Average electric bill by state

The highest average residential electric bill in 2025 was in Hawaii, at $207.89 a month, followed by Connecticut ($206.46) and Maryland ($184.42); the lowest was in New Mexico ($94.65), Utah ($99.06) and Colorado ($103.30). The US average was $150.68 and the median state $147.18¹.

What "average bill" means here

EIA computes the figure in the table from its annual survey of every utility (form EIA-861, final 2025 data released October 7, 2026): residential revenue divided by the number of residential customer accounts, per month. It therefore includes fixed customer charges, fuel adjustments and riders, and leaves out most state and local taxes. Next to each bill the table shows the kWh behind it, the average price per kWh for the same year and the change in the bill from 2024.

Because the divisor is accounts, not households, every meter counts once: a studio apartment, a seasonal cabin and an all-electric house weigh the same. No official source publishes state bills by home size or number of occupants.

Two ways to reach the top: price or kWh

The ten highest bills in 2025 belonged to Hawaii, Connecticut, Maryland, Alabama, Massachusetts, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Rhode Island and West Virginia, from $207.89 down to $165.13¹. They split into two groups.

High price, low use. Hawaii's homes paid an average of 40.40¢ per kWh in 2025, the highest in the country, but used only 515 kWh a month (2nd lowest). Connecticut is similar: 29.31¢ per kWh (5th highest³) on 704 kWh¹. Small consumption keeps their bills from being far higher; it does not keep them out of first and second place.

Moderate price, high use. Alabama's average price, 16.09¢ per kWh, ranked only 20th highest, yet its bill of $184.31 ranked 4th highest because the average home used 1,145 kWh a month (4th highest). Texas (1,110 kWh, 5th highest), Florida (1,103 kWh, 6th highest) and Mississippi (1,184 kWh, 2nd highest¹) follow the same pattern, all with 2025 prices close to or below the US average of 17.23¢ per kWh³.

Source: EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Each dot is a state (horizontal: Residential ¢/kWh, 2025; vertical: kWh a month, 2025). Residential revenue divided by sales in 2025, all providers (EIA-861 final). Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025.

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State	Residential ¢/kWh, 2025	kWh a month, 2025
North Dakota	11.82¢	1,070
Idaho	11.83¢	933
Nebraska	12.05¢	973
Louisiana	12.52¢	1,225
Arkansas	12.87¢	1,076
Montana	12.99¢	853
Utah	13.02¢	761
Kentucky	13.13¢	1,094
Washington	13.17¢	945
Oklahoma	13.21¢	1,064
Tennessee	13.22¢	1,180
Nevada	13.26¢	868
Missouri	13.30¢	1,038
South Dakota	13.32¢	984
Wyoming	13.37¢	835
Iowa	13.62¢	861
North Carolina	14.00¢	1,044
Mississippi	14.03¢	1,184
Kansas	14.44¢	876
Georgia	14.74¢	1,077
New Mexico	14.85¢	638
South Carolina	15.12¢	1,067
Florida	15.21¢	1,103
Arizona	15.26¢	1,030
Virginia	15.28¢	1,067
West Virginia	15.39¢	1,073
Texas	15.40¢	1,110
Oregon	15.46¢	866
Colorado	15.69¢	658
Minnesota	15.83¢	744
Indiana	15.96¢	938
Alabama	16.09¢	1,145
Ohio	16.90¢	874
Delaware	17.15¢	920
Illinois	17.67¢	717
Wisconsin	18.08¢	667
Pennsylvania	19.29¢	839
Maryland	19.53¢	945
Michigan	20.03¢	635
District of Columbia	21.92¢	639
New Jersey	22.48¢	670
Vermont	22.79¢	592
New Hampshire	24.53¢	640
Alaska	26.11¢	564
New York	26.39¢	586
Maine	27.69¢	533
Connecticut	29.31¢	704
Rhode Island	29.48¢	562
Massachusetts	30.41¢	596
California	31.35¢	494
Hawaii	40.40¢	515

Where the price and bill rankings disagree most

Set the bill ranking beside the price ranking and some states move a long way, all in 2025 figures:

• California had the 2nd highest average price (31.35¢ per kWh) and the lowest use per home (494 kWh). Its bill, $154.73, ranked 20th highest, $4.05 more a month than the US average.
• Louisiana had the 4th lowest price (12.52¢ per kWh) and the highest use (1,225 kWh). Its bill, $153.32, ranked 21st highest, almost level with California's.
• North Dakota had the lowest price of all (11.82¢ per kWh), but its homes used 1,070 kWh a month (11th highest), so its bill of $126.40 ranked only 13th lowest.
• Tennessee paid the 11th lowest price (13.22¢ per kWh³) on the 3rd highest use (1,180 kWh): a bill of $156.03, 18th highest¹.

Use per home reflects climate, electric heating, air conditioning and home size. The usage ranking covers it state by state.

The lowest bills: the Mountain West

Seven of the ten lowest bills in 2025 were in Mountain states: New Mexico ($94.65), Utah ($99.06), Colorado ($103.30), Idaho ($110.36), Montana ($110.80), Wyoming ($111.59) and Nevada ($115.07). Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota complete the list, up to $117.67¹.

New Mexico's place at the bottom comes from use, not price. Its average price, 14.85¢ per kWh, ranked 21st lowest, but its homes used 638 kWh a month, 10th lowest. Utah combined a low price (13.02¢ per kWh, 7th lowest³) with moderate use (761 kWh¹). Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) the two lowest were New Mexico at $99.89 and Utah at $104.09⁴.

