National average · residential · July 2026
18.31¢▲ 4.9% vs. July 2025
Sales-weighted average retail price of electricity across all 50 states and DC, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Data current through July 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
Residential
18.31¢ /kWh
▲ 4.9%vs. last year
Commercial
14.53¢ /kWh
▲ 3.4%vs. last year
Industrial
9.77¢ /kWh
▲ 4.7%vs. last year
National price trend since 2001
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Sales-weighted average retail price across all 50 states and DC, every month since January 2001. Residential rates have risen from 7.73¢ to 18.31¢ per kWh over that period.
Average electric bill by state
Compare all states →The average U.S. household pays $157 a month for electricity — 18.02¢/kWh across 871 kWh, averaged over the 12 months to July 2026. Bills range from $104 in Utah to $224 in Hawaii.
- Alabama$185
- Alaska$158
- Arizona$162
- Arkansas$141
- California$161
- Colorado—
- Connecticut$196
- Delaware$165
- District of Columbia$153
- Florida$169
- Georgia$162
- Hawaii$224
- Idaho$114
- Illinois$132
- Indiana$158
- Iowa$121
- Kansas$132
- Kentucky$154
- Louisiana$156
- Maine$156
- Maryland$209
- Massachusetts$182
- Michigan$133
- Minnesota$120
- Mississippi$171
- Missouri$145
- Montana$115
- Nebraska$123
- Nevada$119
- New Hampshire$171
- New Jersey$158
- New Mexico—
- New York$167
- North Carolina$152
- North Dakota$132
- Ohio$158
- Oklahoma$144
- Oregon$132
- Pennsylvania$174
- Rhode Island$164
- South Carolina$165
- South Dakota$140
- Tennessee$162
- Texas$176
- Utah$104
- Vermont$141
- Virginia$173
- Washington$132
- West Virginia$163
- Wisconsin$124
- Wyoming$114
Residential rates by state — July 2026
| # | State | ¢/kWh | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | 12.72 | ▼ 3.0% |
| 2 | Nevada | 12.77 | ▲ 3.1% |
| 3 | Utah | 13.12 | ▼ 2.5% |
| 4 | North Dakota | 13.41 | ▲ 0.8% |
| 5 | Tennessee | 13.71 | ▲ 3.8% |
| 6 | Idaho | 13.73 | ▲ 11.8% |
| 7 | Nebraska | 13.78 | ▲ 7.3% |
| 8 | Kentucky | 13.81 | ▲ 5.2% |
| 9 | Arkansas | 14.33 | ▲ 8.1% |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 14.35 | ▲ 6.1% |
| 11 | Wyoming | 14.36 | ▼ 1.9% |
| 12 | Mississippi | 14.54 | ▲ 7.1% |
| 13 | Washington | 14.71 | ▲ 9.4% |
| 14 | Montana | 14.99 | ▲ 5.0% |
| 15 | Florida | 15.03 | ▼ 0.5% |
| 16 | North Carolina | 15.16 | ▲ 13.4% |
| 17 | Kansas | 15.27 | ▲ 5.6% |
| 18 | South Dakota | 15.37 | ▲ 5.9% |
| 19 | Arizona | 15.38 | ▲ 0.3% |
| 20 | South Carolina | 15.47 | ▲ 5.2% |
| 21 | West Virginia | 15.78 | ▲ 2.3% |
| 22 | Texas | 15.88 | ▲ 3.4% |
| 23 | Oregon | 15.97 | ▲ 2.3% |
| 24 | Iowa | 15.99 | ▲ 4.4% |
| 25 | Missouri | 16.09 | ▲ 3.4% |
| 26 | New Mexico | 16.09 | ▲ 1.8% |
| 27 | Georgia | 16.27 | ▲ 4.6% |
| 28 | Alabama | 16.40 | ▲ 3.0% |
| 29 | Indiana | 16.73 | ▲ 3.4% |
| 30 | Colorado | 17.00 | ▲ 6.3% |
| 31 | Minnesota | 17.45 | ▲ 3.1% |
| 32 | Virginia | 17.55 | ▲ 11.2% |
| 33 | Delaware | 18.48 | ▲ 11.5% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 19.06 | ▲ 4.4% |
| 35 | Illinois | 19.22 | ▲ 11.6% |
| 36 | Ohio | 19.45 | ▲ 11.9% |
| 37 | Maryland | 21.41 | ▲ 13.7% |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | 21.72 | ▲ 11.3% |
| 39 | Michigan | 23.05 | ▲ 12.2% |
| 40 | Vermont | 23.75 | ▲ 7.3% |
| 41 | Connecticut | 24.16 | ▼ 12.5% |
| 42 | New Jersey | 25.19 | ▼ 0.5% |
| 43 | District of Columbia | 25.21 | ▲ 9.4% |
| 44 | New Hampshire | 26.60 | ▲ 16.7% |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 28.29 | ▲ 8.1% |
| 46 | Alaska | 28.83 | ▲ 5.6% |
| 47 | New York | 29.90 | ▲ 14.0% |
| 48 | Massachusetts | 30.49 | ▲ 1.4% |
| 49 | Maine | 32.41 | ▲ 15.8% |
| 50 | California | 33.61 | ▲ 2.9% |
| 51 | Hawaii | 48.00 | ▲ 22.0% |
Ranked lowest to highest. YoY = change vs. July 2025.