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Source: U. S. Department of Energy TABLE 44
Average Retail Price Per KwH for Commercial Customers( 2023 – 2024)
Cents / KwH
Cents / KwH
Change from 2023 to
Rank
( 2024)
( 2023)
2024( cents)
1 North Dakota
7.19
7.38
-0.19
2 Nebraska
8.39
8.76
-0.36
3 Texas
8.55
8.82
-0.27
4 Virginia
8.72
8.95
-0.23
5 Oklahoma
8.92
9.34
-0.41
6 Idaho
9.17
8.78
0.39
7 Wyoming
9.27
8.94
0.34
8 Utah
9.39
8.51
0.88
9 Washington
9.99
9.92
0.07
10 Oregon
10.11
9.92
0.19
11 Nevada
10.19
11.91
-1.72
12 Iowa
10.22
10.33
-0.11
13 Arkansas
10.24
10.34
-0.10
14 Missouri
10.26
10.14
0.12
15 Louisiana
10.46
10.45
0.01
16 New Mexico
10.54
10.68
-0.14
17 South Dakota
10.55
10.16
0.39
18 North Carolina
10.56
9.67
0.89
19 South Carolina
10.64
10.39
0.24
20 Ohio
10.66
10.75
-0.09
21 Georgia
10.87
10.70
0.17
22 Florida
10.99
11.95
-0.96
23 Pennsylvania
11.03
11.26
-0.23
24 Kansas
11.19
10.85
0.34
25 Kentucky
11.50
11.38
0.12
26 West Virginia
11.62
11.03
0.59
27 Colorado
11.71
11.64
0.07
28 Illinois
11.81
11.24
0.57
29 Montana
11.87
12.11
-0.24
30 Tennessee
12.05
11.80
0.26
31 Minnesota
12.15
12.39
-0.24
32 Delaware
12.20
11.83
0.37
33 Arizona
12.23
11.79
0.44
34 Mississippi
12.32
12.37
-0.05
35 Indiana
12.44
12.55
-0.11
36 Wisconsin
12.63
12.76
-0.13
37 Maryland
12.96
12.77
0.19
38 Alabama
13.64
13.16
0.48
39 Michigan
14.01
13.40
0.61
40 New Jersey
14.64
14.00
0.64
41 Maine
18.22
17.88
0.34
42 New York
18.77
18.01
0.76
43 Vermont
18.89
18.00
0.89
44 New Hampshire
19.40
20.40
-1.01
45 Massachusetts
20.90
19.62
1.27
46 Rhode Island
21.09
17.68
3.41
47 Connecticut
21.21
19.99
1.22
48 Alaska
21.57
20.87
0.70
49 California
25.54
23.91
1.62
50 Hawaii
38.18
39.03
-0.84
Dist. of Columbia
17.07
16.94
0.13
United States
12.75
12.59
0.16
In 2024, Washington’ s average retail price of electricity per KwH for commercial customers ranked 9th lowest, after increasing by 0.07 cents / KwH from 2023.