Typical Cost of Electricity by State
What homes paid per kilowatt-hour in July 2026, the latest month published. The U.S. average was 18.31¢.
The spread across states
Each tick is one state. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median.
Every state, lowest rate first
| Rank | State | Rate per kWh | Against the U.S. | In a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Louisiana | 12.72¢ | −30.5% | −3.0% |
| 2nd | Nevada | 12.77¢ | −30.3% | +3.1% |
| 3rd | Utah | 13.12¢ | −28.3% | −2.5% |
| 4th | North Dakota | 13.41¢ | −26.8% | +0.8% |
| 5th | Tennessee | 13.71¢ | −25.1% | +3.8% |
| 6th | Idaho | 13.73¢ | −25.0% | +11.8% |
| 7th | Nebraska | 13.78¢ | −24.7% | +7.3% |
| 8th | Kentucky | 13.81¢ | −24.6% | +5.2% |
| 9th | Arkansas | 14.33¢ | −21.7% | +8.1% |
| 10th | Oklahoma | 14.35¢ | −21.6% | +6.1% |
| 11th | Wyoming | 14.36¢ | −21.6% | −1.9% |
| 12th | Mississippi | 14.54¢ | −20.6% | +7.1% |
| 13th | Washington | 14.71¢ | −19.7% | +9.4% |
| 14th | Montana | 14.99¢ | −18.1% | +5.0% |
| 15th | Florida | 15.03¢ | −17.9% | −0.5% |
| 16th | North Carolina | 15.16¢ | −17.2% | +13.4% |
| 17th | Kansas | 15.27¢ | −16.6% | +5.6% |
| 18th | South Dakota | 15.37¢ | −16.1% | +5.9% |
| 19th | Arizona | 15.38¢ | −16.0% | +0.3% |
| 20th | South Carolina | 15.47¢ | −15.5% | +5.2% |
| 21st | West Virginia | 15.78¢ | −13.8% | +2.3% |
| 22nd | Texas | 15.88¢ | −13.3% | +3.4% |
| 23rd | Oregon | 15.97¢ | −12.8% | +2.3% |
| 24th | Iowa | 15.99¢ | −12.7% | +4.4% |
| 25th | Missouri | 16.09¢ | −12.1% | +3.4% |
| 25th | New Mexico | 16.09¢ | −12.1% | +1.8% |
| 27th | Georgia | 16.27¢ | −11.1% | +4.6% |
| 28th | Alabama | 16.40¢ | −10.4% | +3.0% |
| 29th | Indiana | 16.73¢ | −8.6% | +3.4% |
| 30th | Colorado | 17.00¢ | −7.2% | +6.3% |
| 31st | Minnesota | 17.45¢ | −4.7% | +3.1% |
| 32nd | Virginia | 17.55¢ | −4.2% | +11.2% |
| 33rd | Delaware | 18.48¢ | +0.9% | +11.5% |
| 34th | Wisconsin | 19.06¢ | +4.1% | +4.4% |
| 35th | Illinois | 19.22¢ | +5.0% | +11.6% |
| 36th | Ohio | 19.45¢ | +6.2% | +11.9% |
| 37th | Maryland | 21.41¢ | +16.9% | +13.7% |
| 38th | Pennsylvania | 21.72¢ | +18.6% | +11.3% |
| 39th | Michigan | 23.05¢ | +25.9% | +12.2% |
| 40th | Vermont | 23.75¢ | +29.7% | +7.3% |
| 41st | Connecticut | 24.16¢ | +31.9% | −12.5% |
| 42nd | New Jersey | 25.19¢ | +37.6% | −0.5% |
| 43rd | District of Columbia | 25.21¢ | +37.7% | +9.4% |
| 44th | New Hampshire | 26.60¢ | +45.3% | +16.7% |
| 45th | Rhode Island | 28.29¢ | +54.5% | +8.1% |
| 46th | Alaska | 28.83¢ | +57.5% | +5.6% |
| 47th | New York | 29.90¢ | +63.3% | +14.0% |
| 48th | Massachusetts | 30.49¢ | +66.5% | +1.4% |
| 49th | Maine | 32.41¢ | +77.0% | +15.8% |
| 50th | California | 33.61¢ | +83.6% | +2.9% |
| 51st | Hawaii | 48.00¢ | +162.2% | +22.0% |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (July 2026 data), retrieved on October 6, 2026. Rates are the average paid by residential customers: total billed divided by electricity used.