Jan 082010
The following table ranks the commercial or business electricity prices for each state, plus the District of Columbia, from the cheapest electricity to the most expensive. Look at the table below to find states with cheap business electricity, or the tables linked below that rank the states according to:
- residential electricity prices
- industrial electricity prices
- electricity prices averaged over all sectors
All of these tables are based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration for September 2009. I hope that this is useful in your quest to find cheap electricity. Please also see our advice on finding the cheapest electricity supplier!
| Rank | State | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 6.48 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 6.65 |
| 3 | North Dakota | 6.79 |
| 4 | South Dakota | 6.94 |
| 5 | Washington | 7.05 |
| 6 | Missouri | 7.08 |
| 7 | Utah | 7.14 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 7.15 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 7.24 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 7.36 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 7.69 |
| 12 | Iowa | 7.73 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 7.81 |
| 13 | Oregon | 7.81 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 7.97 |
| 16 | Louisiana | 8.04 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 8.04 |
| 18 | Colorado | 8.08 |
| 19 | Kansas | 8.19 |
| 20 | Virginia | 8.21 |
| 21 | Montana | 8.23 |
| 22 | Indiana | 8.25 |
| 23 | Illinois | 8.37 |
| 24 | New Mexico | 8.54 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 8.71 |
| 26 | Georgia | 9.02 |
| 27 | Arizona | 9.40 |
| 28 | Mississippi | 9.51 |
| 28 | Tennessee | 9.51 |
| 30 | Pennsylvania | 9.60 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 9.62 |
| 32 | Michigan | 9.64 |
| 33 | Ohio | 9.67 |
| 34 | Texas | 9.92 |
| 35 | Alabama | 10.08 |
| 36 | Nevada | 10.37 |
| 37 | Florida | 10.85 |
| 38 | Delaware | 12.02 |
| 39 | Maryland | 12.18 |
| 40 | Maine | 12.61 |
| 41 | Vermont | 12.85 |
| 42 | Rhode Island | 13.36 |
| 43 | California | 14.06 |
| 44 | District of Columbia | 14.12 |
| 45 | Alaska | 14.48 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 14.55 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 14.99 |
| 48 | New York | 15.55 |
| 49 | Connecticut | 15.88 |
| 50 | Massachusetts | 17.90 |
| 51 | Hawaii | 21.09 |