Average Electric Bill in Hawaii
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $2,577 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Hawaii has the 1st highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 41.82¢/kWh × 513 kWh ≈ $215. A state can land high on either factor — Hawaii pays well above the national rate but uses less power than average.
Compared with the U.S. average
| Hawaii | $215 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 |
Hawaii is $59 a month above (+38.1%) the U.S. average of $155. Hawaii does not border another state, so only the national figure is shown.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $250
- May 2026
- Lowest month
- $182
- February 2026
- Swing
- $68
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $250
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Hawaii peaks in May 2026 and bottoms out in February 2026. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Hawaii electricity bills in context
The average monthly electricity bill in Hawaii is $215, the highest among the 50 states and DC. Residents pay 41.82¢/kWh, nearly 24 cents per kilowatt-hour more than the national average of 17.84¢/kWh. This higher rate is only partially offset by below-average usage: homes here consume 513 kWh per month compared with 871 kWh nationally, a difference of 358 kWh. The gap in the rate per kilowatt-hour accounts for most of the $60 monthly premium over the national bill of $155.
The average bill has grown 2.4% over the past year, from $210 in the prior twelve-month period. Over the longer term, costs have risen substantially: the bill stood at $165 in May 2021, a gain of 30.5%, and $204 in December 2008, a gain of 5.3%. Seasonal variation is significant, with the peak bill of $250 in May 2026 exceeding the lowest of $182 in February 2026 by $68.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Hawaii may pay well above or below $215. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Hawaii electricity prices by sector.