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Average residential price, ¢ per kWh, by month since 2010 (EIA). The latest month is preliminary.
| # | State | ¢/kWh | 1-yr | 5-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | 18.31 | +4.9% | +32.4% | |
| 1 | Louisiana | 12.72 | -3.0% | +16.7% |
| 2 | Nevada | 12.77 | +3.1% | +17.7% |
| 3 | Utah | 13.12 | -2.5% | +20.0% |
| 4 | North Dakota | 13.41 | +0.8% | +9.5% |
| 5 | Tennessee | 13.71 | +3.8% | +22.7% |
| 6 | Idaho | 13.73 | +11.8% | +32.1% |
| 7 | Nebraska | 13.78 | +7.3% | +19.4% |
| 8 | Kentucky | 13.81 | +5.2% | +19.2% |
| 9 | Arkansas | 14.33 | +8.1% | +24.1% |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 14.35 | +6.1% | +28.2% |
| 11 | Wyoming | 14.36 | -1.9% | +22.8% |
| 12 | Mississippi | 14.54 | +7.1% | +26.7% |
| 13 | Washington | 14.71 | +9.4% | +43.4% |
| 14 | Montana | 14.99 | +5.0% | +29.9% |
| 15 | Florida | 15.03 | -0.5% | +27.6% |
| 16 | North Carolina | 15.16 | +13.4% | +33.2% |
| 17 | Kansas | 15.27 | +5.6% | +16.4% |
| 18 | South Dakota | 15.37 | +5.9% | +19.8% |
| 19 | Arizona | 15.38 | +0.3% | +21.7% |
| 20 | South Carolina | 15.47 | +5.2% | +22.8% |
| 21 | West Virginia | 15.78 | +2.3% | +30.4% |
| 22 | Texas | 15.88 | +3.4% | +35.4% |
| 23 | Oregon | 15.97 | +2.3% | +38.5% |
| 24 | Iowa | 15.99 | +4.4% | +11.1% |
| 25 | Missouri | 16.09 | +3.4% | +22.4% |
| 25 | New Mexico | 16.09 | +1.8% | +11.8% |
| 27 | Georgia | 16.27 | +4.6% | +20.8% |
| 28 | Alabama | 16.40 | +3.0% | +24.0% |
| 29 | Indiana | 16.73 | +3.4% | +25.4% |
| 30 | Colorado | 17.00 | +6.3% | +27.0% |
| 31 | Minnesota | 17.45 | +3.1% | +24.1% |
| 32 | Virginia | 17.55 | +11.2% | +40.1% |
| 33 | Delaware | 18.48 | +11.5% | +56.1% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 19.06 | +4.4% | +31.1% |
| 35 | Illinois | 19.22 | +11.6% | +51.6% |
| 36 | Ohio | 19.45 | +11.9% | +48.7% |
| 37 | Maryland | 21.41 | +13.7% | +65.3% |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | 21.72 | +11.3% | +58.5% |
| 39 | Michigan | 23.05 | +12.2% | +29.5% |
| 40 | Vermont | 23.75 | +7.3% | +25.2% |
| 41 | Connecticut | 24.16 | -12.5% | +9.3% |
| 42 | New Jersey | 25.19 | -0.5% | +48.7% |
| 43 | District of Columbia | 25.21 | +9.4% | +95.9% |
| 44 | New Hampshire | 26.60 | +16.7% | +39.6% |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 28.29 | +8.1% | +37.9% |
| 46 | Alaska | 28.83 | +5.6% | +23.3% |
| 47 | New York | 29.90 | +14.0% | +52.2% |
| 48 | Massachusetts | 30.49 | +1.4% | +33.3% |
| 49 | Maine | 32.41 | +15.8% | +98.0% |
| 50 | California | 33.61 | +2.9% | +49.4% |
| 51 | Hawaii | 48.00 | +22.0% | +43.4% |
Average residential price in July 2026, ¢ per kWh; 1 = lowest of 51 (50 states + DC). The 1-yr and 5-yr columns are the percentage change from the same month one year and five years earlier, calculated from the published prices. Equal prices share a rank.
