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Electricity price increases by state

The District of Columbia had the largest rise in residential electricity prices over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, +19.8% on the 12 months before, followed by New Hampshire (+13.8%) and Maryland (+12.7%). At the other end were Connecticut (−9.0%) and Nevada (−0.7%), while the US average rose 6.5%1.

Change in the residential average price, last 12 months vs the 12 before
Change in the residential average price, last 12 months vs the 12 before

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, states. Darker states are higher; DC is the dot. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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StateResidential change, 12 months
District of Columbia+19.8%
New Hampshire+13.8%
Maryland+12.7%
Pennsylvania+12.3%
Washington+11.9%
Ohio+11.7%
Virginia+11.5%
New York+11.2%
Illinois+10.6%
New Jersey+10.2%
Idaho+9.8%
Maine+9.7%
Montana+9.5%
Hawaii+8.8%
Indiana+8.8%
South Dakota+8.2%
Michigan+8.0%
Colorado+7.9%
Mississippi+7.8%
Wyoming+7.5%
Arkansas+7.2%
Nebraska+7.2%
Kentucky+6.8%
North Dakota+6.6%
Oklahoma+6.3%
Delaware+6.1%
Missouri+6.1%
Wisconsin+6.1%
Vermont+6.0%
Kansas+5.9%
North Carolina+5.5%
South Carolina+5.5%
Louisiana+5.3%
Alaska+5.0%
New Mexico+5.0%
Iowa+4.9%
Texas+4.8%
Florida+4.4%
Georgia+4.4%
Minnesota+4.2%
Alabama+3.9%
California+3.7%
Tennessee+3.7%
Utah+3.5%
Oregon+2.2%
Arizona+1.7%
Rhode Island+1.2%
West Virginia+0.9%
Massachusetts+0.8%
Nevada−0.7%
Connecticut−9.0%

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Residential price change, last 12 months vs the 12 before: all 50 states and DC
1District of Columbia+19.8%+12.1%24.48¢+73.6%
2New Hampshire+13.8%+13.1%26.95¢+28.8%
3Maryland+12.7%+7.6%21.18¢+50.1%
4Pennsylvania+12.3%+9.2%20.86¢+42.0%
5Washington+11.9%+7.2%14.20¢+33.4%
6Ohio+11.7%+10.4%18.41¢+37.5%
7Virginia+11.5%+11.3%16.64¢+27.0%
8New York+11.2%+7.5%28.60¢+43.7%
9Illinois+10.6%+7.2%18.91¢+35.5%
10New Jersey+10.2%−0.4%23.74¢+40.2%
11Idaho+9.8%+10.7%12.77¢+18.9%
12Maine+9.7%+14.1%29.60¢+64.7%
13Montana+9.5%+9.0%13.94¢+15.6%
=14Hawaii+8.8%+22.5%44.27¢+33.4%
=14Indiana+8.8%+5.0%16.90¢+24.4%
16South Dakota+8.2%+9.0%14.28¢+13.4%
17Michigan+8.0%+10.9%21.28¢+23.2%
18Colorado+7.9%+5.9%16.61¢+26.9%
19Mississippi+7.8%+6.0%14.85¢+25.6%
20Wyoming+7.5%+0.7%14.01¢+20.3%
=21Arkansas+7.2%+7.8%13.57¢+23.6%
=21Nebraska+7.2%+5.8%12.74¢+11.6%
23Kentucky+6.8%+5.3%13.94¢+20.8%
24North Dakota+6.6%+2.6%12.35¢+13.2%
25Oklahoma+6.3%+2.8%13.81¢+30.5%
=26Delaware+6.1%+11.0%17.98¢+36.5%
=26Missouri+6.1%+4.6%13.97¢+18.5%
=26Wisconsin+6.1%+5.3%18.79¢+26.3%
29Vermont+6.0%+7.9%23.90¢+16.6%
30Kansas+5.9%+5.6%15.13¢+12.4%
=31North Carolina+5.5%+2.5%14.79¢+23.0%
=31South Carolina+5.5%+4.0%15.77¢+18.3%
33Louisiana+5.3%+2.5%13.02¢+29.5%
=34Alaska+5.0%+5.8%26.94¢+15.7%
=34New Mexico+5.0%+3.3%15.31¢+14.8%
36Iowa+4.9%+10.2%14.20¢+9.3%
37Texas+4.8%+3.3%15.98¢+31.5%
=38Florida+4.4%−2.2%15.41¢+35.0%
=38Georgia+4.4%+2.3%15.17¢+22.6%
40Minnesota+4.2%+1.8%16.28¢+20.2%
41Alabama+3.9%+0.4%16.44¢+27.9%
=42California+3.7%−3.8%32.34¢+53.3%
=42Tennessee+3.7%+2.5%13.61¢+22.9%
44Utah+3.5%−2.3%13.26¢+24.7%
45Oregon+2.2%+0.4%15.53¢+38.4%
46Arizona+1.7%−0.3%15.39¢+24.4%
47Rhode Island+1.2%+6.2%29.44¢+33.9%
48West Virginia+0.9%+4.4%15.53¢+30.4%
49Massachusetts+0.8%−0.2%30.39¢+38.4%
50Nevada−0.7%+1.4%13.45¢+16.9%
51Connecticut−9.0%−18.8%27.42¢+29.1%
United States+6.5%+3.4%18.04¢+31.0%

