Average retail price of electricity to residential customers in May 2026, cents per kilowatt-hour, with the same month a year earlier beside it. From the EIA's monthly census of utilities (Form EIA-861M). The spread is the story: the most expensive state pays roughly three times the least.
51 states + DC · source: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A · May 2026 vs May 2025 · US average 18.44¢
| # | State | May 2026 | May 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 52.00 | 41.03 | +26.7% |
| 2 | California | 33.25 | 33.29 | −0.1% |
| 3 | New York | 29.93 | 26.69 | +12.1% |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 29.46 | 29.00 | +1.6% |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 28.82 | 29.90 | −3.6% |
| 6 | Maine | 28.63 | 27.91 | +2.6% |
| 7 | Alaska | 28.23 | 26.08 | +8.2% |
| 8 | Connecticut | 27.37 | 31.59 | −13.4% |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 27.33 | 24.02 | +13.8% |
| 10 | District of Columbia | 25.40 | 20.43 | +24.3% |
| 11 | Vermont | 24.89 | 23.75 | +4.8% |
| 12 | Illinois | 23.85 | 18.58 | +28.4% |
| 13 | New Jersey | 23.27 | 20.48 | +13.6% |
| 14 | Michigan | 22.01 | 20.23 | +8.8% |
| 15 | Maryland | 21.77 | 19.00 | +14.6% |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 21.55 | 19.29 | +11.7% |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 19.74 | 18.94 | +4.2% |
| 18 | Ohio | 19.52 | 17.09 | +14.2% |
| 19 | Delaware | 19.38 | 18.13 | +6.9% |
| 20 | Indiana | 18.15 | 16.90 | +7.4% |
| 21 | Virginia | 17.61 | 15.26 | +15.4% |
| 22 | Minnesota | 16.95 | 15.84 | +7.0% |
| 23 | West Virginia | 16.80 | 16.18 | +3.8% |
| 24 | Alabama | 16.77 | 16.15 | +3.8% |
| 25 | Texas | 16.44 | 15.53 | +5.9% |
| 26 | Oregon | 16.27 | 15.91 | +2.3% |
| 27 | South Carolina | 16.18 | 15.41 | +5.0% |
| 28 | Mississippi | 16.16 | 14.84 | +8.9% |
| 29 | Colorado | 16.16 | 15.58 | +3.7% |
| 30 | Georgia | 15.84 | 14.98 | +5.7% |
| 31 | South Dakota | 15.73 | 14.33 | +9.8% |
| 32 | Arizona | 15.23 | 15.71 | −3.1% |
| 33 | Florida | 15.17 | 14.97 | +1.3% |
| 34 | Kansas | 15.13 | 14.73 | +2.7% |
| 35 | North Carolina | 15.09 | 14.32 | +5.4% |
| 36 | Kentucky | 14.98 | 13.85 | +8.2% |
| 37 | Washington | 14.95 | 13.65 | +9.5% |
| 38 | Wyoming | 14.80 | 13.82 | +7.1% |
| 39 | Montana | 14.67 | 12.88 | +13.9% |
| 40 | Tennessee | 14.47 | 13.73 | +5.4% |
| 41 | Arkansas | 14.36 | 13.19 | +8.9% |
| 42 | Louisiana | 14.15 | 13.26 | +6.7% |
| 43 | Iowa | 14.14 | 14.16 | −0.1% |
| 44 | New Mexico | 14.12 | 14.50 | −2.6% |
| 45 | Missouri | 13.68 | 13.01 | +5.1% |
| 46 | North Dakota | 13.61 | 13.10 | +3.9% |
| 47 | Nevada | 13.60 | 13.29 | +2.3% |
| 48 | Nebraska | 13.59 | 13.15 | +3.3% |
| 49 | Oklahoma | 13.38 | 12.94 | +3.4% |
| 50 | Utah | 12.96 | 12.60 | +2.9% |
| 51 | Idaho | 12.35 | 11.88 | +4.0% |