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Average Retail Price Per KwH for Residential Customers( 2023 – 2024)
Cents / KwH
Cents / KwH
Change from 2023 to
Rank
( 2024)
( 2023)
2024( cents)
1 North Dakota
11.51
11.01
0.50
2 Idaho
11.52
11.05
0.47
3 Nebraska
11.53
11.20
0.33
4 Louisiana
11.73
11.55
0.18
5 Washington
11.90
10.98
0.92
6 Utah
12.22
11.20
1.02
7 Oklahoma
12.24
12.08
0.16
8 Arkansas
12.32
12.25
0.07
9 Tennessee
12.42
12.19
0.23
10 Wyoming
12.47
11.46
1.01
11 Montana
12.66
12.54
0.12
12 Kentucky
12.79
12.65
0.13
13 South Dakota
12.86
12.32
0.54
14 Missouri
12.91
12.58
0.33
15 Mississippi
13.39
13.23
0.17
16 Iowa
13.40
13.31
0.10
17 Georgia
14.08
13.69
0.39
18 North Carolina
14.13
12.93
1.21
19 Florida
14.14
15.21
-1.07
20 Kansas
14.15
13.38
0.77
21 New Mexico
14.20
13.85
0.35
22 South Carolina
14.23
13.68
0.55
23 Virginia
14.41
14.26
0.15
24 Oregon
14.70
12.73
1.97
25 Indiana
14.77
14.94
-0.17
26 Arizona
14.91
14.02
0.89
27 Colorado
14.92
14.30
0.62
28 Texas
14.94
14.46
0.47
29 Nevada
15.00
16.67
-1.67
30 West Virginia
15.07
14.05
1.02
31 Alabama
15.18
14.63
0.55
32 Minnesota
15.45
14.73
0.72
33 Illinois
15.87
15.71
0.16
34 Ohio
15.99
15.38
0.60
35 Delaware
16.57
15.73
0.84
36 Wisconsin
17.18
16.88
0.31
37 Pennsylvania
17.77
18.10
-0.34
38 Maryland
17.86
16.60
1.26
39 Michigan
19.30
18.84
0.46
40 New Jersey
19.34
17.70
1.64
41 Vermont
21.90
20.82
1.08
42 New Hampshire
23.40
28.15
-4.75
43 Maine
24.29
27.42
-3.13
44 New York
24.43
22.24
2.18
45 Alaska
24.82
23.90
0.92
46 Rhode Island
28.65
27.02
1.63
47 Connecticut
28.75
29.88
-1.14
48 Massachusetts
29.35
29.61
-0.26
49 California
31.97
29.51
2.46
50 Hawaii
42.86
42.39
0.47
Dist. of Columbia
17.71
16.45
1.26
United States
16.48
16.00
0.48
In 2024, Washington’ s average retail price of electricity per KwH for residential customers ranked 5th lowest, after increasing by 0.92 cents / KwH from 2023.
TABLE 45 Source: U. S. Department of Energy