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Average electricity rates by state

Residential price per kilowatt-hour in July 2026, from EIA's Electric Power Monthly. The national average is 18.31¢. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive state is 35.28¢ — a factor of 3.8.

#	State	July 2026	July 2025	Change
1	Louisiana	12.72¢	13.12¢	−3.0%
2	Nevada	12.77¢	12.39¢	+3.1%
3	Utah	13.12¢	13.45¢	−2.5%
4	North Dakota	13.41¢	13.31¢	+0.8%
5	Tennessee	13.71¢	13.21¢	+3.8%
6	Idaho	13.73¢	12.28¢	+11.8%
7	Nebraska	13.78¢	12.84¢	+7.3%
8	Kentucky	13.81¢	13.13¢	+5.2%
9	Arkansas	14.33¢	13.26¢	+8.1%
10	Oklahoma	14.35¢	13.52¢	+6.1%
11	Wyoming	14.36¢	14.64¢	−1.9%
12	Mississippi	14.54¢	13.58¢	+7.1%
13	Washington	14.71¢	13.45¢	+9.4%
14	Montana	14.99¢	14.27¢	+5.0%
15	Florida	15.03¢	15.11¢	−0.5%
16	North Carolina	15.16¢	13.37¢	+13.4%
17	Kansas	15.27¢	14.46¢	+5.6%
18	South Dakota	15.37¢	14.52¢	+5.9%
19	Arizona	15.38¢	15.34¢	+0.3%
20	South Carolina	15.47¢	14.70¢	+5.2%
21	West Virginia	15.78¢	15.43¢	+2.3%
22	Texas	15.88¢	15.36¢	+3.4%
23	Oregon	15.97¢	15.61¢	+2.3%
24	Iowa	15.99¢	15.31¢	+4.4%
25	Missouri	16.09¢	15.56¢	+3.4%
26	New Mexico	16.09¢	15.80¢	+1.8%
27	Georgia	16.27¢	15.56¢	+4.6%
28	Alabama	16.40¢	15.93¢	+3.0%
29	Indiana	16.73¢	16.18¢	+3.4%
30	Colorado	17.00¢	15.99¢	+6.3%
31	Minnesota	17.45¢	16.92¢	+3.1%
32	Virginia	17.55¢	15.78¢	+11.2%
33	Delaware	18.48¢	16.58¢	+11.5%
34	Wisconsin	19.06¢	18.25¢	+4.4%
35	Illinois	19.22¢	17.22¢	+11.6%
36	Ohio	19.45¢	17.38¢	+11.9%
37	Maryland	21.41¢	18.83¢	+13.7%
38	Pennsylvania	21.72¢	19.51¢	+11.3%
39	Michigan	23.05¢	20.55¢	+12.2%
40	Vermont	23.75¢	22.14¢	+7.3%
41	Connecticut	24.16¢	27.60¢	−12.5%
42	New Jersey	25.19¢	25.32¢	−0.5%
43	District of Columbia	25.21¢	23.04¢	+9.4%
44	New Hampshire	26.60¢	22.79¢	+16.7%
45	Rhode Island	28.29¢	26.18¢	+8.1%
46	Alaska	28.83¢	27.30¢	+5.6%
47	New York	29.90¢	26.22¢	+14.0%
48	Massachusetts	30.49¢	30.07¢	+1.4%
49	Maine	32.41¢	27.98¢	+15.8%
50	California	33.61¢	32.66¢	+2.9%
51	Hawaii	48.00¢	39.36¢	+22.0%