National average · residential · May 2026

18.44¢ 6.2% vs. May 2025

Sales-weighted average retail price of electricity across all 50 states and DC, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Residential
18.44¢ /kWh
6.2%vs. last year
Commercial
13.54¢ /kWh
4.7%vs. last year
Industrial
8.71¢ /kWh
5.1%vs. last year

National price trend since 2001

ResidentialCommercialIndustrial
3.6¢7.7¢12¢16¢20¢Jan '01May '07Sep '13Jan '20May '26ResidentialCommercialIndustrial

Sales-weighted average retail price across all 50 states and DC, every month since January 2001. Residential rates have risen from 7.73¢ to 18.44¢ per kWh over that period.

Average electric bill by state

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Residential rates by state — May 2026

#State¢/kWhYoY
1Idaho12.35 4.0%
2Utah12.96 2.9%
3Oklahoma13.38 3.4%
4Nebraska13.59 3.3%
5Nevada13.60 2.3%
6North Dakota13.61 3.9%
7Missouri13.68 5.1%
8New Mexico14.12 2.6%
9Iowa14.14 0.1%
10Louisiana14.15 6.7%
11Arkansas14.36 8.9%
12Tennessee14.47 5.4%
13Montana14.67 13.9%
14Wyoming14.80 7.1%
15Washington14.95 9.5%
16Kentucky14.98 8.2%
17North Carolina15.09 5.4%
18Kansas15.13 2.7%
19Florida15.17 1.3%
20Arizona15.23 3.1%
21South Dakota15.73 9.8%
22Georgia15.84 5.7%
23Colorado16.16 3.7%
24Mississippi16.16 8.9%
25South Carolina16.18 5.0%
26Oregon16.27 2.3%
27Texas16.44 5.9%
28Alabama16.77 3.8%
29West Virginia16.80 3.8%
30Minnesota16.95 7.0%
31Virginia17.61 15.4%
32Indiana18.15 7.4%
33Delaware19.38 6.9%
34Ohio19.52 14.2%
35Wisconsin19.74 4.2%
36Pennsylvania21.55 11.7%
37Maryland21.77 14.6%
38Michigan22.01 8.8%
39New Jersey23.27 13.6%
40Illinois23.85 28.4%
41Vermont24.89 4.8%
42District of Columbia25.40 24.3%
43New Hampshire27.33 13.8%
44Connecticut27.37 13.4%
45Alaska28.23 8.2%
46Maine28.63 2.6%
47Massachusetts28.82 3.6%
48Rhode Island29.46 1.6%
49New York29.93 12.1%
50California33.25 0.1%
51Hawaii52.00 26.7%

Ranked lowest to highest. YoY = change vs. May 2025.