Electricity Prices by State
What households, businesses and industry pay for electricity in every state, and how far apart those prices sit.
July 2026 Electricity Prices: 51 Jurisdictions Ranked
Edition 2 · published September 2026 · Read the full edition →
Closest to the national residential gap going into the August 2026 edition: Montana (0.2 points below), Tennessee (0.7 points above), Wisconsin (1.7 points above).
| Jurisdiction | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Res. over industrial | Com. over industrial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18.31 | 14.53 | 9.77 | 102.6% | 55.3% |
| Alabama | 16.40 | 14.83 | 8.42 | 110.7% | 88.0% |
| Alaska | 28.83 | 23.29 | 24.81 | 20.4% | 1.2% |
| Arizona | 15.38 | 13.12 | 9.35 | 99.7% | 56.7% |
| Arkansas | 14.33 | 11.76 | 7.84 | 98.1% | 65.5% |
| California | 33.61 | 30.56 | 25.11 | 55.1% | 25.6% |
| Colorado | 17.00 | 13.81 | 9.54 | 75.5% | 38.8% |
| Connecticut | 24.16 | 19.87 | 17.29 | 56.3% | 23.0% |
| Delaware | 18.48 | 13.80 | 11.71 | 65.5% | 23.6% |
| District of Columbia | 25.21 | 23.88 | 32.15 | 31.8% | 22.7% |
| Florida | 15.03 | 11.37 | 9.17 | 69.3% | 28.8% |
| Georgia | 16.27 | 12.54 | 10.03 | 95.9% | 49.2% |
| Hawaii | 48.00 | 43.63 | 39.33 | 25.3% | 13.7% |
| Idaho | 13.73 | 10.16 | 9.02 | 63.3% | 22.3% |
| Illinois | 19.22 | 15.19 | 11.87 | 84.4% | 33.6% |
| Indiana | 16.73 | 13.30 | 9.16 | 87.2% | 53.0% |
| Iowa | 15.99 | 13.27 | 9.99 | 91.2% | 52.2% |
| Kansas | 15.27 | 12.04 | 8.52 | 83.5% | 40.9% |
| Kentucky | 13.81 | 11.95 | 7.51 | 92.7% | 71.1% |
| Louisiana | 12.72 | 10.97 | 6.08 | 104.7% | 80.7% |
| Maine | 32.41 | 21.64 | 13.94 | 85.0% | 40.7% |
| Maryland | 21.41 | 17.51 | 16.21 | 47.6% | 15.2% |
| Massachusetts | 30.49 | 24.41 | 20.25 | 54.8% | 22.6% |
| Michigan | 23.05 | 16.46 | 9.81 | 133.8% | 69.0% |
| Minnesota | 17.45 | 13.49 | 10.34 | 69.1% | 29.3% |
| Mississippi | 14.54 | 13.65 | 7.66 | 97.3% | 81.3% |
| Missouri | 16.09 | 12.64 | 9.87 | 62.7% | 26.9% |
| Montana | 14.99 | 13.33 | 7.71 | 102.4% | 82.8% |
| Nebraska | 13.78 | 9.39 | 10.00 | 56.1% | 8.1% |
| Nevada | 12.77 | 9.72 | 10.04 | 62.1% | 11.8% |
| New Hampshire | 26.60 | 20.63 | 18.17 | 51.4% | 19.3% |
| New Jersey | 25.19 | 19.17 | 15.63 | 59.8% | 17.6% |
| New Mexico | 16.09 | 11.90 | 4.16 | 179.4% | 101.0% |
| New York | 29.90 | 24.18 | 10.81 | 185.8% | 123.7% |
| North Carolina | 15.16 | 10.73 | 8.37 | 89.2% | 34.0% |
| North Dakota | 13.41 | 8.22 | 8.21 | 58.3% | -4.7% |
| Ohio | 19.45 | 14.06 | 10.95 | 87.0% | 34.5% |
| Oklahoma | 14.35 | 10.32 | 8.16 | 108.4% | 39.8% |
| Oregon | 15.97 | 10.60 | 8.92 | 87.4% | 26.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 21.72 | 13.86 | 11.04 | 98.0% | 28.9% |
| Rhode Island | 28.29 | 23.43 | 22.86 | 35.9% | 8.7% |
| South Carolina | 15.47 | 11.61 | 7.84 | 108.2% | 53.3% |
| South Dakota | 15.37 | 12.17 | 9.83 | 56.4% | 24.5% |
| Tennessee | 13.71 | 13.43 | 7.13 | 103.3% | 97.4% |
| Texas | 15.88 | 8.47 | 7.07 | 139.2% | 29.0% |
| Utah | 13.12 | 10.85 | 9.10 | 54.1% | 19.5% |
| Vermont | 23.75 | 20.71 | 13.07 | 86.9% | 62.3% |
| Virginia | 17.55 | 11.68 | 10.07 | 66.6% | 7.8% |
| Washington | 14.71 | 11.78 | 7.51 | 100.4% | 64.1% |
| West Virginia | 15.78 | 11.44 | 8.40 | 87.2% | 39.9% |
| Wisconsin | 19.06 | 13.93 | 10.46 | 104.3% | 46.1% |
| Wyoming | 14.36 | 10.26 | 8.62 | 62.0% | 10.9% |
