Jan 082010

Cheap Electricity Report: Business Electricity Prices by State

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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:

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
Jan 082010

Cheap Electricity Report: Residential Electricity Prices by State

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The following table ranks the residential electricity prices for each state, plus the District of Columbia, from the cheapest electricity to the most expensive.  The links below go to 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 may also wish to look at our guide to finding the cheapest electricity supplier!

Rank State Cents per kWh
1 Idaho 7.62
2 North Dakota 7.63
3 Washington 7.78
3 West Virginia 7.78
5 Kentucky 8.39
6 South Dakota 8.44
7 Louisiana 8.46
8 Wyoming 8.51
9 Nebraska 8.58
10 Missouri 8.63
11 Utah 8.65
12 Oregon 8.76
13 Oklahoma 8.80
14 Montana 8.87
15 Tennessee 9.31
16 Indiana 9.43
17 Arkansas 9.56
18 Kansas 9.78
19 Colorado 9.92
20 Minnesota 10.10
20 Mississippi 10.10
22 North Carolina 10.13
23 New Mexico 10.19
24 Iowa 10.27
24 South Carolina 10.27
26 Georgia 10.32
27 Alabama 10.64
28 Ohio 10.70
29 Virginia 10.74
30 Arizona 10.86
31 Illinois 11.39
32 Pennsylvania 11.72
33 Michigan 11.85
34 Wisconsin 12.10
35 Florida 12.35
36 Nevada 12.74
37 Texas 12.76
38 District of Columbia 13.53
39 Delaware 14.07
40 Vermont 15.00
41 Maryland 15.18
42 California 15.19
43 Maine 15.42
44 Rhode Island 15.52
45 New Hampshire 16.44
46 New Jersey 16.62
47 Alaska 17.24
48 Massachusetts 17.39
49 New York 18.42
50 Connecticut 20.24
51 Hawaii 23.48
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