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Electricity prices this month, state by state

By Alex Reyes, founding editor · Published · Figures from data retrieved

In June 2026, the latest month EIA has published, US households paid an average of 18.3¢ per kWh, +5.0% on the 17.5¢ of a year earlier. Nevada was the cheapest at 13.1¢ and Hawaii the dearest at 52.7¢; 19 of the 50 states and DC were above the US average.

On a year earlier

Against June 2025, 46 of the 50 states and DC were dearer and 5 cheaper. The largest rises were in Hawaii (+29%), Idaho (+19%), Washington (+15%), New Hampshire (+15%), and Maryland (+13%); the prices that fell were in Connecticut (−11%), Massachusetts (−2.4%), West Virginia (−2.3%), Florida (−1.6%), and Arizona (−0.3%).

One month is a narrow window: a fuel adjustment reset or a mild month can move it on its own. The twelve-month figure on each state’s page, and the guide to longer-run price changes, show the longer run.

Average residential price, June 2026, dearest first
StatePer kWhA year earlierChange
Hawaii52.7¢41.0¢+29%
California34.7¢33.6¢+3.4%
Massachusetts29.6¢30.3¢−2.4%
Maine29.6¢28.1¢+5.2%
New York29.5¢26.6¢+11%
Rhode Island29.2¢26.8¢+8.9%
Alaska28.2¢26.9¢+5.0%
New Hampshire27.0¢23.5¢+15%
New Jersey25.0¢24.9¢+0.3%
Vermont24.4¢23.0¢+6.3%
Washington, DC24.4¢22.7¢+7.4%
Connecticut24.3¢27.2¢−11%
Michigan23.0¢20.8¢+10%
Maryland21.8¢19.3¢+13%
Pennsylvania21.7¢19.7¢+10%
Illinois19.9¢18.3¢+8.7%
Wisconsin19.6¢18.5¢+5.6%
Delaware19.3¢18.2¢+6.2%
Ohio19.2¢17.5¢+9.7%
Minnesota17.5¢17.1¢+2.3%
Indiana17.5¢16.5¢+6.3%
Virginia17.2¢15.2¢+13%
Colorado17.1¢16.0¢+6.8%
Alabama16.4¢16.1¢+2.1%
Georgia16.4¢16.0¢+2.5%
Oregon16.3¢15.8¢+3.3%
Missouri16.2¢15.9¢+1.9%
Texas15.9¢15.3¢+4.5%
Iowa15.9¢15.3¢+3.9%
Kansas15.7¢15.0¢+4.5%
South Carolina15.6¢14.8¢+5.1%
West Virginia15.5¢15.8¢−2.3%
South Dakota15.4¢14.2¢+8.0%
Wyoming15.2¢14.9¢+2.4%
Arizona15.2¢15.2¢−0.3%
Montana15.1¢14.8¢+2.2%
Florida15.1¢15.4¢−1.6%
New Mexico15.1¢14.7¢+2.6%
Washington14.9¢13.0¢+15%
Mississippi14.9¢14.1¢+5.8%
North Carolina14.7¢13.4¢+10%
Idaho14.4¢12.1¢+19%
Oklahoma14.3¢13.6¢+5.1%
Kentucky14.3¢13.4¢+6.4%
Arkansas14.1¢13.4¢+5.6%
North Dakota14.1¢13.7¢+3.0%
Tennessee14.1¢13.8¢+1.8%
Louisiana13.5¢12.7¢+5.9%
Utah13.4¢13.1¢+2.1%
Nebraska13.3¢13.1¢+0.8%
Nevada13.1¢12.3¢+6.9%
EIA's average residential price for the month: revenue over sales, riders and every utility in the state included. Not any one plan's rate.

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Every figure here is computed when the site is built, from the records named below, by the same code that fills the state, utility and cost-to-run pages this guide links to. When those records are refreshed, the figures change with them; the words around them do not, which is why no sentence here states a direction the data has not been checked for.

The text was reviewed by the editor before publication. The methodology page sets out what the rate engine assumes and where its figures stop being reliable.