| # | State | ¢/kWh | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | 14.53 | +3.4% | |
| 1 | North Dakota | 8.22 | +5.5% |
| 2 | Texas | 8.47 | -4.3% |
| 3 | Nebraska | 9.39 | -1.9% |
| 4 | Nevada | 9.72 | -4.1% |
| 5 | Idaho | 10.16 | +5.9% |
| 6 | Wyoming | 10.26 | +1.0% |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 10.32 | +4.0% |
| 8 | Oregon | 10.60 | +0.1% |
| 9 | North Carolina | 10.73 | +10.1% |
| 10 | Utah | 10.85 | +3.9% |
| 11 | Louisiana | 10.97 | -5.3% |
| 12 | Florida | 11.37 | +0.6% |
| 13 | West Virginia | 11.44 | +2.2% |
| 14 | South Carolina | 11.61 | +5.8% |
| 15 | Virginia | 11.68 | +14.4% |
| 16 | Arkansas | 11.76 | +10.8% |
| 17 | Washington | 11.78 | +4.8% |
| 18 | New Mexico | 11.90 | -4.5% |
| 19 | Kentucky | 11.95 | +2.7% |
| 20 | Kansas | 12.04 | +3.1% |
| 21 | South Dakota | 12.17 | +3.8% |
| 22 | Georgia | 12.54 | +0.4% |
| 23 | Missouri | 12.64 | +3.5% |
| 24 | Arizona | 13.12 | -2.2% |
| 25 | Iowa | 13.27 | +0.7% |
| 26 | Indiana | 13.30 | -5.5% |
| 27 | Montana | 13.33 | +3.9% |
| 28 | Tennessee | 13.43 | +4.8% |
| 29 | Minnesota | 13.49 | +2.4% |
| 30 | Mississippi | 13.65 | +7.2% |
| 31 | Delaware | 13.80 | +10.0% |
| 32 | Colorado | 13.81 | +4.2% |
| 33 | Pennsylvania | 13.86 | +9.7% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 13.93 | +4.2% |
| 35 | Ohio | 14.06 | +22.3% |
| 36 | Alabama | 14.83 | +1.6% |
| 37 | Illinois | 15.19 | +11.2% |
| 38 | Michigan | 16.46 | +10.0% |
| 39 | Maryland | 17.51 | +15.7% |
| 40 | New Jersey | 19.17 | +4.4% |
| 41 | Connecticut | 19.87 | -13.1% |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 20.63 | +4.5% |
| 43 | Vermont | 20.71 | +6.8% |
| 44 | Maine | 21.64 | +2.7% |
| 45 | Alaska | 23.29 | +1.3% |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 23.43 | +5.4% |
| 47 | District of Columbia | 23.88 | +15.4% |
| 48 | New York | 24.18 | +4.9% |
| 49 | Massachusetts | 24.41 | +4.9% |
| 50 | California | 30.56 | +1.6% |
| 51 | Hawaii | 43.63 | +24.4% |
| # | State | ¢/kWh | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | 9.77 | +4.7% | |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4.16 | -27.5% |
| 2 | Louisiana | 6.08 | -12.0% |
| 3 | Texas | 7.07 | +7.0% |
| 4 | Tennessee | 7.13 | -1.5% |
| 5 | Kentucky | 7.51 | +2.7% |
| 5 | Washington | 7.51 | +4.2% |
| 7 | Mississippi | 7.66 | +0.7% |
| 8 | Montana | 7.71 | +0.0% |
| 9 | Arkansas | 7.84 | +8.3% |
| 9 | South Carolina | 7.84 | -0.5% |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 8.16 | +21.4% |
| 12 | North Dakota | 8.21 | +7.7% |
| 13 | North Carolina | 8.37 | +7.7% |
| 14 | West Virginia | 8.40 | +5.3% |
| 15 | Alabama | 8.42 | +3.7% |
| 16 | Kansas | 8.52 | +5.6% |
| 17 | Wyoming | 8.62 | -3.5% |
| 18 | Oregon | 8.92 | +3.8% |
| 19 | Idaho | 9.02 | +9.5% |
| 20 | Utah | 9.10 | -3.2% |
| 21 | Indiana | 9.16 | -0.5% |
| 22 | Florida | 9.17 | +2.9% |
| 23 | Arizona | 9.35 | +0.9% |
| 24 | Colorado | 9.54 | +0.1% |
| 25 | Michigan | 9.81 | +9.7% |
| 26 | South Dakota | 9.83 | +5.4% |
| 27 | Missouri | 9.87 | +4.3% |
| 28 | Iowa | 9.99 | +10.1% |
| 29 | Nebraska | 10.00 | +11.1% |
| 30 | Georgia | 10.03 | -7.7% |
| 31 | Nevada | 10.04 | +2.1% |
| 32 | Virginia | 10.07 | +3.8% |
| 33 | Minnesota | 10.34 | +5.8% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 10.46 | +6.1% |
| 35 | New York | 10.81 | +7.5% |
| 36 | Ohio | 10.95 | +21.0% |
| 37 | Pennsylvania | 11.04 | +11.9% |
| 38 | Delaware | 11.71 | +5.6% |
| 39 | Illinois | 11.87 | +11.6% |
| 40 | Vermont | 13.07 | +6.9% |
| 41 | Maine | 13.94 | -11.3% |
| 42 | New Jersey | 15.63 | +4.8% |
| 43 | Maryland | 16.21 | +18.7% |
| 44 | Connecticut | 17.29 | -7.0% |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 18.17 | +8.5% |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 20.25 | +1.6% |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 22.86 | +7.3% |
| 48 | Alaska | 24.81 | +27.9% |
| 49 | California | 25.11 | -0.6% |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 32.15 | +59.1% |
| 51 | Hawaii | 39.33 | +29.8% |
Prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): the average retail price of electricity sold to residential, commercial and industrial customers in each state and the District of Columbia, in cents per kilowatt-hour, which EIA calculates as revenue divided by sales (Form EIA-861M, API v2 electricity/retail-sales). We read the whole series from January 2001 and check for revisions twice a month; when EIA revises a value we keep the earlier number.
This is a statewide average over all customers in the sector, not the price of a plan you can sign up for, and it is not the same measure as the Power to Choose prices on our other pages. A state’s price depends on many things this table does not measure; we do not rank states by what a household pays. We have no source for which states allow retail choice, so we do not mark them. Electricity prices vs inflation →
In July 2026, Texas ranked 22 of 51 (50 states + DC; 1 = lowest price) for the average residential price: 15.88¢/kWh, vs 18.31¢ for the U.S. (EIA). For commercial customers Texas was 2 of 51 (8.47¢) and for industrial 3 of 51 (7.07¢).
In July 2026 the lowest residential averages were Louisiana (12.72¢), Nevada (12.77¢) and Utah (13.12¢); the highest were Hawaii (48.00¢), California (33.61¢) and Maine (32.41¢) per kWh (EIA).
No. It is EIA’s statewide average over all residential customers, calculated as revenue divided by sales. The price of a plan you can choose depends on the plan, your utility and your usage; see our Texas plan rankings and the Real Rate Index.
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