US states by average industrial electricity price
Hawaii had the highest average industrial electricity price of 51 states in 2016, at 20.69 US cents per kWh. Washington had the lowest, at 4.43 US cents per kWh. The median was 6.92 US cents per kWh and the figure for the United States was 6.76 US cents per kWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
All states, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 20.69 | -10.3% |
| 2 | Alaska | 15.22 | +4.7% |
| 3 | Rhode Island | 13.48 | -2% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 13.38 | -1.2% |
| 5 | Connecticut | 12.81 | -1.1% |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 12.34 | -3.1% |
| 7 | California | 11.92 | -2.1% |
| 8 | Vermont | 10.23 | -0.4% |
| 9 | New Jersey | 10.16 | -4.5% |
| 10 | Maine | 8.96 | -1% |
| 11 | District of Columbia | 8.8 | +0.2% |
| 12 | Delaware | 8.11 | -2.1% |
| 13 | North Dakota | 7.98 | -1.1% |
| 14 | Maryland | 7.89 | -7.5% |
| 15 | Florida | 7.69 | -6.4% |
| 15 | Nebraska | 7.69 | +1.3% |
| 17 | South Dakota | 7.57 | +2.7% |
| 18 | Kansas | 7.49 | -1.6% |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 7.49 | -1.2% |
| 20 | Minnesota | 7.37 | +5% |
| 21 | Colorado | 7.35 | -0.7% |
| 22 | Missouri | 7.12 | +10.6% |
| 23 | Ohio | 6.98 | -0.6% |
| 24 | Indiana | 6.97 | +1.6% |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | 6.92 | -3.9% |
| 25 | Wyoming | 6.92 | +2.4% |
| 27 | Michigan | 6.91 | -1.6% |
| 28 | West Virginia | 6.57 | +7.9% |
| 29 | Virginia | 6.56 | -5.6% |
| 30 | Idaho | 6.55 | -0.8% |
| 31 | Illinois | 6.51 | -2.4% |
| 32 | Utah | 6.33 | +2.6% |
| 33 | North Carolina | 6.31 | -3.1% |
| 34 | South Carolina | 6.09 | +0.7% |
| 35 | Arkansas | 6.08 | -2.4% |
| 36 | Arizona | 6.07 | -3% |
| 37 | Iowa | 6.05 | +2.5% |
| 37 | Oregon | 6.05 | +1.3% |
| 39 | Alabama | 6.04 | +0.2% |
| 40 | New York | 6.03 | -4.4% |
| 41 | Nevada | 5.88 | -12.9% |
| 42 | Georgia | 5.84 | -0.5% |
| 42 | New Mexico | 5.84 | -7.7% |
| 44 | Mississippi | 5.79 | -11.7% |
| 45 | Tennessee | 5.68 | -7.9% |
| 46 | Kentucky | 5.67 | +3.5% |
| 47 | Texas | 5.33 | -4.7% |
| 48 | Louisiana | 5.08 | -6.1% |
| 49 | Montana | 5.06 | -4.9% |
| 50 | Oklahoma | 5.02 | -6.2% |
| 51 | Washington | 4.43 | +1.8% |
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About this ranking
Average retail price of electricity sold to industrial customers (manufacturing, mining and other large users) 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. Industrial customers buy large volumes, often at higher voltage, so they pay less per kilowatt hour than homes and businesses.
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, industrial 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 industrial electricity price?
Hawaii, with 20.69 US cents per kWh in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which state has the lowest average industrial electricity price?
Washington, with 4.43 US cents per kWh in 2016.
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, industrial sector, annual (EIA-861 and EIA-861M). Retrieved 2026-10-11.