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Average electricity rates by state

Residential price per kilowatt-hour in August 2026, from EIA's Electric Power Monthly. The national average is 18.16¢. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive state is 34.46¢ — a factor of 3.7.

#	State	August 2026	August 2025	Change
1	Nevada	12.72¢	12.54¢	+1.4%
2	Louisiana	12.87¢	12.55¢	+2.5%
3	North Dakota	13.31¢	12.97¢	+2.6%
4	Utah	13.31¢	13.62¢	−2.3%
5	Idaho	13.37¢	12.08¢	+10.7%
6	Tennessee	13.42¢	13.09¢	+2.5%
7	Nebraska	13.54¢	12.80¢	+5.8%
8	Kentucky	13.80¢	13.10¢	+5.3%
9	Arkansas	14.37¢	13.33¢	+7.8%
10	Mississippi	14.43¢	13.61¢	+6.0%
11	Wyoming	14.43¢	14.33¢	+0.7%
12	Washington	14.63¢	13.65¢	+7.2%
13	Oklahoma	14.82¢	14.42¢	+2.8%
14	North Carolina	14.95¢	14.59¢	+2.5%
15	Florida	14.99¢	15.33¢	−2.2%
16	Arizona	15.05¢	15.09¢	−0.3%
17	South Dakota	15.15¢	13.90¢	+9.0%
18	Kansas	15.47¢	14.65¢	+5.6%
19	Montana	15.57¢	14.29¢	+9.0%
20	South Carolina	15.76¢	15.16¢	+4.0%
21	Georgia	15.90¢	15.55¢	+2.3%
22	Texas	15.91¢	15.40¢	+3.3%
23	Oregon	15.92¢	15.85¢	+0.4%
24	Missouri	16.02¢	15.32¢	+4.6%
25	West Virginia	16.31¢	15.62¢	+4.4%
26	Alabama	16.33¢	16.26¢	+0.4%
27	New Mexico	16.51¢	15.98¢	+3.3%
28	Indiana	17.02¢	16.21¢	+5.0%
29	Iowa	17.06¢	15.48¢	+10.2%
30	Colorado	17.17¢	16.21¢	+5.9%
31	Minnesota	17.20¢	16.89¢	+1.8%
32	Virginia	17.64¢	15.85¢	+11.3%
33	Delaware	18.70¢	16.85¢	+11.0%
34	Illinois	19.32¢	18.03¢	+7.2%
35	Ohio	19.38¢	17.55¢	+10.4%
36	Wisconsin	19.41¢	18.44¢	+5.3%
37	Maryland	21.40¢	19.89¢	+7.6%
38	Pennsylvania	21.77¢	19.93¢	+9.2%
39	Michigan	22.99¢	20.73¢	+10.9%
40	Vermont	23.84¢	22.10¢	+7.9%
41	Connecticut	24.51¢	30.17¢	−18.8%
42	New Jersey	24.61¢	24.70¢	−0.4%
43	District of Columbia	25.98¢	23.18¢	+12.1%
44	New Hampshire	27.64¢	24.44¢	+13.1%
45	Rhode Island	28.18¢	26.53¢	+6.2%
46	New York	28.65¢	26.64¢	+7.5%
47	Alaska	29.41¢	27.79¢	+5.8%
48	California	29.75¢	30.92¢	−3.8%
49	Massachusetts	30.48¢	30.55¢	−0.2%
50	Maine	32.11¢	28.14¢	+14.1%
51	Hawaii	47.18¢	38.53¢	+22.5%