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers. Rank 1 is the highest value. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

They are. The US residential average was 18.04¢ per kWh over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, 6.5% more than in the 12 months before. The typical state moved by a similar amount: the median change across the 50 states and DC was +6.1%. In 10 of them the rise was 10% or more, and only 21 saw the average fall.

The figure ranked here is the change in average revenue per kWh: what homes paid their utility in total, fixed charges and riders included, divided by the kWh they used, for one 12-month period against the previous one. It is not a tariff, and it is not the outcome of any single rate case. In retail-choice states it covers customers on the utility's default service, not those who buy supply from a competitive supplier. The full table below puts the latest month, the 12-month price and the change since 2020 next to it.

Consumer price data point the same way. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price index for electricity was +4.4% on a year earlier in September 2026, against +3.7%3 for all items. Our comparison with inflation follows the two over a longer period.

The largest increases, and the PJM pattern

The ten largest 12-month increases were in the District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, Ohio, Virginia, New York, Illinois and New Jersey, from +19.8% down to +10.2%1 (September 2025 to August 2026).

Several of these states are served by utilities in PJM Interconnection, the wholesale market and grid operator for the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2026 review of retail prices links the recent rise in PJM states to capacity costs, the payments that keep enough power plants available for peak demand, which added 0.9¢ per kWh to average PJM wholesale costs in 2025, and to higher wholesale energy costs (1.7¢ per kWh) as fuel prices rose. It expects capacity to add a further 0.6¢ per kWh in 2026. For 2025 against 2024 it reports average retail prices up 3.1¢ per kWh in the District of Columbia, 2.0¢ per kWh in New Jersey, 1.5¢ per kWh in Maryland and 1.2¢ per kWh5 in Pennsylvania. Those are annual changes in cents per kWh, not the 12-month residential percentages ranked here. Our PJM analysis compares the PJM states with each other.

The 12-month residential changes in EIA's data show the same group near the top: Maryland +12.7%, Pennsylvania +12.3%, Ohio +11.7%, Illinois +10.6% and New Jersey +10.2%, with the District of Columbia at +19.8%1.

Not every large increase fits that pattern. New Hampshire rose 13.8% over the same 12 months, the 2nd highest increase, and New York 11.2%; neither is in PJM. Washington stands out for another reason: its homes still paid less than most, 14.20¢ per kWh over the 12 months, but the average rose 11.9%, the 5th highest increase in the country. A rise in percent says nothing about the level: Washington's price after its increase was 21.3% below the US average1.

