Electricity Prices by State

Households across the United States paid an average of 18.2¢ per kilowatt-hour in August 2026, the latest month EIA has published. Pick a state for its own figure, the last two years of months and what the rate does to a mile in an electric car. Alphabetical; this site does not rank states.

18.2¢per kWh, U.S. residential

August 2026 (preliminary) · EIA Form EIA-861M, revenue divided by sales

vs. month before: −0.15¢
vs. a year ago: +0.59¢
data status: Preliminary

Every state, August 2026

Average residential electricity price by state
State	¢/kWh	vs. U.S.	vs. year ago
Alabama	16.3¢	−1.83¢	+0.07¢
Alaska	29.4¢	+11.25¢	+1.62¢
Arizona	15.1¢	−3.11¢	−0.04¢
Arkansas	14.4¢	−3.79¢	+1.04¢
California	29.8¢	+11.59¢	−1.17¢
Colorado	17.2¢	−0.99¢	+0.96¢
Connecticut	24.5¢	+6.35¢	−5.66¢
Delaware	18.7¢	+0.54¢	+1.85¢
District of Columbia	26.0¢	+7.82¢	+2.80¢
Florida	15.0¢	−3.17¢	−0.34¢
Georgia	15.9¢	−2.26¢	+0.35¢
Hawaii	47.2¢	+29.02¢	+8.65¢
Idaho	13.4¢	−4.79¢	+1.29¢
Illinois	19.3¢	+1.16¢	+1.29¢
Indiana	17.0¢	−1.14¢	+0.81¢
Iowa	17.1¢	−1.10¢	+1.58¢
Kansas	15.5¢	−2.69¢	+0.82¢
Kentucky	13.8¢	−4.36¢	+0.70¢
Louisiana	12.9¢	−5.29¢	+0.32¢
Maine	32.1¢	+13.95¢	+3.97¢
Maryland	21.4¢	+3.24¢	+1.51¢
Massachusetts	30.5¢	+12.32¢	−0.07¢
Michigan	23.0¢	+4.83¢	+2.26¢
Minnesota	17.2¢	−0.96¢	+0.31¢
Mississippi	14.4¢	−3.73¢	+0.82¢
Missouri	16.0¢	−2.14¢	+0.70¢
Montana	15.6¢	−2.59¢	+1.28¢
Nebraska	13.5¢	−4.62¢	+0.74¢
Nevada	12.7¢	−5.44¢	+0.18¢
New Hampshire	27.6¢	+9.48¢	+3.20¢
New Jersey	24.6¢	+6.45¢	−0.09¢
New Mexico	16.5¢	−1.65¢	+0.53¢
New York	28.6¢	+10.49¢	+2.01¢
North Carolina	14.9¢	−3.21¢	+0.36¢
North Dakota	13.3¢	−4.85¢	+0.34¢
Ohio	19.4¢	+1.22¢	+1.83¢
Oklahoma	14.8¢	−3.34¢	+0.40¢
Oregon	15.9¢	−2.24¢	+0.07¢
Pennsylvania	21.8¢	+3.61¢	+1.84¢
Rhode Island	28.2¢	+10.02¢	+1.65¢
South Carolina	15.8¢	−2.40¢	+0.60¢
South Dakota	15.2¢	−3.01¢	+1.25¢
Tennessee	13.4¢	−4.74¢	+0.33¢
Texas	15.9¢	−2.25¢	+0.51¢
Utah	13.3¢	−4.85¢	−0.31¢
Vermont	23.8¢	+5.68¢	+1.74¢
Virginia	17.6¢	−0.52¢	+1.79¢
Washington	14.6¢	−3.53¢	+0.98¢
West Virginia	16.3¢	−1.85¢	+0.69¢
Wisconsin	19.4¢	+1.25¢	+0.97¢
Wyoming	14.4¢	−3.73¢	+0.10¢

What this figure is

Every month utilities report their residential revenue and the kilowatt-hours they sold on Form EIA-861M. The price here is the one divided by the other for all of a state's utilities together, so it is an all-in average of what households were billed per kWh — energy, delivery and the fixed charges spread over the kWh — not the energy rate on any one tariff line. EIA publishes it about two months after the month ends, preliminary until the following year's annual data finalises it.

It is a starting point for the electricity-price field on this site's calculators, with its month attached. Your own bill's delivered rate, or a time-of-use overnight rate if you charge on one, is the figure that counts, and the calculators take that instead.

cost per mile = price per kWh ÷ miles per kWh
e.g. 18.2¢ ÷ 3.5 mi/kWh = 5.2¢ a mile

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M, file sales_revenue.xlsx dated 2026-10-23, sheet Monthly-States. Current-year months are preliminary until EIA's annual release. Snapshot refreshed monthly.