Average Electric Bill by State

This page compares what households pay for electricity in a typical month, state by state. The figure covers residential customers only and comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), which reports revenue and customer counts for each state every month.

The average bill is residential revenue divided by the number of residential customers. Each state’s figure is averaged over the 12 months to August 2026, because a single month would mostly reflect the season: nationally, the monthly bill over that period ran from $125 in November 2025 to $212 in July 2026. A bill is also price multiplied by usage, so the table shows both.

Over September 2025 – August 2026, the U.S. average bill was $158 a month, up 6.5% from the previous 12 months, at 18.07¢/kWh and 876 kWh a month. Of the 50 states and DC, 23 sit above that average. Hawaii has the highest bill at $228 and New Mexico the lowest at $101. Households in Louisiana used 1,211 kWh a month and those in California 502 kWh, while prices ran from 12.35¢ in North Dakota to 44.27¢ in Hawaii.

Bills move with both factors. Prices follow fuel, grid and regulatory costs. Usage follows the weather, the size of homes, and how homes are heated and cooled: states that rely on electric heat or heavy summer air conditioning use more power, so a state with a low rate can still have a high bill. Because this is an average across all accounts, it blends apartments with large houses, and a given household may pay well above or below it. The figure includes fixed service charges but not gas or other utility costs.