The 15 largest increases in the residential average price, last 12 months
District of Columbia+19.8%
New Hampshire+13.8%
Maryland+12.7%
Pennsylvania+12.3%
Washington+11.9%
Ohio+11.7%
Virginia+11.5%
New York+11.2%
Illinois+10.6%
New Jersey+10.2%
Idaho+9.8%
Maine+9.7%
Montana+9.5%
Hawaii+8.8%
Indiana+8.8%
United States+6.5%

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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StateResidential change, 12 months
District of Columbia+19.8%
New Hampshire+13.8%
Maryland+12.7%
Pennsylvania+12.3%
Washington+11.9%
Ohio+11.7%
Virginia+11.5%
New York+11.2%
Illinois+10.6%
New Jersey+10.2%
Idaho+9.8%
Maine+9.7%
Montana+9.5%
Hawaii+8.8%
Indiana+8.8%
United States+6.5%

Where prices fell or barely moved

Connecticut had the largest decrease, 9.0% over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, yet its homes still paid 27.42¢ per kWh, the 7th highest1 average in the country. The timing matches two regulatory steps. In April 2026 the state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority conditionally approved lower rates for Eversource and United Illuminating from May 1, 2026, citing lower public benefits charges; in September 2026 the governor's office announced state bonding to keep that reduction in place through at least April 30, 2027.

Nevada fell 0.7% over the same 12 months, after an annual drop: its 2025 average was 11.6% below 2024, a change that ranked the lowest among the states. Among the states with small rises, Massachusetts (+0.8%) and California (+3.7%1) stand out because they are among the most expensive states and had risen sharply before: from 2020 to 2025 their annual averages rose 38.4% and 53.3%, against 31.0%2 for the US.

The 12 smallest changes in the residential average price, last 12 months
Connecticut−9.0%
Nevada−0.7%
Massachusetts+0.8%
West Virginia+0.9%
Rhode Island+1.2%
Arizona+1.7%
Oregon+2.2%
Utah+3.5%
California+3.7%
Tennessee+3.7%
Alabama+3.9%
Minnesota+4.2%
United States+6.5%

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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StateResidential change, 12 months
Connecticut−9.0%
Nevada−0.7%
Massachusetts+0.8%
West Virginia+0.9%
Rhode Island+1.2%
Arizona+1.7%
Oregon+2.2%
Utah+3.5%
California+3.7%
Tennessee+3.7%
Alabama+3.9%
Minnesota+4.2%
United States+6.5%

The latest month can rank states differently

Comparing one month with the same month a year earlier gives a noisier, more recent reading. In August 2026, the US residential average was 18.16¢ per kWh, 3.4% above August 2025; the median state change was +5.3%, and 71 of the 51 were below their level a year earlier. Monthly figures for 2026 are preliminary.

The leaders change. Hawaii had the largest August 2026 increase, 22.5% (47.18¢ per kWh against 38.53¢ per kWh), although over the full 12 months it ranked tied for 14th highest at +8.8%. Maine was 2nd highest for the month (+14.1%) and 12th highest over 12 months. New Jersey, 10th highest for the 12-month change, was −0.4% on the year in August 2026. Connecticut's monthly fall, 18.8%1, was deeper than its 12-month decline because the lower rates took effect only in May 2026 and the 12-month window still includes months before them.

This is why the ranking uses 12 months. One month reflects that month's fuel adjustments, billing cycles and the timing of rate changes; 12 months against 12 months counts every season once on both sides.

12-month change against the latest month's change, by state
12-month change against the latest month's change, by state−20.0%0.0%+20.0%−10.0%0.0%+10.0%Alabama: +3.9%, +0.4%Alaska: +5.0%, +5.8%Arizona: +1.7%, −0.3%Arkansas: +7.2%, +7.8%California: +3.7%, −3.8%Colorado: +7.9%, +5.9%Connecticut: −9.0%, −18.8%CTDelaware: +6.1%, +11.0%District of Columbia: +19.8%, +12.1%DCFlorida: +4.4%, −2.2%Georgia: +4.4%, +2.3%Hawaii: +8.8%, +22.5%HIIdaho: +9.8%, +10.7%Illinois: +10.6%, +7.2%Indiana: +8.8%, +5.0%Iowa: +4.9%, +10.2%Kansas: +5.9%, +5.6%Kentucky: +6.8%, +5.3%Louisiana: +5.3%, +2.5%Maine: +9.7%, +14.1%MEMaryland: +12.7%, +7.6%Massachusetts: +0.8%, −0.2%Michigan: +8.0%, +10.9%Minnesota: +4.2%, +1.8%Mississippi: +7.8%, +6.0%Missouri: +6.1%, +4.6%Montana: +9.5%, +9.0%Nebraska: +7.2%, +5.8%Nevada: −0.7%, +1.4%New Hampshire: +13.8%, +13.1%New Jersey: +10.2%, −0.4%NJNew Mexico: +5.0%, +3.3%New York: +11.2%, +7.5%North Carolina: +5.5%, +2.5%North Dakota: +6.6%, +2.6%Ohio: +11.7%, +10.4%Oklahoma: +6.3%, +2.8%Oregon: +2.2%, +0.4%Pennsylvania: +12.3%, +9.2%Rhode Island: +1.2%, +6.2%South Carolina: +5.5%, +4.0%South Dakota: +8.2%, +9.0%Tennessee: +3.7%, +2.5%Texas: +4.8%, +3.3%Utah: +3.5%, −2.3%Vermont: +6.0%, +7.9%Virginia: +11.5%, +11.3%Washington: +11.9%, +7.2%West Virginia: +0.9%, +4.4%Wisconsin: +6.1%, +5.3%Wyoming: +7.5%, +0.7%Residential change, 12 months →

