U.S. National Electricity Pricing Overview

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National-level summary of U.S. residential electricity rates and extremes.

Key Insights

  • The national average electricity rate is 18.31 cents per kWh.
  • The national median electricity rate is 16.09 cents per kWh.
  • Electricity prices in Hawaii are more than 3 times higher than in Louisiana.
  • States with the highest electricity rates include Hawaii, California, Maine.

National rate in context

US average and median within state range.

Lowest stateHighest state18.31 ¢/kWh
Lowest stateHighest state16.09 ¢/kWh (median)

Key Metrics

Avg rate (¢/kWh)
?Average residential electricity price in cents per kilowatt-hour for the state.
18.31¢/kWh
Median rate (¢/kWh)
16.09¢/kWh
Highest rate
48¢/kWh

Hawaii

Lowest rate
12.72¢/kWh

Louisiana

Freshness
?Indicates how recent the underlying dataset is relative to build time.
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Summary

Shareable summary
US average residential rate: 18.31 ¢/kWh
Highest: Hawaii 48 ¢/kWh | Lowest: Louisiana 12.72 ¢/kWh
More: https://www.priceofelectricity.com/knowledge/national

Leaderboards

Lowest average rate

  1. Louisiana — 12.72 ¢/kWh
  2. Nevada — 12.77 ¢/kWh
  3. Utah — 13.12 ¢/kWh
  4. North Dakota — 13.41 ¢/kWh
  5. Tennessee — 13.71 ¢/kWh

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Highest average rate

  1. Hawaii — 48.00 ¢/kWh
  2. California — 33.61 ¢/kWh
  3. Maine — 32.41 ¢/kWh
  4. Massachusetts — 30.49 ¢/kWh
  5. New York — 29.90 ¢/kWh

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Best value score

  1. Louisiana — 100.0
  2. Nevada — 100.0
  3. Utah — 99.0
  4. North Dakota — 98.0
  5. Idaho — 97.0

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Best affordability

  1. Louisiana — 100.0
  2. Nevada — 100.0
  3. Utah — 99.0
  4. North Dakota — 98.0
  5. Idaho — 97.0

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Field-level stats and dispersion.

Avg rate (¢/kWh)
?Average residential electricity price in cents per kilowatt-hour for the state.
18.31
Median rate (¢/kWh)
16.09
Dispersion (min–max)
12.72 – 48 (spread: 35.28)

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