Electricity Price Index™ by State

The Electricity Price Index™ (EPI) normalizes each state's average residential electricity rate to a national baseline of 100. The current national average is 17.57¢/kWh. An index value above 100 means the state's rate is higher than the national average; below 100 means it is lower.

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Rank	State	Rate (¢/kWh)	Index (Base 100)	Position
1	Hawaii	41.30	235	Above National Average
2	California	31.14	177	Above National Average
3	Connecticut	30.35	173	Above National Average
4	Rhode Island	28.42	162	Above National Average
5	Maine	27.24	155	Above National Average
6	Massachusetts	26.01	148	Above National Average
7	Alaska	25.01	142	Above National Average
8	New York	23.87	136	Above National Average
9	New Hampshire	23.35	133	Above National Average
10	Vermont	22.58	129	Above National Average
11	New Jersey	22.15	126	Above National Average
12	Michigan	19.91	113	Above National Average
13	Maryland	19.29	110	Above National Average
14	Wisconsin	18.04	103	Above National Average
15	Pennsylvania	17.78	101	Above National Average
16	Delaware	17.18	98	Below National Average
17	Illinois	16.96	97	Below National Average
18	Ohio	16.90	96	Below National Average
19	Alabama	16.55	94	Below National Average
20	Indiana	16.12	92	Below National Average
21	Minnesota	16.04	91	Below National Average
22	Colorado	15.79	90	Below National Average
23	Texas	15.83	90	Below National Average
24	Arizona	15.70	89	Below National Average
25	West Virginia	15.39	88	Below National Average
26	Florida	15.27	87	Below National Average
27	Georgia	15.22	87	Below National Average
28	New Mexico	15.29	87	Below National Average
29	Virginia	15.26	87	Below National Average
30	Oregon	15.00	85	Below National Average
31	South Carolina	14.72	84	Below National Average
32	Kansas	14.48	82	Below National Average
33	North Carolina	14.08	80	Below National Average
34	Wyoming	14.02	80	Below National Average
35	Mississippi	13.91	79	Below National Average
36	Missouri	13.37	76	Below National Average
37	Tennessee	13.28	76	Below National Average
38	Iowa	13.18	75	Below National Average
39	Kentucky	13.20	75	Below National Average
40	Montana	13.12	75	Below National Average
41	Nevada	13.16	75	Below National Average
42	South Dakota	13.14	75	Below National Average
43	Oklahoma	13.05	74	Below National Average
44	Utah	12.97	74	Below National Average
45	Arkansas	12.83	73	Below National Average
46	Washington	12.86	73	Below National Average
47	Louisiana	12.34	70	Below National Average
48	Nebraska	12.19	69	Below National Average
49	North Dakota	11.92	68	Below National Average
50	Idaho	11.74	67	Below National Average

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