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Each dot is a state (horizontal: Residential change, 12 months; vertical: Residential change, latest month). Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026. Change in the residential average price between 2026-08 and the same month of 2025. Period: August 2026.

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StateResidential change, 12 monthsResidential change, latest month
Connecticut−9.0%−18.8%
Nevada−0.7%+1.4%
Massachusetts+0.8%−0.2%
West Virginia+0.9%+4.4%
Rhode Island+1.2%+6.2%
Arizona+1.7%−0.3%
Oregon+2.2%+0.4%
Utah+3.5%−2.3%
California+3.7%−3.8%
Tennessee+3.7%+2.5%
Alabama+3.9%+0.4%
Minnesota+4.2%+1.8%
Florida+4.4%−2.2%
Georgia+4.4%+2.3%
Texas+4.8%+3.3%
Iowa+4.9%+10.2%
Alaska+5.0%+5.8%
New Mexico+5.0%+3.3%
Louisiana+5.3%+2.5%
North Carolina+5.5%+2.5%
South Carolina+5.5%+4.0%
Kansas+5.9%+5.6%
Vermont+6.0%+7.9%
Delaware+6.1%+11.0%
Missouri+6.1%+4.6%
Wisconsin+6.1%+5.3%
Oklahoma+6.3%+2.8%
North Dakota+6.6%+2.6%
Kentucky+6.8%+5.3%
Arkansas+7.2%+7.8%
Nebraska+7.2%+5.8%
Wyoming+7.5%+0.7%
Mississippi+7.8%+6.0%
Colorado+7.9%+5.9%
Michigan+8.0%+10.9%
South Dakota+8.2%+9.0%
Hawaii+8.8%+22.5%
Indiana+8.8%+5.0%
Montana+9.5%+9.0%
Maine+9.7%+14.1%
Idaho+9.8%+10.7%
New Jersey+10.2%−0.4%
Illinois+10.6%+7.2%
New York+11.2%+7.5%
Virginia+11.5%+11.3%
Ohio+11.7%+10.4%
Washington+11.9%+7.2%
Pennsylvania+12.3%+9.2%
Maryland+12.7%+7.6%
New Hampshire+13.8%+13.1%
District of Columbia+19.8%+12.1%

Since 2020: the longer climb

Over a longer span the answer is clearer still. From 2020 to 2025, 0 of the 50 states and DC had a lower annual residential average at the end than at the start, and in 50 of the 51 the rise was 10% or more. The US average went from 13.15¢ per kWh to 17.23¢ per kWh, up 31.0%, and the median state rose +26.3%2. These are EIA's final annual figures from the EIA-861 census of utilities.

The largest five-year increases were in the District of Columbia (+73.6%), Maine (+64.7%) and California (+53.3%). The smallest were in Iowa (+9.3%), Nebraska (+11.6%), Kansas (+12.4%) and North Dakota (+13.2%2).

