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 |