Average electric bill by state, 2025

The average electric bill by state, for data year 2025, is a column in EIA's Average Bill file, released October 7, 2026, with the final EIA-861. This guide quotes that column. The state total is EIA's own row. Adding the utility pages would double-count delivery and energy where both are reported, and it would miss the adjustments EIA already made in the state total. There are 51 rows: the states and the District of Columbia.

The United States row

Residential customers in the U.S. row number 144,800,940. Average monthly usage is 874.3 kilowatt-hours. The all-in price is 17.23¢ per kilowatt-hour. The average bill is $150.68. A year of that bill is 12 times $150.68, or $1,808.16. A year of that usage is 12 times 874.3, or 10,491.6 kilowatt-hours. July 2026, from Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A retrieved October 10, 2026, is a separate print: 18.31¢, against 17.45¢ in July 2025. The annual bill and the July price are both federal statistics, and each one answers its own question.

The lowest bills

The five lowest average monthly bills in the 2025 file are New Mexico at $94.65, Utah at $99.06, Colorado at $103.30, Idaho at $110.36, and Montana at $110.80. Wyoming is next at $111.59, then Nevada at $115.07 and Nebraska at $117.23. New Mexico's bill comes with 14.85¢ and 637.5 kilowatt-hours. Utah's comes with 13.02¢ and 761.0. Colorado's comes with 15.69¢ and 658.2. Idaho's comes with 11.83¢ and 932.7. Montana's comes with 12.99¢ and 852.6. Low bills in this group are a mix of price and usage. New Mexico's 14.85¢ is above Idaho's 11.83¢. New Mexico's usage is lower, and the bill follows.

The lowest prices per kilowatt-hour are a different list. North Dakota is 11.82¢, with a $126.40 bill and 1,069.8 kilowatt-hours. Idaho is 11.83¢. Nebraska is 12.05¢, with a $117.23 bill and 972.5 kilowatt-hours. Louisiana is 12.52¢, with a $153.32 bill, because usage is 1,224.9 kilowatt-hours, the highest in the file. Arkansas is 12.87¢ and $138.42. A ranking of bills and a ranking of cents answer different questions. The state table prints both, plus usage, plus the two July prices.

The highest bills

The five highest average bills are Hawaii at $207.89, Connecticut at $206.46, Maryland at $184.42, Alabama at $184.31, and Massachusetts at $181.08. Hawaii is 40.40¢ and 514.6 kilowatt-hours. Connecticut is 29.31¢ and 704.3. Maryland is 19.53¢ and 944.5. Alabama is 16.09¢ and 1,145.4. Massachusetts is 30.41¢ and 595.5. Alabama is on a high-bill list at 16.09¢ because of the usage. Massachusetts is on it, at 595.5 kilowatt-hours, because of the price.

The highest prices are Hawaii at 40.40¢, California at 31.35¢, Massachusetts at 30.41¢, Rhode Island at 29.48¢, and Connecticut at 29.31¢. California's bill is $154.73 on 493.5 kilowatt-hours, the lowest usage in the file. Rhode Island's bill is $165.62 on 561.8 kilowatt-hours. Maine, at 27.69¢ for the year, has a $147.67 bill and 533.2 kilowatt-hours. A California household paying the state average is paying a different bill from a Hawaii household, and using a different number of kilowatt-hours. The file holds both facts.

Large states in the middle of the price list

Texas is 15.40¢, $170.95, and 1,110.3 kilowatt-hours. Florida is 15.21¢, $167.86, and 1,103.3 kilowatt-hours. Those annual prices sit below the national 17.23¢, and the bills sit above the national $150.68, because usage sits above 874.3. Within each state the utility rows vary. Florida Power & Light's 2025 bundled average is 14.62¢ and $162.38, across 5,337,118 customers using 1,111.0 kilowatt-hours. Duke Energy Florida is 18.36¢ and $185.26, across 1,819,962 customers. Both sit inside a state average of 15.21¢. The state average is the state's row. FPL's October 2026 tariff is a current schedule: for peninsular RS-1, $10.52 plus 12.258¢ on the first 1,000 kilowatt-hours, before the taxes the insert excludes.

