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Historical Data – Electricity Rates for 2013 and 2014
The average price of electricity in the United States varies from state to state. The below table lists electricity rates in the U.S., broken down by state and region, for 2013 and 2014.
Pricing shown is per kilowatt-hour (kWh):
| Residential | Commercial | Industrial | All Sectors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity Rates by State | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 |
| New England | 17.98 | 16.54 | 14.04 | 14.02 | 10.97 | 11.64 | 14.99 | 14.44 |
| Connecticut | 19.87 | 18.21 | 15.18 | 14.74 | 12.45 | 12.90 | 16.79 | 15.98 |
| Maine | 15.82 | 14.39 | 12.70 | 11.70 | 8.14 | 7.88 | 12.49 | 11.70 |
| Massachusetts | 17.57 | 16.05 | 13.70 | 14.23 | 11.63 | 12.36 | 14.70 | 14.31 |
| New Hampshire | 18.22 | 16.43 | 14.37 | 13.45 | 11.40 | 11.21 | 15.34 | 14.21 |
| Rhode Island | 16.69 | 15.97 | 13.26 | 13.48 | 11.96 | 11.80 | 14.36 | 14.25 |
| Vermont | 17.11 | 17.54 | 14.74 | 14.82 | 9.95 | 10.26 | 14.42 | 14.65 |
| Middle Atlantic | 16.05 | 15.50 | 12.95 | 12.09 | 7.07 | 6.73 | 12.77 | 12.16 |
| New Jersey | 15.60 | 15.33 | 12.20 | 12.29 | 10.24 | 10.13 | 13.25 | 13.13 |
| New York | 19.46 | 18.48 | 15.28 | 13.65 | 6.21 | 4.55 | 15.36 | 14.27 |
| Pennsylvania | 13.18 | 12.97 | 9.53 | 9.17 | 6.97 | 6.81 | 9.93 | 9.69 |
| East North Central | 12.77 | 12.04 | 9.91 | 9.43 | 6.82 | 6.47 | 9.75 | 9.23 |
| Illinois | 12.04 | 10.21 | 8.56 | 7.73 | 6.13 | 5.60 | 8.90 | 7.83 |
| Indiana | 11.46 | 11.04 | 10.12 | 9.60 | 6.90 | 6.65 | 9.06 | 8.67 |
| Michigan | 14.40 | 14.59 | 10.89 | 10.89 | 7.45 | 7.33 | 10.90 | 10.94 |
| Ohio | 12.79 | 11.88 | 10.05 | 9.35 | 6.62 | 6.05 | 9.85 | 9.14 |
| Wisconsin | 13.79 | 13.61 | 10.73 | 10.72 | 7.55 | 7.36 | 10.63 | 10.50 |
| West North Central | 10.70 | 10.53 | 8.67 | 8.46 | 6.23 | 6.22 | 8.59 | 8.43 |
| Iowa | 10.52 | 10.88 | 7.88 | 8.05 | 4.77 | 5.34 | 7.12 | 7.64 |
| Kansas | 12.21 | 11.40 | 10.02 | 9.21 | 7.35 | 6.80 | 9.90 | 9.14 |
| Minnesota | 11.83 | 11.64 | 9.23 | 9.21 | 6.75 | 6.93 | 9.26 | 9.24 |
| Missouri | 10.03 | 9.80 | 8.14 | 7.84 | 5.54 | 5.43 | 8.39 | 8.09 |
| Nebraska | 10.12 | 9.93 | 8.23 | 8.29 | 6.88 | 6.49 | 8.33 | 8.08 |
| North Dakota | 8.74 | 8.85 | 8.16 | 8.08 | 7.98 | 7.13 | 8.28 | 8.02 |
| South Dakota | 10.46 | 10.06 | 8.66 | 8.37 | 6.87 | 6.77 | 8.94 | 8.67 |
| South Atlantic | 11.61 | 11.30 | 9.78 | 9.46 | 6.48 | 6.33 | 9.88 | 9.61 |
| Delaware | 14.05 | 13.41 | 10.24 | 10.36 | 8.86 | 8.37 | 11.73 | 11.09 |
| District of Columbia | 12.75 | 12.88 | 12.06 | 12.16 | 6.77 | 4.63 | 11.96 | 12.04 |
| Florida | 12.20 | 11.51 | 10.28 | 9.67 | 7.93 | 7.63 | 11.00 | 10.40 |
| Georgia | 10.65 | 10.48 | 10.37 | 9.87 | 6.15 | 5.77 | 9.42 | 9.04 |
| Maryland | 13.18 | 13.15 | 10.87 | 10.76 | 8.47 | 8.05 | 11.71 | 11.62 |
