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Source : U . S . Department of Energy TABLE 43
Average Retail Price Per KwH for Commercial Customers ( 2022 – 2023 )
Rank
Cents / KwH ( 2023 )
Cents / KwH ( 2022 )
Change from 2022 to
2023 ( cents )
1 North Dakota
7.38
8.45
-1.07
2 Utah
8.51
8.39
0.12
3 Nebraska
8.76
8.82
-0.06
4 Idaho
8.78
8.27
0.51
5 Texas
8.82
9.05
-0.23
6 Wyoming
8.94
9.55
-0.61
7 Virginia
8.95
9.66
-0.71
8 Oklahoma
9.34
10.34
-1.00
9 North Carolina
9.67
8.75
0.92
10 Oregon
9.92
9.35
0.57
10 Washington
9.92
9.49
0.43
12 Missouri
10.14
9.55
0.59
13 South Dakota
10.16
10.21
-0.05
14 Iowa
10.33
10.55
-0.22
15 Arkansas
10.34
10.26
0.08
16 South Carolina
10.39
10.86
-0.47
17 Louisiana
10.45
11.93
-1.48
18 New Mexico
10.68
11.07
-0.39
19 Georgia
10.70
12.10
-1.40
20 Ohio
10.75
10.39
0.36
21 Kansas
10.85
11.51
-0.66
22 West Virginia
11.03
10.42
0.61
23 Illinois
11.24
11.32
-0.08
24 Pennsylvania
11.26
10.73
0.53
25 Kentucky
11.38
11.78
-0.40
26 Colorado
11.64
11.58
0.06
27 Arizona
11.79
10.80
0.99
28 Tennessee
11.80
12.02
-0.22
29 Delaware
11.83
10.98
0.85
30 Nevada
11.91
10.14
1.77
31 Florida
11.95
11.19
0.76
32 Montana
12.11
10.68
1.43
33 Mississippi
12.37
11.76
0.61
34 Minnesota
12.39
12.30
0.09
35 Indiana
12.55
12.86
-0.31
36 Wisconsin
12.76
11.85
0.91
37 Maryland
12.77
12.65
0.12
38 Alabama
13.16
13.16
0.00
39 Michigan
13.40
12.55
0.85
40 New Jersey
14.00
13.75
0.25
41 Rhode Island
17.68
16.23
1.45
42 Maine
17.88
15.40
2.48
43 Vermont
18.00
17.29
0.71
44 New York
18.01
18.19
-0.18
45 Massachusetts
19.62
18.67
0.95
46 Connecticut
19.99
18.54
1.45
47 New Hampshire
20.40
18.69
1.71
48 Alaska
20.87
20.06
0.81
49 California
23.91
21.81
2.10
50 Hawaii
39.03
40.18
-1.15
Dist . of Columbia
16.94
15.60
1.34
United States
12.59
12.41
0.18
In 2023 Washington had the 10th lowest average retail price of electricity per KwH for commercial customers , 9.22 cents / KwH , an increase of 0.43 cents / KwH from 2022 .