Electricity cost by state

Average residential price per state for August 2026, from EIA Electric Power Monthly. Each state page has a calculator pre-filled with that state's rate.

Rank	State	¢/kWh	August 2025	Change
1	Hawaii	47.18	38.53	+22.5%
2	Maine	32.11	28.14	+14.1%
3	Massachusetts	30.48	30.55	-0.2%
4	California	29.75	30.92	-3.8%
5	Alaska	29.41	27.79	+5.8%
6	New York	28.65	26.64	+7.5%
7	Rhode Island	28.18	26.53	+6.2%
8	New Hampshire	27.64	24.44	+13.1%
9	District of Columbia	25.98	23.18	+12.1%
10	New Jersey	24.61	24.70	-0.4%
11	Connecticut	24.51	30.17	-18.8%
12	Vermont	23.84	22.10	+7.9%
13	Michigan	22.99	20.73	+10.9%
14	Pennsylvania	21.77	19.93	+9.2%
15	Maryland	21.40	19.89	+7.6%
16	Wisconsin	19.41	18.44	+5.3%
17	Ohio	19.38	17.55	+10.4%
18	Illinois	19.32	18.03	+7.2%
19	Delaware	18.70	16.85	+11.0%
20	Virginia	17.64	15.85	+11.3%
21	Minnesota	17.20	16.89	+1.8%
22	Colorado	17.17	16.21	+5.9%
23	Iowa	17.06	15.48	+10.2%
24	Indiana	17.02	16.21	+5.0%
25	New Mexico	16.51	15.98	+3.3%
26	Alabama	16.33	16.26	+0.4%
27	West Virginia	16.31	15.62	+4.4%
28	Missouri	16.02	15.32	+4.6%
29	Oregon	15.92	15.85	+0.4%
30	Texas	15.91	15.40	+3.3%
31	Georgia	15.90	15.55	+2.3%
32	South Carolina	15.76	15.16	+4.0%
33	Montana	15.57	14.29	+9.0%
34	Kansas	15.47	14.65	+5.6%
35	South Dakota	15.15	13.90	+9.0%
36	Arizona	15.05	15.09	-0.3%
37	Florida	14.99	15.33	-2.2%
38	North Carolina	14.95	14.59	+2.5%
39	Oklahoma	14.82	14.42	+2.8%
40	Washington	14.63	13.65	+7.2%
41	Mississippi	14.43	13.61	+6.0%
42	Wyoming	14.43	14.33	+0.7%
43	Arkansas	14.37	13.33	+7.8%
44	Kentucky	13.80	13.10	+5.3%
45	Nebraska	13.54	12.80	+5.8%
46	Tennessee	13.42	13.09	+2.5%
47	Idaho	13.37	12.08	+10.7%
48	North Dakota	13.31	12.97	+2.6%
49	Utah	13.31	13.62	-2.3%
50	Louisiana	12.87	12.55	+2.5%
51	Nevada	12.72	12.54	+1.4%