Georgia's 2025 state figures belong next to Georgia Power's row if you live there. The utility's bundled average is 16.28¢ and $161.13, across 2,480,484 customers. Schedule R-31's winter base energy charge of 8.2116¢, effective with June 2026 bills, leaves out fuel and named riders. The state bill and the base energy charge are two different readings of Georgia electricity.

July 2026 next to the 2025 bill

Table 5.6.A reports cents for July 2026 and July 2025. The national pair is 18.31¢ and 17.45¢. Six states are lower in July 2026 than in July 2025: Connecticut 27.60¢ to 24.16¢, Louisiana 13.12¢ to 12.72¢, Utah 13.45¢ to 13.12¢, Wyoming 14.64¢ to 14.36¢, New Jersey 25.32¢ to 25.19¢, and Florida 15.11¢ to 15.03¢. The largest increases are Hawaii 39.36¢ to 48.00¢, Maine 27.98¢ to 32.41¢, New Hampshire 22.79¢ to 26.60¢, New York 26.22¢ to 29.90¢, and Maryland 18.83¢ to 21.41¢. EIA reports the prices. A 2025 annual bill can be high in a state whose July 2026 price fell. Connecticut is the example: a $206.46 average bill for 2025, and a July 2026 price of 24.16¢ against a July 2025 price of 27.60¢.

How the utility lists relate to the state bill

Each state page lists the larger utilities, those with at least 10,000 residential customers and enough supporting detail to rank, split into bundled or energy service on one table and delivery-only service on another. The cheapest and priciest names on that page are the ends of the bundled and energy list. They are neighbors of the state average, not the state average itself. A delivery utility's cents per kilowatt-hour are the delivery row only. Oncor's 2025 delivery average of 5.64¢ is the wires figure. The Texas retail average in the Average Bill file is 15.40¢.

Smaller utilities are listed at the bottom of the state page for reference. The state bill still includes their sales in the way EIA built the Average Bill row. The state bill on the state page is the figure to quote for the state. A utility page is the place for that utility's revenue, sales, and customers. A tariff, where one was checked, prices a bill at a kilowatt-hour level you choose. The three numbers describe three different things, and the labels say which is which.

The middle of the list

Between the cheapest and priciest bills, the 2025 file is a long slope. Iowa is $117.30 (13.62¢, 860.9 kilowatt-hours). Minnesota is $117.67 (15.83¢, 743.5). Wisconsin is $120.60 (18.08¢, 667.1). Washington is $124.41 (13.17¢, 944.5). Illinois is $126.59 (17.67¢, 716.5). Michigan is $127.17 (20.03¢, 634.8). Oregon is $133.89 (15.46¢, 865.9). The District of Columbia is $140.05 (21.92¢, 638.9). North Carolina is $146.14 (14.00¢, 1,044.1). Ohio is $147.74 (16.90¢, 874.0), almost on top of the national $150.68. New Jersey is $150.59 (22.48¢, 669.8). New York is $154.75 (26.39¢, 586.3). Arizona is $157.15 (15.26¢, 1,030.0). Pennsylvania is $161.90 (19.29¢, 839.3). Virginia is $163.05 (15.28¢, 1,066.9). Mississippi is $166.05 (14.03¢, 1,183.8).

Read any one of those as three numbers. Wisconsin's bill is below the national bill because 667.1 kilowatt-hours is well below 874.3, even though 18.08¢ is above 17.23¢. Mississippi's bill is above the national bill because 1,183.8 kilowatt-hours is well above 874.3, even though 14.03¢ is below 17.23¢. New Jersey's bill, $150.59, is within a dime of the U.S. bill and comes from a higher price and lower usage. The state page is the full row, including July 2026 and July 2025. This paragraph is the annual file.