Electricity Rates by State
The average price residential customers paid for electricity in every US state and DC, for August 2026, with the same month a year earlier.
- US average
- 18.16 cents per kWh
- Highest
- Hawaii: 47.18 cents
- Lowest
- Nevada: 12.72 cents
| State | August 2026 | August 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 16.33 | 16.26 | +0.07 |
| Alaska | 29.41 | 27.79 | +1.62 |
| Arizona | 15.05 | 15.09 | -0.04 |
| Arkansas | 14.37 | 13.33 | +1.04 |
| California | 29.75 | 30.92 | -1.17 |
| Colorado | 17.17 | 16.21 | +0.96 |
| Connecticut | 24.51 | 30.17 | -5.66 |
| Delaware | 18.70 | 16.85 | +1.85 |
| District of Columbia | 25.98 | 23.18 | +2.80 |
| Florida | 14.99 | 15.33 | -0.34 |
| Georgia | 15.90 | 15.55 | +0.35 |
| Hawaii | 47.18 | 38.53 | +8.65 |
| Idaho | 13.37 | 12.08 | +1.29 |
| Illinois | 19.32 | 18.03 | +1.29 |
| Indiana | 17.02 | 16.21 | +0.81 |
| Iowa | 17.06 | 15.48 | +1.58 |
| Kansas | 15.47 | 14.65 | +0.82 |
| Kentucky | 13.80 | 13.10 | +0.70 |
| Louisiana | 12.87 | 12.55 | +0.32 |
| Maine | 32.11 | 28.14 | +3.97 |
| Maryland | 21.40 | 19.89 | +1.51 |
| Massachusetts | 30.48 | 30.55 | -0.07 |
| Michigan | 22.99 | 20.73 | +2.26 |
| Minnesota | 17.20 | 16.89 | +0.31 |
| Mississippi | 14.43 | 13.61 | +0.82 |
| Missouri | 16.02 | 15.32 | +0.70 |
| Montana | 15.57 | 14.29 | +1.28 |
| Nebraska | 13.54 | 12.80 | +0.74 |
| Nevada | 12.72 | 12.54 | +0.18 |
| New Hampshire | 27.64 | 24.44 | +3.20 |
| New Jersey | 24.61 | 24.70 | -0.09 |
| New Mexico | 16.51 | 15.98 | +0.53 |
| New York | 28.65 | 26.64 | +2.01 |
| North Carolina | 14.95 | 14.59 | +0.36 |
| North Dakota | 13.31 | 12.97 | +0.34 |
| Ohio | 19.38 | 17.55 | +1.83 |
| Oklahoma | 14.82 | 14.42 | +0.40 |
| Oregon | 15.92 | 15.85 | +0.07 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.77 | 19.93 | +1.84 |
| Rhode Island | 28.18 | 26.53 | +1.65 |
| South Carolina | 15.76 | 15.16 | +0.60 |
| South Dakota | 15.15 | 13.90 | +1.25 |
| Tennessee | 13.42 | 13.09 | +0.33 |
| Texas | 15.91 | 15.40 | +0.51 |
| Utah | 13.31 | 13.62 | -0.31 |
| Vermont | 23.84 | 22.10 | +1.74 |
| Virginia | 17.64 | 15.85 | +1.79 |
| Washington | 14.63 | 13.65 | +0.98 |
| West Virginia | 16.31 | 15.62 | +0.69 |
| Wisconsin | 19.41 | 18.44 | +0.97 |
| Wyoming | 14.43 | 14.33 | +0.10 |
All prices are cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). "Change" is in cents.
How to use these numbers
Our calculators ask for your electricity rate in dollars per kWh. To convert, divide cents by 100: Hawaii's 47.18 cents is $0.4718 per kWh, and the US average of 18.16 cents is $0.1816. Your own bill is the best source, and ourhome electricity usage calculatorand appliance cost calculator explain where to look on it.
A state average is only a starting point. Rates differ between utilities in the same state, and many customers pay different prices by time of day, season or how much they use. These figures divide what customers paid in total by the kWh they used, so they include delivery and other charges and usually run higher than the "energy charge" line on a bill.
About this data
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, Table 5.6.A. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State (opens in a new tab). Public US government data.
- Latest month: August 2026. EIA release date: October 23, 2026.
- Values for 2025 are final. Values for 2026 are preliminary estimates based on a cutoff model sample.
- We copy the numbers from EIA by program and check them, but the original table is the authority. Last copied on 2026-11-03.