Cheapest States for Residential Electricity

Ranked by average residential price per kWh, lowest first.

1. 1North Dakota11.81¢/kWh
2. 2Idaho11.82¢/kWh
3. 3Nebraska12.34¢/kWh
4. 4Louisiana12.57¢/kWh
5. 5Arkansas12.84¢/kWh
6. 6Montana12.98¢/kWh
7. 7Utah13.07¢/kWh
8. 8Washington13.11¢/kWh
9. 9Oklahoma13.12¢/kWh
10. 10Nevada13.15¢/kWh
11. 11Tennessee13.18¢/kWh
12. 12Kentucky13.24¢/kWh
13. 13Wyoming13.38¢/kWh
14. 14South Dakota13.38¢/kWh
15. 15Missouri13.49¢/kWh
16. 16Iowa13.72¢/kWh
17. 17North Carolina14.02¢/kWh
18. 18Mississippi14.03¢/kWh
19. 19Kansas14.56¢/kWh
20. 20Georgia14.73¢/kWh
21. 21South Carolina14.96¢/kWh
22. 22New Mexico15.08¢/kWh
23. 23Florida15.24¢/kWh
24. 24Virginia15.28¢/kWh
25. 25Arizona15.32¢/kWh
26. 26Oregon15.37¢/kWh
27. 27West Virginia15.41¢/kWh
28. 28Texas15.47¢/kWh
29. 29Minnesota15.82¢/kWh
30. 30Colorado15.85¢/kWh
31. 31Alabama16.1¢/kWh
32. 32Indiana16.23¢/kWh
33. 33Ohio16.96¢/kWh
34. 34Delaware17.13¢/kWh
35. 35Illinois17.69¢/kWh
36. 36Wisconsin18.16¢/kWh
37. 37Pennsylvania19.3¢/kWh
38. 38Maryland19.48¢/kWh
39. 39Michigan20.01¢/kWh
40. 40District of Columbia21.94¢/kWh
41. 41New Jersey22.63¢/kWh
42. 42Vermont22.92¢/kWh
43. 43New Hampshire24.56¢/kWh
44. 44Alaska26.09¢/kWh
45. 45New York26.39¢/kWh
46. 46Maine27.78¢/kWh
47. 47Connecticut29.38¢/kWh
48. 48Rhode Island29.46¢/kWh
49. 49Massachusetts30.48¢/kWh
50. 50California32.54¢/kWh
51. 51Hawaii40.59¢/kWh

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. See also most expensive states.