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Average Electric Bill by State

Residential · 12-month average, July 2025 – June 2026.

U.S. average monthly bill

$156 5.9% vs. the year before

17.92¢/kWh × 870 kWh a month. Total residential electricity revenue divided by the number of residential customers, pooled across all 50 states and DC.

Data current through June 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.

Every state, most expensive first

#StateBill / mo¢/kWhkWh / moYoY
1Hawaii$22042.75514 5.3%
2Maryland$20721.79951 18.9%
3Connecticut$20128.36707 5.0%
4Alabama$18516.391,127 2.6%
5Massachusetts$18330.38604 5.3%
6Texas$17415.901,095 3.0%
7Pennsylvania$17320.47845 14.6%
8Virginia$17216.291,057 11.1%
9Mississippi$17014.661,159 6.1%
10New Hampshire$16926.27645 14.1%
11Florida$16815.401,093 4.6%
12Delaware$16617.59943 7.2%
13New York$16527.96592 11.9%
14West Virginia$16415.451,064 1.2%
15South Carolina$16415.551,057 4.3%
16Rhode Island$16429.01564 1.8%
17Tennessee$16313.511,204 6.6%
18Arizona$16115.401,046 0.7%
19Georgia$16115.041,071 2.5%
20California$16032.89487 1.2%
21New Jersey$16023.81672 18.0%
22Indiana$15916.88942 11.4%
23Ohio$15718.02873 12.6%
24Alaska$15726.74587 9.5%
25Louisiana$15613.041,198 4.7%
26Maine$15628.99538 9.9%
27Kentucky$15513.851,116 9.2%
28District of Columbia$15223.96633 20.7%
29North Carolina$15114.571,033 3.5%
30Missouri$14513.891,045 8.2%
31Oklahoma$14213.601,046 3.7%
32Vermont$14123.65595 7.2%
33Arkansas$13913.311,048 5.5%
34South Dakota$13814.11981 5.0%
35Oregon$13215.47853 0.3%
36North Dakota$13112.301,064 6.7%
37Washington$13114.02933 9.6%
38Illinois$13118.54705 12.2%
39Michigan$13120.75629 7.3%
40Kansas$13014.99870 3.2%
41Wisconsin$12318.65660 6.6%
42Nebraska$12212.76956 6.3%
43Iowa$11914.04849 5.1%
44Minnesota$11916.15737 5.2%
45Nevada$11713.32877 8.3%
46Wyoming$11414.03810 1.6%
47Montana$11313.77823 5.1%
48Idaho$11212.50899 2.1%
49Colorado$11016.45668 5.6%
50Utah$10213.36762 2.6%
51New Mexico$9815.28644 2.7%

Bill = revenue ÷ customers, averaged over 12 months. YoY compares with the 12 months before that.