The two horizons do not always agree. California's average rose 53.3% from 2020 to 2025, the 3rd highest increase, but only 3.7% over the last 12 months. Maine rose 64.7% since 2020 and kept rising (+9.7% over 12 months). The District of Columbia ranks the highest2 on the change since 2020 and the highest1 on the last 12 months. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's review puts the national residential increase from 2019 to 2025 at +33.0% before inflation, and the average residential bill $4805 a year higher over the same period.

Change since 2020 against the change over the last 12 months, by state
Change since 2020 against the change over the last 12 months, by state−10.0%0.0%+10.0%0.0%+20.0%+40.0%+60.0%Alabama: +27.9%, +3.9%Alaska: +15.7%, +5.0%Arizona: +24.4%, +1.7%Arkansas: +23.6%, +7.2%California: +53.3%, +3.7%CAColorado: +26.9%, +7.9%Connecticut: +29.1%, −9.0%CTDelaware: +36.5%, +6.1%District of Columbia: +73.6%, +19.8%DCFlorida: +35.0%, +4.4%Georgia: +22.6%, +4.4%Hawaii: +33.4%, +8.8%Idaho: +18.9%, +9.8%Illinois: +35.5%, +10.6%Indiana: +24.4%, +8.8%Iowa: +9.3%, +4.9%IAKansas: +12.4%, +5.9%Kentucky: +20.8%, +6.8%Louisiana: +29.5%, +5.3%Maine: +64.7%, +9.7%MEMaryland: +50.1%, +12.7%Massachusetts: +38.4%, +0.8%Michigan: +23.2%, +8.0%Minnesota: +20.2%, +4.2%Mississippi: +25.6%, +7.8%Missouri: +18.5%, +6.1%Montana: +15.6%, +9.5%Nebraska: +11.6%, +7.2%Nevada: +16.9%, −0.7%New Hampshire: +28.8%, +13.8%New Jersey: +40.2%, +10.2%New Mexico: +14.8%, +5.0%New York: +43.7%, +11.2%North Carolina: +23.0%, +5.5%North Dakota: +13.2%, +6.6%Ohio: +37.5%, +11.7%Oklahoma: +30.5%, +6.3%Oregon: +38.4%, +2.2%Pennsylvania: +42.0%, +12.3%Rhode Island: +33.9%, +1.2%South Carolina: +18.3%, +5.5%South Dakota: +13.4%, +8.2%Tennessee: +22.9%, +3.7%Texas: +31.5%, +4.8%Utah: +24.7%, +3.5%Vermont: +16.6%, +6.0%Virginia: +27.0%, +11.5%Washington: +33.4%, +11.9%WAWest Virginia: +30.4%, +0.9%Wisconsin: +26.3%, +6.1%Wyoming: +20.3%, +7.5%Residential price change, 2020 to 2025 →

Source: EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Each dot is a state (horizontal: Residential price change, 2020 to 2025; vertical: Residential change, 12 months). Change in the annual residential average price from 2020 to 2025 (nominal dollars). Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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StateResidential price change, 2020 to 2025Residential change, 12 months
Iowa+9.3%+4.9%
Nebraska+11.6%+7.2%
Kansas+12.4%+5.9%
North Dakota+13.2%+6.6%
South Dakota+13.4%+8.2%
New Mexico+14.8%+5.0%
Montana+15.6%+9.5%
Alaska+15.7%+5.0%
Vermont+16.6%+6.0%
Nevada+16.9%−0.7%
South Carolina+18.3%+5.5%
Missouri+18.5%+6.1%
Idaho+18.9%+9.8%
Minnesota+20.2%+4.2%
Wyoming+20.3%+7.5%
Kentucky+20.8%+6.8%
Georgia+22.6%+4.4%
Tennessee+22.9%+3.7%
North Carolina+23.0%+5.5%
Michigan+23.2%+8.0%
Arkansas+23.6%+7.2%
Arizona+24.4%+1.7%
Indiana+24.4%+8.8%
Utah+24.7%+3.5%
Mississippi+25.6%+7.8%
Wisconsin+26.3%+6.1%
Colorado+26.9%+7.9%
Virginia+27.0%+11.5%
Alabama+27.9%+3.9%
New Hampshire+28.8%+13.8%
Connecticut+29.1%−9.0%
Louisiana+29.5%+5.3%
West Virginia+30.4%+0.9%
Oklahoma+30.5%+6.3%
Texas+31.5%+4.8%
Hawaii+33.4%+8.8%
Washington+33.4%+11.9%
Rhode Island+33.9%+1.2%
Florida+35.0%+4.4%
Illinois+35.5%+10.6%
Delaware+36.5%+6.1%
Ohio+37.5%+11.7%
Massachusetts+38.4%+0.8%
Oregon+38.4%+2.2%
New Jersey+40.2%+10.2%
Pennsylvania+42.0%+12.3%
New York+43.7%+11.2%
Maryland+50.1%+12.7%
California+53.3%+3.7%
Maine+64.7%+9.7%
District of Columbia+73.6%+19.8%

