# Average residential electricity price

Average retail price of electricity sold to residential customers in the year, in US cents per kilowatt hour: utility revenue divided by kilowatt hours sold, as reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

## Key facts

- Average residential electricity price in the United States was 17.3 US cents per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Hawaii had the highest average residential electricity price of 51 states in 2025, at 40.59 US cents per kWh, and North Dakota the lowest, at 11.81 US cents per kWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from 2001 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-11.

- Indicator id: `electricity_price_residential`
- Unit: US cents per kWh
- Note: United States and its states only. Includes taxes and delivery charges recovered through rates, so it is an average bill price, not a wholesale or tariff price.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/residential-electricity-price
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/electricity_price_residential

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | US cents per kWh | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2025 | 17.3 | Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Electricity data browser: average retail price of electricity, residential sector, annual (EIA-861 and EIA-861M). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/. Retrieved 2026-10-11. |

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/residential-electricity-price/us-states.md) (51 places)