Electricity prices in the United States
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The table below provides information about residential electricity prices by state as of January 2014. Residential consumers in Hawaii paid 37.40 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity, more than any other state in the nation. By contrast, residential consumers in North Dakota paid 7.78 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity, less than any other state in the country. This information comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).[1]
Note: The U.S. averages below were calculated by Ballotpedia; these averages might differ from those provided by the EIA.
Prices by state
January 2014
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| Electricity residential prices in the United States by state, January 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Electricity (average residential price) | |
| Cents per kilowatt hour | Rank | |
| Alabama | 10.72 | 28 |
| Alaska | 18.21 | 5 |
| Arizona | 10.91 | 26 |
| Arkansas | 8.29 | 49 |
| California | 16.62 | 8 |
| Colorado | 11.44 | 20 |
| Connecticut | 18.29 | 4 |
| Delaware | 12.48 | 16 |
| Florida | 11.86 | 18 |
| Georgia | 10.83 | 27 |
| Hawaii | 37.40 | 1 |
| Idaho | 9.17 | 42 |
| Illinois | 9.76 | 38 |
| Indiana | 10.16 | 31 |
| Iowa | 9.99 | 35 |
| Kansas | 10.94 | 25 |
| Kentucky | 9.42 | 41 |
| Louisiana | 8.49 | 47 |
| Maine | 14.45 | 11 |
| Maryland | 13.14 | 13 |
| Massachusetts | 16.83 | 7 |
| Michigan | 13.85 | 12 |
| Minnesota | 11.33 | 21 |
| Mississippi | 10.44 | 29 |
| Missouri | 8.86 | 45 |
| Montana | 9.88 | 36 |
| Nebraska | 8.94 | 44 |
| Nevada | 12.46 | 17 |
| New Hampshire | 16.54 | 9 |
| New Jersey | 15.26 | 10 |
| New Mexico | 11.28 | 22 |
| New York | 19.53 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 10.29 | 30 |
| North Dakota | 7.78 | 50 |
| Ohio | 10.98 | 24 |
| Oklahoma | 8.32 | 48 |
| Oregon | 10.08 | 33 |
| Pennsylvania | 12.74 | 15 |
| Rhode Island | 20.16 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 11.65 | 19 |
| South Dakota | 9.43 | 40 |
| Tennessee | 9.74 | 39 |
| Texas | 11.18 | 23 |
| Utah | 10.00 | 34 |
| Vermont | 16.94 | 6 |
| Virginia | 10.09 | 32 |
| Washington | 8.58 | 46 |
| West Virginia | 9.01 | 43 |
| Wisconsin | 13.10 | 14 |
| Wyoming | 9.77 | 37 |
| United States | 12.35 | -- |
| Source:U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Electricity by State" | ||
Energy in the 50 states
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