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U.S. Electricity Price Data & Rankings

The main authority for U.S. electricity price data: national snapshot, state rankings, affordability, value scores, and price momentum.

Explore national snapshots, state-by-state rates and metrics, rankings, regional summaries, and state comparisons. All charts and tables are rebuilt from source datasets whenever the knowledge bundle is regenerated.

National Snapshot

National electricity insights →View full national overview →

Average rate

19.04 ¢/kWh

Median rate

16.34 ¢/kWh

Highest

Hawaii (42.23 ¢/kWh)

Lowest

North Dakota (11.95 ¢/kWh)

¢/kWh

Covering 50 states plus D.C.

Key Insights

The national average electricity rate is 19.04 cents per kWh.
The national median electricity rate is 16.34 cents per kWh.
Electricity prices in Hawaii are more than 3 times higher than in North Dakota.
States with the highest electricity rates include Hawaii, Maryland, California.

Featured Rankings

Rate Rankings (High to Low)

Deterministic ranking of average state rates from highest to lowest.

Rate Rankings (Low to High)

Deterministic ranking of average state rates from lowest to highest.

Affordability Rankings

Deterministic affordability ranking across normalized states.

25-Year Rate Growth (CAGR)

Compound annual growth rate of residential electricity rates over ~25 years. Higher = faster rate growth.

5-Year Rate Volatility

Coefficient of variation (stdev/mean) of monthly rates over the last 5 years. Higher = more volatile.

Electricity Price Trend Ranking

States where electricity prices are rising the fastest.

Electricity Price Momentum Signal Ranking

States where electricity prices are accelerating, rising, stable, or falling.

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Explore by State

Browse electricity rates and metrics for all 50 states plus D.C.

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Regions

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Northeast

Electricity rates and metrics for Northeast U.S. states. Average 26.99 ¢/kWh.

Midwest

Electricity rates and metrics for Midwest U.S. states. Average 16.01 ¢/kWh.

South

Electricity rates and metrics for South U.S. states. Average 16.90 ¢/kWh.

West

Electricity rates and metrics for West U.S. states. Average 18.97 ¢/kWh.

Compare States

Compare electricity rates, value scores, and affordability across multiple states side by side.

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Methodology & Transparency

Rankings and insights are generated from build-time datasets. Methodology pages explain how each ranking is calculated with consistent rules.

Knowledge directory — Browse states, rankings, methodologies (EPI, value score, freshness, CAGR, volatility, price trend, momentum signal)
API docs — Ingestion guide and endpoints
Methodology index (JSON) — All methodology definitions.
Contract (JSON) — Schema and required fields.
Search index (JSON) — Tokens, excerpts, quality.

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