Where EIA expects prices to go next

In its November 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA forecasts the US residential average at 18.17¢ per kWh for 2026, a figure that combines published months with EIA's estimate for the rest of the year, and 18.68¢ per kWh for 2027, a rise of +2.8%6. That would be a slower increase than the 6.5%1 of the last 12 months. The forecast is national only, is revised every month and says nothing about any one state or utility.

US residential electricity price, 2015–2025, and EIA's forecast for 2026–2027
US residential electricity price, 2015–2025, and EIA's forecast for 2026–2027FORECAST0¢5¢10¢15¢20152018202120242027

Source: EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, November 2026. The forecast is EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook of November 10, 2026: 2026 combines published months with EIA's estimate, 2027 is a forecast. It is revised every month; the next edition is due December 8, 2026.

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Year¢/kWhStatus
201512.65¢actual
201612.55¢actual
201712.89¢actual
201812.87¢actual
201913.01¢actual
202013.15¢actual
202113.66¢actual
202215.04¢actual
202316.00¢actual
202416.48¢actual
202517.23¢actual
202618.17¢EIA estimate/forecast
202718.68¢EIA forecast

Reading the increase for your own bill

  • A state change is not your utility's rate case. Utilities within a state change prices at different times and by different amounts. Each state page lists its utilities; pending and approved rate changes are in the dockets of the state's utility commission.
  • Percent and cents differ. The same percentage adds more cents per kWh in an expensive state than in a cheap one. The cheapest electricity ranking gives the levels.
  • Price is not the bill. A bill also moves with use, which depends on the weather of the months compared; the average bill ranking shows the result.
  • Averages mix customers. In retail-choice states the figure covers default-service customers only; homes buying supply from a competitive supplier saw whatever their own contract set.
  • Monthly data are revised. Figures since January 2026 are preliminary and change when EIA publishes the final annual census.

Electricity price increases: questions

Are electric rates going up?

Yes, in almost every state. The US residential average rose 6.5% over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, compared with the 12 months before, and only 21 of the 50 states and DC recorded a decrease. EIA's November 2026 forecast expects a further rise of +2.8%6 in 2027.

Which state had the biggest electricity price increase?

The District of Columbia, where the residential average rose +19.8% over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026). In the single month of August 2026, Hawaii had the largest rise on the same month a year earlier (+22.5%1).

Will electricity prices go up in 2027?

EIA forecasts that the US residential average will rise from 18.17¢ per kWh in 2026 to 18.68¢ per kWh in 2027, an increase of +2.8%6 (Short-Term Energy Outlook, November 2026). It is a national forecast, revised every month; EIA does not forecast state prices in that report.

Did electricity prices go down anywhere?

Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, 2 of the 50 states and DC had a lower residential average than in the 12 months before; the smallest changes were in Connecticut (−9.0%) and Nevada (−0.7%1). From 2020 to 2025, 02 of the 51 had a lower annual average at the end than at the start.

Other rankings

Sources

  1. EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  2. EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  3. BLS, Consumer Price Index, electricity; table CPI-U; through October 2026; released November 10, 2026. www.bls.gov
  4. Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, states; table cb_2025_us_state_20m; 2025. www.census.gov
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers; table July 2026 update; 2025 data. eta-publications.lbl.gov
  6. EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, November 2026; table retail prices ESRCUUS, ESCMUUS, ESICUUS; November 2026 edition; 2026 partly estimated, 2027 forecast; released November 10, 2026. www.eia.gov

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