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Source : U . S . Department of Energy TABLE 43
Average Retail Price Per KwH for Commercial Customers ( 2020 – 2021 )
Rank
Cents / KwH ( 2021 )
Cents / KwH ( 2020 )
Change from 2020 to
2021 ( cents )
1 Nevada
7.77
7.45
0.32
2 Virginia
7.82
7.63
0.19
3 Idaho
7.90
7.75
0.15
4 Utah
8.14
8.27
-0.13
5 Oklahoma
8.51
7.82
0.69
6 North Carolina
8.65
8.69
-0.04
7 Nebraska
8.85
8.89
-0.04
8 Texas
8.89
7.6
1.29
9 Pennsylvania
8.92
8.5
0.42
10 Oregon
9.05
9
0.05
11 North Dakota
9.17
9.02
0.15
12 Missouri
9.20
8.93
0.27
13 Washington
9.23
8.92
0.31
14 Arkansas
9.50
8.61
0.89
14 West Virginia
9.50
9.4
0.10
16 Delaware
9.53
9.18
0.35
17 Florida
9.55
8.85
0.70
18 Wyoming
9.67
9.65
0.02
19 Illinois
9.70
9.15
0.55
20 Ohio
9.77
9.53
0.24
21 South Dakota
10.16
9.65
0.51
22 Iowa
10.17
9.96
0.21
23 Maryland
10.26
9.72
0.54
24 Louisiana
10.28
8.85
1.43
25 Arizona
10.30
10.11
0.19
26 Kansas
10.50
10.4
0.10
27 Montana
10.62
10.51
0.11
28 South Carolina
10.77
10.35
0.42
29 Georgia
10.79
10.08
0.71
29 Kentucky
10.79
10.34
0.45
31 New Mexico
10.83
10.28
0.55
32 Colorado
10.86
10.29
0.57
33 Wisconsin
10.92
10.75
0.17
34 Tennessee
10.95
10.56
0.39
35 Mississippi
11.03
10.38
0.65
36 Minnesota
11.16
10.43
0.73
37 Indiana
11.63
11.21
0.42
38 Alabama
12.03
11.55
0.48
39 Michigan
12.27
11.71
0.56
40 New Jersey
12.81
12.35
0.46
41 Maine
12.95
12.56
0.39
42 Rhode Island
15.62
15.94
-0.32
43 New York
16.14
14.56
1.58
44 New Hampshire
16.23
15.41
0.82
45 Vermont
16.62
16.39
0.23
46 Connecticut
16.71
16.58
0.13
47 Massachusetts
17.16
16.03
1.13
48 California
19.21
17.53
1.68
49 Alaska
19.59
19.58
0.01
50 Hawaii
31.16
28.41
2.75
Dist . of Columbia
13.02
11.85
1.17
United States
11.27
10.59
0.68
In 2021 Washington had the 13th lowest average retail price of electricity per KwH for commerical customers , 9.23 cents / KwH , an increase of 0.31 cents / KwH from 2020 .