Electricity Rate Comparison by State

Nebraska is the only state that generates electricity entirely by publicly-owned power systems.  As of August, 2009, the statewide average price for all sectors from all electric utilities is the fourteenth-lowest rate in the country, based on the latest federal figures.  Nationally, electricity costs 33 percent more than it does in Nebraska.  Across all sectors, Hawaii has the highest electricity rate (22 cents), and Wyoming has the lowest electricity rate (6.3 cents).

A comparison of electricity rates within individual sectors in all states can be found in the report Average Revenue per Kilowatthour from Retail Sales to Ultimate Consumers by Sector and by State.  The table below provides the monthly average across all sectors.  The Electric Sales, Revenue, and Price Report published by the Energy Information Administration provides an annual average for each sector and across all sectors for each state and has been mapped for all sectors and for the individual residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

The archive has reports from prior months.

Average Rate per Kilowatthour by State
(Lowest to Highest Rate as of August 2009)
Rank State Average Electricity Rate for
All Sectors
(Cents per Kilowatthour)
1 Wyoming 6.29
2 West Virginia 6.63
3 Idaho 6.80
4 Washington 6.80
5 Louisiana 6.99
6 Kentucky 7.04
7 North Dakota 7.25
8 Montana 7.27
9 Utah 7.43
10 Oregon 7.45
11 South Dakota 7.55
12 Indiana 7.67
13 Oklahoma 7.71
14 Nebraska 7.83
15 Arkansas 8.21
16 Tennessee 8.46
17 Iowa 8.51
18 Missouri 8.51
19 South Carolina 8.54
20 Kansas 8.71
21 North Carolina 8.73
22 New Mexico 8.75
23 Mississippi 8.79
24 Minnesota 8.85
25 Colorado 8.92
26 Virginia 9.10
27 Illinois 9.17
28 Alabama 9.19
29 Georgia 9.38
30 Ohio 9.56
31 Wisconsin 9.57
32 Pennsylvania 9.93
33 Texas 10.19
34 Arizona 10.37
  National Average 10.40
35 Michigan 10.43
36 Florida 11.42
37 Nevada 11.47
38 Delaware 12.35
39 Maine 12.76
40 Vermont 12.85
41 Rhode Island 13.16
42 Maryland 13.45
43 District of Columbia 13.76
44 New Hampshire 14.65
45 Alaska 14.70
46 California 15.16
47 Massachusetts 15.30
48 New Jersey 15.76
49 New York 16.97
50 Connecticut 18.30
51 Hawaii 22.19

Source:  Electric Power Monthly.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

This table was updated on December 15, 2009.  Typically, there is one month between updates.

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