| North Carolina | 10.65 | 10.93 | 8.43 | 8.60 | 5.94 | 6.05 | 8.71 | 8.92 |
| South Carolina | 12.35 | 11.85 | 10.42 | 10.02 | 6.10 | 5.95 | 9.33 | 8.97 |
| Virginia | 11.54 | 10.99 | 8.49 | 8.20 | 7.13 | 6.74 | 9.46 | 9.07 |
| West Virginia | 9.32 | 9.36 | 8.16 | 8.21 | 5.88 | 6.09 | 7.67 | 7.81 |
| East South Central | 10.64 | 10.31 | 10.28 | 9.81 | 5.70 | 5.52 | 8.76 | 8.42 |
| Alabama | 11.12 | 10.75 | 11.01 | 10.49 | 5.99 | 5.38 | 9.04 | 8.42 |
| Kentucky | 10.08 | 9.60 | 9.30 | 8.77 | 5.32 | 5.42 | 7.85 | 7.61 |
| Mississippi | 11.71 | 11.32 | 11.07 | 10.34 | 6.29 | 6.11 | 9.46 | 9.07 |
| Tennessee | 10.19 | 10.01 | 10.02 | 9.74 | 5.35 | 5.42 | 8.91 | 8.78 |
| West South Central | 11.01 | 10.90 | 8.17 | 7.91 | 5.75 | 5.67 | 8.31 | 8.16 |
| Arkansas | 9.69 | 9.67 | 8.02 | 7.78 | 5.76 | 5.58 | 7.67 | 7.52 |
| Louisiana | 8.83 | 9.15 | 8.48 | 8.76 | 5.07 | 5.74 | 7.22 | 7.68 |
| Oklahoma | 9.63 | 9.61 | 7.35 | 7.04 | 5.21 | 5.02 | 7.47 | 7.27 |
| Texas | 11.94 | 11.68 | 8.25 | 7.90 | 6.07 | 5.77 | 8.81 | 8.51 |
| Mountain | 11.24 | 11.02 | 9.40 | 9.23 | 5.91 | 5.98 | 8.84 | 8.71 |
| Arizona | 11.17 | 11.06 | 9.49 | 9.29 | 5.97 | 6.11 | 9.31 | 9.27 |
| Colorado | 11.61 | 11.65 | 9.84 | 9.96 | 6.78 | 7.49 | 9.53 | 9.78 |
| Idaho | 9.82 | 9.54 | 7.80 | 7.54 | 5.66 | 5.33 | 8.03 | 7.73 |
| Montana | 10.32 | 10.27 | 9.81 | 9.61 | 5.46 | 5.27 | 8.72 | 8.57 |
| Nevada | 13.62 | 13.07 | 9.83 | 9.71 | 4.62 | 4.78 | 8.27 | 8.17 |
| New Mexico | 11.60 | 11.09 | 9.86 | 9.48 | 6.07 | 6.06 | 9.01 | 8.73 |
| Utah | 10.72 | 10.10 | 8.50 | 8.10 | 5.73 | 5.36 | 8.22 | 7.64 |
| Wyoming | 10.66 | 10.24 | 9.03 | 8.76 | 6.56 | 6.41 | 7.78 | 7.54 |
| Pacific Contiguous | 13.81 | 13.50 | 13.46 | 12.80 | 8.51 | 8.45 | 12.47 | 12.02 |
| California | 17.05 | 16.80 | 15.45 | 14.67 | 11.93 | 11.40 | 15.30 | 14.66 |
| Oregon | 10.56 | 10.00 | 8.88 | 8.52 | 6.15 | 6.28 | 8.89 | 8.58 |
| Washington | 8.66 | 8.70 | 8.12 | 7.95 | 4.40 | 4.49 | 7.16 | 7.18 |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 27.81 | 28.57 | 25.43 | 26.22 | 25.09 | 26.59 | 26.04 | 27.04 |
| Alaska | 19.47 | 18.33 | 17.53 | 16.49 | 15.72 | 15.98 | 17.82 | 17.02 |
| Hawaii | 35.06 | 37.24 | 32.59 | 34.61 | 28.51 | 30.52 | 31.67 | 33.77 |
| U.S. Total | 12.46 | 12.09 | 10.55 | 10.12 | 6.67 | 6.59 | 10.15 | 9.83 |
Data provided by EIA.
What state pays the most for electricity? Hawaii
What state pays the least for electricity? Washington
A few observations can be made from this data, but most noticeably and generally speaking, the more northern you live in the U.S. the more you’ll pay for your electricity. According to this data, people living in states located in the Northeast, North Central, and Mid-Atlantic generally pay higher electricity rates than those living in the southern half of the United States.