US states by average residential electricity price
Hawaii had the highest average residential electricity price of 51 states in 2017, at 29.5 US cents per kWh. Washington had the lowest, at 9.66 US cents per kWh. The median was 12.34 US cents per kWh and the figure for the United States was 12.89 US cents per kWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
All states, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 29.5 | +7.4% |
| 2 | Alaska | 21.27 | +4.8% |
| 3 | Connecticut | 20.29 | +1.4% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 20.06 | +5.6% |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 19.2 | +4.5% |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 18.32 | -1.6% |
| 7 | California | 18.31 | +5.3% |
| 8 | New York | 18.03 | +2.6% |
| 9 | Vermont | 17.68 | +1.8% |
| 10 | Maine | 15.97 | +0.9% |
| 11 | New Jersey | 15.65 | -0.4% |
| 12 | Michigan | 15.4 | +1.2% |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 14.35 | +2% |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 14.23 | +2.7% |
| 15 | Maryland | 13.96 | -1.9% |
| 16 | Delaware | 13.35 | -0.5% |
| 17 | Kansas | 13.31 | +1.9% |
| 18 | Minnesota | 13.04 | +2.9% |
| 19 | South Carolina | 13.02 | +2.9% |
| 20 | Illinois | 12.95 | +3.3% |
| 21 | District of Columbia | 12.94 | +5.3% |
| 22 | New Mexico | 12.88 | +7.1% |
| 23 | Ohio | 12.63 | +1.3% |
| 24 | Alabama | 12.55 | +4.7% |
| 25 | Arizona | 12.44 | +2.4% |
| 26 | Iowa | 12.34 | +3.4% |
| 27 | Indiana | 12.29 | +4.2% |
| 28 | Colorado | 12.17 | +0.8% |
| 29 | Nevada | 11.99 | +5.1% |
| 30 | Georgia | 11.9 | +3.5% |
| 31 | South Dakota | 11.77 | +2.6% |
| 32 | Missouri | 11.63 | +3.7% |
| 32 | West Virginia | 11.63 | +1.7% |
| 34 | Florida | 11.61 | +5.7% |
| 35 | Virginia | 11.55 | +1.7% |
| 36 | Wyoming | 11.37 | +2.2% |
| 37 | Mississippi | 11.08 | +5.8% |
| 38 | Texas | 11.01 | +0.2% |
| 39 | Nebraska | 10.97 | +1.2% |
| 40 | Montana | 10.95 | +0.1% |
| 40 | Utah | 10.95 | -0.6% |
| 42 | North Carolina | 10.94 | -0.8% |
| 43 | Kentucky | 10.85 | +3.4% |
| 44 | Tennessee | 10.72 | +3% |
| 45 | Oregon | 10.66 | 0% |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 10.61 | +4% |
| 47 | North Dakota | 10.29 | +1.3% |
| 48 | Arkansas | 10.28 | +3.6% |
| 49 | Idaho | 10.04 | +0.9% |
| 50 | Louisiana | 9.74 | +4.3% |
| 51 | Washington | 9.66 | +1.9% |
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About this ranking
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.
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.
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, 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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which state has the highest average residential electricity price?
Hawaii, with 29.5 US cents per kWh in 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which state has the lowest average residential electricity price?
Washington, with 9.66 US cents per kWh in 2017.
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, residential sector, annual (EIA-861 and EIA-861M). Retrieved 2026-10-11.