Each gap is a jurisdiction's 12-month average price for that customer class over its 12-month average industrial price, which is the basis the scoreboard ranks on, so it does not divide out of the two monthly prices in the same row. A gap is red above the national benchmark and green in the narrowest quarter: residential above 102.6% or at or below 58.3%; commercial above 55.3% or at or below 22.3%. Gold marks the national row, the benchmark the field is read against and never a ranked peer. Click any column heading to sort.
EIA's next monthly release is due October 23, 2026; the August 2026 edition follows it.
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July 2026 Electricity Prices: 51 Jurisdictions Ranked
July 2026 electricity prices rose year-over-year in 45 of 51 jurisdictions for residential customers, with a median increase of 5.2% and the U.S. residential-to-industrial spread holding at 102.6%.
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- July 2026 Electricity Prices: 51 Jurisdictions Ranked
July 2026 electricity prices rose year-over-year in 45 of 51 jurisdictions for residential customers, with a median increase of 5.2% and the U.S. residential-to-industrial spread holding at 102.6%.
- The Electricity Rate Gap by State: 51 Jurisdictions Ranked
The electricity rate gap by state runs from a 22.3% residential-to-industrial premium in Alaska to 184.5% in New York, on trailing 12-month average prices through June 2026.
The series over time
| Data month | National residential gap | Median state gap | States above national | U.S. residential price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 102.7% | 84.7% | 9 of 51 | 18.34¢ |
| July 2026 | 102.6% | 85.0% | 10 of 51 | 18.31¢ |
How this series works
Each edition covers one month of EIA’s monthly retail electricity data (Form EIA-861M, drawn from the annual EIA-861) for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the national total, across residential, commercial and industrial customers. A new edition follows each EIA monthly release.
Two measures anchor every edition. The first is the same-month price change: each state’s price in the latest month against the same month a year earlier. Comparing the same calendar month keeps the comparison fair across the seasons, because a summer price is never set against a winter one.
The second is the rate-class gap: how much more residential and commercial customers pay per kilowatt-hour than industrial customers in the same state, measured on each state’s average price over the trailing 12 months. Retail prices are seasonal and peak in different months in different states, so ranking on a single month would partly rank states by whose summer had arrived. The trailing average removes that, which is also why the gap moves slowly from one edition to the next.
States are ranked against each other. The national figure is the benchmark the field is read against, never a member of the ranking.
EIA revises earlier months as fuller data arrives. When a figure changes between editions, the edition separates the part caused by EIA’s revisions from the part caused by the new month, so a revision is never reported as a change in prices.
The data contains prices only. It shows what customers pay, not why: it carries no rate design, fuel mix or demand data, and the series attributes no gap or change to a cause.