Summer bills: the latest month

Monthly bills swing with the weather, so one month ranks states very differently from a full year. In August 2026 (preliminary EIA-861M data), the average US residential bill was $209.23, against $157.84 averaged over the last 12 months. Arizona led at $269.26, ahead of Hawaii ($269.05), Texas ($265.58) and Alabama ($253.96⁴).

Arizona's figure is a summer peak: its homes used 1,789 kWh that month, against 1,030 kWh a month across 2025, when its annual bill of $157.15 ranked 16th highest. Nevada shows the same swing, 1,631 kWh in August 2026 against 868 kWh¹ a month in 2025. At the other end, Wyoming ($118.52) and Washington ($119.88⁴) had the lowest bills of the month. A summer month says little about a winter one: compare the same month across years, and use the annual or 12-month average to compare states.

Arizona$269.26

Hawaii$269.05

Texas$265.58

Alabama$253.96

Oklahoma$251.28

Mississippi$238.78

New Jersey$236.26

Massachusetts$235.80

California$234.85

Georgia$233.87

Maryland$233.47

Louisiana$226.86

South Carolina$226.29

Virginia$219.74

Florida$217.28

United States$209.23

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue in the month divided by customers. Period: August 2026.

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State	Average residential bill, 2026-08 (computed)
Arizona	$269.26
Hawaii	$269.05
Texas	$265.58
Alabama	$253.96
Oklahoma	$251.28
Mississippi	$238.78
New Jersey	$236.26
Massachusetts	$235.80
California	$234.85
Georgia	$233.87
Maryland	$233.47
Louisiana	$226.86
South Carolina	$226.29
Virginia	$219.74
Florida	$217.28
United States	$209.23

The last 12 months

Our 12-month figure divides EIA-861M residential revenue for September 2025 to August 2026 by the average number of customers, per month; months since January 2026 are preliminary. On that basis the US average was $157.84 and the median state $156.19. Hawaii was first at $227.70. Maryland's 12-month average of $202.30 ranked 2nd highest, against $184.42 (3rd highest¹) in 2025. Virginia ($177.46) and Pennsylvania ($174.48⁴) also placed in the 12-month top ten.

How bills changed from 2024 to 2025

The US average bill rose 5.9%, from $142.26 in 2024 to $150.68 in 2025; the median state's change was +6.7%. The bill rose 10% or more in 8 of the 50 states and DC, led by the District of Columbia (+23.7%), New Jersey (+17.5%), Illinois (+15.1%), Indiana (+12.5%) and Pennsylvania (+11.5%). Even after its increase, DC's 2025 bill of $140.05 ranked 22nd lowest, up from $113.23⁵ in 2024: its homes used 639 kWh¹ a month.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2026 review of retail price trends names DC, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Indiana among the states of the PJM grid region with large price increases in 2025, for example 3.1¢ per kWh in DC and 2.0¢ per kWh in New Jersey. It identifies higher PJM capacity prices as a significant contributor: capacity costs raised average PJM wholesale costs by 0.9¢ per kWh from 2024 to 2025, while wholesale energy costs rose a separate 1.7¢ per kWh⁶ as fuel prices rose. The price increase ranking follows prices month by month.

Bills fell in 4 of the 50 states and DC. The largest drop was in Nevada (−17.4%, from $139.39⁵ to $115.07), followed by California (−3.8%), Hawaii (−2.0%) and Arizona (−1.9%¹). The 2024 bills come from EIA's last edition of its sales, revenue and price tables; the 2025 bills from the EIA-861 average-bill table.

District of Columbia+23.7%

New Jersey+17.5%

Illinois+15.1%

Indiana+12.5%

Pennsylvania+11.5%

Maryland+11.2%

New York+10.9%

Maine+10.5%

Virginia+9.6%

Washington+9.4%

Ohio+9.3%

Tennessee+8.9%

United States+5.9%

Source: EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Period: 2024 to 2025.

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State	Change in the average residential bill, 2024 to 2025
District of Columbia	+23.7%
New Jersey	+17.5%
Illinois	+15.1%
Indiana	+12.5%
Pennsylvania	+11.5%
Maryland	+11.2%
New York	+10.9%
Maine	+10.5%
Virginia	+9.6%
Washington	+9.4%
Ohio	+9.3%
Tennessee	+8.9%
United States	+5.9%

What households say they pay

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks households what electricity cost them last month. Our estimate of the US median from its 2025 1-year data is $169, above EIA's $150.68¹ average for the same year. 26.6% of households charged for electricity reported $250 or more, and 23.0%⁷ reported under $100. These are survey estimates with margins of error, recalled by the household for one month of the year; they leave out households whose electricity is included in rent, and they count households rather than accounts.

Under $50$50–99$100–149$150–199$200–249$250 or more

United States

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, table B25132. Households charged for electricity, by the cost they reported for the previous month (American Community Survey 2025, 1-year). Interviews run all year, so this is a typical month, recalled by the household; households whose electricity is included in rent are left out.

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	Under $50	$50–99	$100–149	$150–199	$200–249	$250 or more
United States	5.2%	17.9%	20.7%	16.7%	13.0%	26.6%

Reading the ranking correctly

• It is not your bill. A state average mixes small apartments and large all-electric houses, and utilities in the same state charge differently. Each state page compares its utilities. Your own bill is your kWh times your utility's price; the bill calculator works it out from EIA data, and the guide to high bills explains what drives it.
• It is not a tariff. EIA's bill is revenue divided by accounts. It contains fixed charges and riders but no line of any rate schedule.
• Keep periods apart. The table uses 2025, final data. The 12-month and latest-month figures above come from EIA's monthly survey and change every month; the next monthly release is due November 24, 2026, and annual bills for 2026 in August 2027.