# StateRates

> Independent, source-cited electricity rate data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C., updated from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Publisher: StateRates (staterates.org)
Contact: hello@staterates.org
Data period: May 2026 (compared against May 2025)
Primary source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A: Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, Form Form EIA-861M
Source URL: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a
Retrieved: 2026-08-19
Licence: underlying figures are a U.S. Government work (public domain). Derived fields free to reuse with attribution.

## Key facts (May 2026)

- U.S. average residential electricity rate: 18.44 cents per kilowatt-hour (+6.2% year over year).
- Most expensive: Hawaii, 52.00¢/kWh.
- Cheapest: Idaho, 12.35¢/kWh.
- 45 of 51 jurisdictions rose year over year; 6 fell.
- Figures are statewide averages of total residential revenue divided by kilowatt-hours sold. They blend supply and delivery and are not a tariff any individual household is billed at.

## Machine-readable data

- JSON: https://staterates.org/data/electricity-rates.json
- CSV: https://staterates.org/data/electricity-rates.csv

## Key pages

- [All states ranked](https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/): full table of 51 jurisdictions with year-over-year change.
- [Cheapest states](https://staterates.org/cheapest-electricity-rates-by-state/): the ten lowest rates and why they are low.
- [Most expensive states](https://staterates.org/most-expensive-electricity-rates-by-state/): the ten highest rates and the four distinct causes behind them.
- [Rate increases](https://staterates.org/electricity-rate-increases-by-state/): year-over-year movement and the PJM capacity market driving most of it.
- [Bill calculator](https://staterates.org/electricity-bill-calculator/): applies any state rate to user-supplied usage.
- [Methodology](https://staterates.org/methodology/): definitions, derived calculations, rounding, limitations.
- [Sources](https://staterates.org/sources/): every dataset used.

## State pages

- Idaho: 12.35¢/kWh, rank #51 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/idaho/
- Utah: 12.96¢/kWh, rank #50 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/utah/
- Oklahoma: 13.38¢/kWh, rank #49 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/oklahoma/
- Nebraska: 13.59¢/kWh, rank #48 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/nebraska/
- Nevada: 13.60¢/kWh, rank #47 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/nevada/
- North Dakota: 13.61¢/kWh, rank #46 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/north-dakota/
- Missouri: 13.68¢/kWh, rank #45 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/missouri/
- New Mexico: 14.12¢/kWh, rank #44 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/new-mexico/
- Iowa: 14.14¢/kWh, rank #43 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/iowa/
- Louisiana: 14.15¢/kWh, rank #42 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/louisiana/
- Arkansas: 14.36¢/kWh, rank #41 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/arkansas/
- Tennessee: 14.47¢/kWh, rank #40 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/tennessee/
- Montana: 14.67¢/kWh, rank #39 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/montana/
- Wyoming: 14.80¢/kWh, rank #38 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/wyoming/
- Washington: 14.95¢/kWh, rank #37 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/washington/
- Kentucky: 14.98¢/kWh, rank #36 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/kentucky/
- North Carolina: 15.09¢/kWh, rank #35 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/north-carolina/
- Kansas: 15.13¢/kWh, rank #34 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/kansas/
- Florida: 15.17¢/kWh, rank #33 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/florida/
- Arizona: 15.23¢/kWh, rank #32 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/arizona/
- South Dakota: 15.73¢/kWh, rank #31 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/south-dakota/
- Georgia: 15.84¢/kWh, rank #30 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/georgia/
- Colorado: 16.16¢/kWh, rank #28 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/colorado/
- Mississippi: 16.16¢/kWh, rank #29 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/mississippi/
- South Carolina: 16.18¢/kWh, rank #27 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/south-carolina/
- Oregon: 16.27¢/kWh, rank #26 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/oregon/
- Texas: 16.44¢/kWh, rank #25 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/texas/
- Alabama: 16.77¢/kWh, rank #24 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/alabama/
- West Virginia: 16.80¢/kWh, rank #23 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/west-virginia/
- Minnesota: 16.95¢/kWh, rank #22 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/minnesota/
- Virginia: 17.61¢/kWh, rank #21 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/virginia/
- Indiana: 18.15¢/kWh, rank #20 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/indiana/
- Delaware: 19.38¢/kWh, rank #19 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/delaware/
- Ohio: 19.52¢/kWh, rank #18 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/ohio/
- Wisconsin: 19.74¢/kWh, rank #17 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/wisconsin/
- Pennsylvania: 21.55¢/kWh, rank #16 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/pennsylvania/
- Maryland: 21.77¢/kWh, rank #15 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/maryland/
- Michigan: 22.01¢/kWh, rank #14 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/michigan/
- New Jersey: 23.27¢/kWh, rank #13 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/new-jersey/
- Illinois: 23.85¢/kWh, rank #12 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/illinois/
- Vermont: 24.89¢/kWh, rank #11 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/vermont/
- District of Columbia: 25.40¢/kWh, rank #10 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/district-of-columbia/
- New Hampshire: 27.33¢/kWh, rank #9 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/new-hampshire/
- Connecticut: 27.37¢/kWh, rank #8 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/connecticut/
- Alaska: 28.23¢/kWh, rank #7 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/alaska/
- Maine: 28.63¢/kWh, rank #6 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/maine/
- Massachusetts: 28.82¢/kWh, rank #5 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/massachusetts/
- Rhode Island: 29.46¢/kWh, rank #4 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/rhode-island/
- New York: 29.93¢/kWh, rank #3 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/new-york/
- California: 33.25¢/kWh, rank #2 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/california/
- Hawaii: 52.00¢/kWh, rank #1 of 51. https://staterates.org/electricity-rates/hawaii/

## Citation

For the rate figures, cite: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A: Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, May 2026.
For rankings and year-over-year comparisons, cite StateRates with a link to the page used.