Electricity Rates by State

[4thIDvet]

Compare what Americans pay for power across all 50 states. Find out where electricity is cheapest, where it's rising fastest, and how to save in deregulated markets.

• Louisiana has the cheapest electricity at 12.44¢/kWh
• Hawaii is 2.2x the national average at 39.89¢

Electricity Rates by State (February 2026)

Easy to figure out what your cost per KWH is. This chart will be giving your 'total cost' per kilowatt hour. Inclusive of all the fees time of use and other B.S. items your power company adds on. You will get pretty close.
So myself and RTO have Clay Electric. My meter showed I used 1697 KWH last month. So total cost is roughly .15 cents per KWH making my total bill $252. If I was in Hawaii it would have been roughly $695.

ADD: Is it cheaper to run natural gas or electric?
Natural gas is almost always cheaper than electricity. It's hard to pinpoint just how much cheaper, since both electric and gas prices can be volatile. But in general, the average cost of natural gas can be as much as two or three times less expensive than electricity.Jan 16, 2023

[aviator]

Down here it's not as expensive as some other states, but yes, Summer time my pool pump runs 6 hours, the AC may not recycle for hours, plus electric water heater, stove, dishwasher, oven.....yeah I spend around=d $500 a month. Lee County, where Sanibel is they have a co-op electric power system, not for profit, I don't have a pool there and the AC is smaller (smaller house) and the most I've spent is $200.

[Pogo]

I don't use a lot of electricity. I don't turn my AC on until the temperature is in the high 80s.

The US needs more nuclear power.

[44044]

My bill rarely hits over 200…

But normally stays below 150

[Pogo]

Wow. That is way more than mine ever is. My average is $40-$50. When I run my AC in late summer it can get around $80.

[4thIDvet]

Wow. That is way more than mine ever is. My average is $40-$50. When I run my AC in late summer it can get around $80.

Pogo do you have any gas like for your water heater, stove, etc?? A.C. down here is like whatever heat source you have up north its a necessity. Tin roofs and open windows in the old days but we got modern..
I remember as a kid in Plant City Fla. everyone went to the supermarket in the hot afternoon because they had that new fangled A.C. and it was nice and cool in the store.

ADD: I took in a girl to help around here shopping cleaning etc.. She gets free rent up in Pogo's tree house.
Her boy friend passed he was a 3 tour Nam Green Beret and she was about to go homeless. I could not let that happen..
Notice its all the 'Blue' commie states with super high power bills..

[Pogo]

Pogo do you have any gas like for your water heater, stove, etc?? A.C. down here is like whatever heat source you have up north its a necessity. Tin roofs and open windows in the old days but we got modern..
I remember as a kid in Plant City Fla. everyone went to the supermarket in the hot afternoon because they had that new fangled A.C. and it was nice and cool in the store.

ADD: I took in a girl to help around here shopping cleaning etc.. She gets free rent up in Pogo's tree house.
Her boy friend passed he was a 3 tour Nam Green Beret and she was about to go homeless. I could not let that happen..
Notice its all the 'Blue' commie states with super high power bills..

Yes. Furnace, kitchen range, and water heater. Natural gas.