US states by average commercial electricity price
Hawaii had the highest average commercial electricity price of 51 states in 2018, at 29.9 US cents per kWh. Nevada had the lowest, at 7.74 US cents per kWh. The median was 10.02 US cents per kWh and the figure for the United States was 10.67 US cents per kWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
All states, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 29.9 | +11.7% |
| 2 | Alaska | 18.58 | -1.6% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 17.17 | +7.8% |
| 4 | Connecticut | 16.76 | +4.4% |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 16.58 | +9.1% |
| 6 | California | 16.34 | +3.7% |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 15.81 | +6.8% |
| 8 | Vermont | 15.24 | +4.3% |
| 9 | New York | 14.5 | -1.7% |
| 10 | Maine | 12.51 | +3.2% |
| 11 | New Jersey | 12.21 | -0.6% |
| 12 | District of Columbia | 11.97 | +2.7% |
| 13 | Alabama | 11.24 | -3.1% |
| 14 | Michigan | 11.15 | +1.4% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 10.67 | -1.8% |
| 16 | Kansas | 10.66 | +0.7% |
| 17 | Arizona | 10.64 | +1.3% |
| 18 | Indiana | 10.6 | +0.6% |
| 19 | Tennessee | 10.51 | -0.4% |
| 20 | Maryland | 10.43 | -3% |
| 20 | Mississippi | 10.43 | +2.6% |
| 22 | Minnesota | 10.38 | -1% |
| 23 | Montana | 10.11 | -0.1% |
| 23 | Ohio | 10.11 | +0.6% |
| 23 | South Carolina | 10.11 | -4.4% |
| 26 | Colorado | 10.02 | +1.3% |
| 26 | New Mexico | 10.02 | -1.7% |
| 28 | Georgia | 9.79 | -3% |
| 29 | Kentucky | 9.74 | -1.1% |
| 30 | Iowa | 9.68 | +2.3% |
| 31 | Delaware | 9.65 | -2.4% |
| 32 | South Dakota | 9.62 | -1.2% |
| 33 | Wyoming | 9.58 | -1.2% |
| 34 | Missouri | 9.4 | -0.7% |
| 35 | West Virginia | 9.24 | -3.5% |
| 36 | Florida | 9.19 | -1.7% |
| 37 | Illinois | 9.12 | +0.3% |
| 38 | North Dakota | 9.1 | -1% |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | 8.94 | -0.4% |
| 40 | Oregon | 8.91 | +0.6% |
| 41 | Louisiana | 8.85 | -1.1% |
| 42 | Nebraska | 8.83 | -0.2% |
| 43 | Washington | 8.72 | +1.8% |
| 44 | North Carolina | 8.58 | +1.7% |
| 45 | Virginia | 8.32 | +3.9% |
| 46 | Utah | 8.23 | -4.7% |
| 47 | Texas | 8.16 | -1.2% |
| 48 | Oklahoma | 8.07 | -0.5% |
| 49 | Idaho | 7.93 | -0.6% |
| 50 | Arkansas | 7.75 | -8.9% |
| 51 | Nevada | 7.74 | -2.8% |
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About this ranking
Average retail price of electricity sold to commercial customers (shops, offices, schools, hospitals and other service buildings) 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.
United States and its states only. An average across all commercial customers, including taxes and delivery charges recovered through rates, not a tariff a given business pays.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Electricity data browser: average retail price of electricity, commercial sector, annual (EIA-861 and EIA-861M). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which state has the highest average commercial electricity price?
Hawaii, with 29.9 US cents per kWh in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which state has the lowest average commercial electricity price?
Nevada, with 7.74 US cents per kWh in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity data browser: average retail price of electricity, commercial sector, annual (EIA-861 and EIA-861M). Retrieved 2026-10-11.