Jan 082010

The following table ranks the electricity prices averaged across all sectors for each state, plus the District of Columbia, from the cheapest electricity to most expensive. You can also find tables ranking the states according to prices of:

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. Don’t forget to check out our guide to finding the cheapest electricity supplier!

Rank State Cents per kWh
1 Wyoming 6.05
2 Idaho 6.45
3 West Virginia 6.55
4 Kentucky 6.63
5 North Dakota 6.79
6 Washington 6.89
7 Utah 6.93
8 Montana 7.27
8 Nebraska 7.27
10 South Dakota 7.29
11 Oklahoma 7.33
12 Louisiana 7.41
13 Missouri 7.47
14 Oregon 7.55
15 Iowa 7.60
16 Indiana 7.61
17 Arkansas 7.95
18 Colorado 8.25
18 Minnesota 8.25
20 New Mexico 8.26
21 Kansas 8.29
22 South Carolina 8.39
23 North Carolina 8.60
24 Tennessee 8.66
25 Mississippi 8.88
26 Alabama 8.95
27 Georgia 8.99
28 Virginia 9.08
29 Ohio 9.11
30 Illinois 9.23
31 Wisconsin 9.49
32 Pennsylvania 9.65
33 Arizona 9.67
34 Michigan 9.74
35 Texas 10.34
36 Nevada 10.45
37 Florida 11.52
38 Delaware 12.21
39 Vermont 12.79
40 Maine 13.00
41 Maryland 13.29
42 California 13.78
43 District of Columbia 13.90
44 Rhode Island 14.07
45 New Jersey 15.03
46 Alaska 15.08
47 New Hampshire 15.37
48 Massachusetts 15.71
49 New York 16.08
50 Connecticut 17.50
51 Hawaii 20.47
Jan 082010

The following table ranks the industrial electricity prices for each state, plus the District of Columbia, from cheapest to most expensive. You can also find tables that rank the states by:

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. You might also want to check out our guide to finding the cheapest electricity supplier!

Rank State Cents per kWh
1 Wyoming 4.81
2 Utah 4.90
3 Kentucky 4.99
4 Oklahoma 5.10
5 West Virginia 5.20
6 Washington 5.25
7 Oregon 5.26
8 Idaho 5.31
9 Iowa 5.38
9 Montana 5.38
11 Louisiana 5.53
12 Missouri 5.57
13 South Dakota 5.66
14 North Dakota 5.81
15 Indiana 5.82
15 Nebraska 5.82
17 New Mexico 5.83
17 South Carolina 5.83
19 North Carolina 6.02
20 Arkansas 6.07
21 Alabama 6.17
22 Colorado 6.25
23 Kansas 6.27
24 Georgia 6.29
25 Minnesota 6.42
26 Arizona 6.68
27 Mississippi 6.72
27 Tennessee 6.72
29 Wisconsin 6.83
30 Ohio 6.89
31 Virginia 6.93
32 Texas 7.14
33 Pennsylvania 7.22
34 Michigan 7.30
35 Illinois 7.62
36 Nevada 8.31
37 Delaware 9.31
38 Florida 9.39
39 Vermont 9.41
40 Maryland 10.05
41 Maine 10.18
42 District of Columbia 10.32
43 California 10.46
44 New York 10.89
45 Massachusetts 11.60
46 New Jersey 11.64
47 Rhode Island 12.61
48 Alaska 12.97
49 New Hampshire 13.76
50 Connecticut 15.10
51 Hawaii 17.41