83 priced plans.
39 computed facts · 6 utilities
Arizona
From $1,607.17 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 67 priced plans.
36 computed facts · 3 utilities
Michigan
From $1,915.77 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 65 priced plans.
34 computed facts · 7 utilities
Massachusetts
From $3,116.40 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 51 priced plans.
32 computed facts · 2 utilities
Washington
From $1,410.41 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 42 priced plans.
36 computed facts · 6 utilities
South Carolina
From $1,756.80 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 33 priced plans.
37 computed facts · 7 utilities
Illinois
From $1,750.64 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 33 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 4 utilities
Texas
From $1,486.32 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 32 priced plans.
39 computed facts · 12 utilities
Minnesota
From $1,945.43 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 30 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 6 utilities
South Dakota
From $2,130.72 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 32 priced plans.
31 computed facts · 9 utilities
Missouri
From $1,406.35 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 32 priced plans.
37 computed facts · 8 utilities
North Carolina
From $1,449.36 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 30 priced plans.
39 computed facts · 5 utilities
Wisconsin
From $1,931.60 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 29 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 4 utilities
Georgia
From $1,381.37 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 23 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 6 utilities
Kentucky
From $1,500.52 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 22 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 7 utilities
Colorado
From $1,686.22 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 20 priced plans.
34 computed facts · 4 utilities
New Jersey
From $2,423.04 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 20 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 2 utilities
North Dakota
19 computed facts · 5 utilities
Ohio
From $2,215.31 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 18 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 4 utilities
Alabama
From $1,516.56 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 17 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 4 utilities
Tennessee
From $1,680.72 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 16 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 8 utilities
Wyoming
From $1,751.88 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 16 priced plans.
33 computed facts · 4 utilities
Maryland
From $2,835.05 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 16 priced plans.
33 computed facts · 3 utilities
Oregon
From $1,872.48 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 16 priced plans.
34 computed facts · 3 utilities
Kansas
From $1,269.91 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 14 priced plans.
34 computed facts · 3 utilities
Nebraska
From $1,113.60 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 13 priced plans.
32 computed facts · 4 utilities
Mississippi
From $1,528.56 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 11 priced plans.
33 computed facts · 7 utilities
Washington, DC
From $2,332.96 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 13 priced plans.
29 computed facts · 1 utility
Pennsylvania
From $2,346.48 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 13 priced plans.
34 computed facts · 3 utilities
Hawaii
From $4,259.84 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 12 priced plans.
31 computed facts · 2 utilities
Utah
From $1,641.56 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 12 priced plans.
31 computed facts · 1 utility
Oklahoma
18 computed facts · 4 utilities
Nevada
From $1,612.64 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 10 priced plans.
31 computed facts · 1 utility
Florida
From $1,596.72 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 10 priced plans.
37 computed facts · 3 utilities
Maine
From $3,444.84 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 10 priced plans.
30 computed facts · 1 utility
Louisiana
From $1,391.52 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 9 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 4 utilities
New Hampshire
From $2,933.04 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 9 priced plans.
31 computed facts · 1 utility
Virginia
From $2,022.36 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 8 priced plans.
33 computed facts · 1 utility
Vermont
From $2,698.45 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 8 priced plans.
31 computed facts · 1 utility
Connecticut
From $3,592.88 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 8 priced plans.
30 computed facts · 1 utility
Indiana
From $1,876.32 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 7 priced plans.
35 computed facts · 3 utilities
Iowa
From $2,094.81 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 6 priced plans.
32 computed facts · 1 utility
Montana
16 computed facts · 2 utilities
Alaska
15 computed facts · 4 utilities
New Mexico
From $2,121.42 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 4 priced plans.
33 computed facts · 2 utilities
Rhode Island
From $3,047.52 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 4 priced plans.
26 computed facts · 1 utility
Delaware
17 computed facts · 1 utility
Arkansas
16 computed facts · 1 utility
Idaho
From $1,321.82 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 2 priced plans.
25 computed facts · 1 utility
West Virginia
From $1,649.16 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, across 1 priced plans.
20 computed facts · 1 utility