Highest and lowest residential electricity rates

Five highest and five lowest state annual averages · EIA retail-sales API · 2025

  1. Hawaii 40.59¢/kWh
  2. California 32.54¢/kWh
  3. Massachusetts 30.48¢/kWh
  4. Rhode Island 29.46¢/kWh
  5. Connecticut 29.38¢/kWh
  6. Arkansas 12.84¢/kWh
  7. Louisiana 12.57¢/kWh
  8. Nebraska 12.34¢/kWh
  9. Idaho 11.82¢/kWh
  10. North Dakota 11.81¢/kWh
State annual averages, not utility offers or household bills. Source: U.S. EIA retail-sales API · RateWatt full report and methodology