Which State has The Cheapest Electricity

Posted At February 2, 2017
Distribution Rates, Energy Efficiency, Uncategorized

The chart below, brought to you by the EIA (US Energy Information Administration), compares prices paid for electricity, electricity produced, and total electricity used, state by state.

The average price paid is all inclusive of the electricity supply, and the local utility distribution cost. In energy choice states where Electric Advisors does business, commercial and residential clients can shop for lower electric supply rates, but can not shop for distribution rates. Those distribution rates are controlled by the local utilities like Pepco and BG&E, and regulated by the various public service commissions.

Name	Average retail price (cents/kWh)	Net summer capacity (MW)	Net generation (MWh)	Total retail sales (MWh)
Alabama	9.27	31,953	149,340,447	90,493,727
Alaska	17.46	2,464	6,042,830	6,164,812
Arizona	10.18	28,249	112,257,187	76,297,685
Arkansas	7.9	14,754	61,592,137	47,080,301
California	15.15	74,646	198,807,622	262,584,786
Colorado	10.06	14,933	53,847,386	53,396,521
Connecticut	17.05	8,832	33,676,980	29,354,460
Delaware	11.22	3,086	7,703,584	11,338,477
District of Columbia	12.11	9	67,612	11,193,589
Florida	10.77	59,440	230,015,937	226,078,111
Georgia	10.03	38,250	125,837,224	135,789,932
Hawaii	33.43	2,672	10,204,158	9,475,452
Idaho	7.93	4,944	15,184,417	23,233,284
Illinois	9.36	44,727	202,143,878	141,540,287
Indiana	9.06	27,499	115,395,392	106,942,504
Iowa	8.15	16,507	56,853,282	47,201,853
Kansas	10.16	14,227	49,728,363	40,561,606
Kentucky	8.15	20,878	90,896,435	78,838,924
Louisiana	8.09	26,657	104,229,402	90,628,316
Maine	12.65	4,470	13,248,710	12,002,661
Maryland	12.1	12,264	37,833,652	61,683,869
Massachusetts	15.35	13,128	31,118,591	54,469,292
Michigan	11.03	30,435	106,816,991	103,314,098
Minnesota	9.52	15,621	56,998,330	68,719,367
Mississippi	9.6	16,090	55,127,092	49,408,631
Missouri	9.11	21,790	87,834,468	83,878,397
Montana	8.59	6,330	30,257,616	14,102,392
Nebraska	8.84	8,732	39,431,291	30,222,168
Nevada	9.73	10,485	36,000,537	35,075,606
New Hampshire	15.22	4,418	19,538,395	10,944,081
New Jersey	13.95	19,399	68,051,086	73,866,078
New Mexico	9.65	8,072	32,306,210	23,115,222
New York	16.25	40,404	137,122,202	147,371,913
North Carolina	9.33	30,498	128,143,588	133,132,776
North Dakota	8.41	6,790	36,462,508	18,239,732
Ohio	9.73	31,507	134,476,405	150,679,713
Oklahoma	8.18	24,048	70,155,504	61,573,374
Oregon	8.68	15,884	60,119,907	47,334,953
Pennsylvania	10.28	42,723	221,058,365	146,687,698
Rhode Island	15.41	1,810	6,281,748	7,643,104
South Carolina	9.67	22,824	97,158,465	81,619,765
South Dakota	9.05	3,948	10,995,240	12,354,726
Tennessee	9.4	20,998	79,506,886	100,219,230
Texas	8.94	112,914	437,629,668	389,669,820
Utah	8.35	8,325	43,784,526	30,043,019
Vermont	14.57	650	7,031,394	5,569,861
Virginia	9.17	26,292	77,137,438	112,098,381
Washington	7.13	30,949	116,334,363	92,140,777
West Virginia	7.65	16,276	81,059,577	32,696,106
Wisconsin	10.57	17,166	61,064,796	69,494,755
Wyoming	7.76	8,458	49,696,183	17,134,075
U.S. Total	10.44	1,068,422	4,093,606,005	3,764,700,267

Name

Average retail price (cents/kWh)

Net summer capacity (MW)

Net generation (MWh)

Total retail sales (MWh)

Alabama

9.27

31,953

149,340,447

90,493,727

Alaska

17.46