What your power costs — and how fast it's climbing

Every state, colored by how much its residential electricity rate has changed. Tap a state for your number, your national rank, and the grid region — and its data-center-driven demand — behind it.

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Fastest-rising residential rates · since 2019

#	State	Rate	Since '19	Avg bill
1	District of Columbia	25.4¢	+94%	$119
2	California	35.3¢	+84%	$138
3	Maryland	22.1¢	+67%	$157
4	New York	29.4¢	+64%	$141
5	Maine	28.4¢	+59%	$162
6	Ohio	19.5¢	+57%	$125
7	Illinois	20.5¢	+56%	$110
8	Pennsylvania	21.5¢	+55%	$136
9	Delaware	18.8¢	+48%	$133
10	New Jersey	23.5¢	+48%	$110
11	Mississippi	16.8¢	+48%	$143
12	Louisiana	14.4¢	+48%	$129
13	Washington	14.4¢	+47%	$131
14	Connecticut	32.2¢	+47%	$173
15	Hawaii	46.6¢	+45%	$222
16	Arkansas	14.2¢	+45%	$106
17	Texas	17.0¢	+44%	$144
18	Virginia	17.4¢	+44%	$130
19	Oregon	15.8¢	+43%	$118
20	North Carolina	16.3¢	+42%	$123
21	Indiana	17.9¢	+42%	$123
22	West Virginia	16.1¢	+41%	$108
23	Alabama	17.4¢	+39%	$147
24	Kentucky	15.0¢	+39%	$122
25	Vermont	24.6¢	+38%	$120
26	Tennessee	14.9¢	+37%	$137
27	Colorado	16.5¢	+36%	$90
28	Michigan	21.4¢	+36%	$108
29	New Hampshire	27.2¢	+35%	$148
30	Wisconsin	19.2¢	+35%	$106
31	Massachusetts	29.4¢	+34%	$144
32	Georgia	15.4¢	+32%	$124
33	Florida	15.4¢	+31%	$141
34	South Carolina	17.1¢	+31%	$131
35	Oklahoma	13.3¢	+30%	$101
36	Wyoming	14.7¢	+30%	$107
37	Rhode Island	28.3¢	+30%	$145
38	Utah	13.3¢	+28%	$79
39	Idaho	12.7¢	+28%	$97
40	Missouri	14.0¢	+26%	$105
41	Minnesota	16.4¢	+25%	$103
42	Arizona	15.5¢	+25%	$128
43	South Dakota	14.5¢	+24%	$129
44	Montana	13.9¢	+24%	$109
45	Kansas	15.8¢	+24%	$100
46	Nebraska	13.3¢	+22%	$99
47	New Mexico	15.2¢	+21%	$74
48	Alaska	27.4¢	+19%	$162
49	Nevada	14.3¢	+18%	$89
50	North Dakota	12.3¢	+16%	$120
51	Iowa	13.9¢	+11%	$92

EIA derives a state's "price" as revenue divided by electricity sold — a proxy for the average rate, not a surveyed tariff. Rates rise for several reasons, including fuel costs and grid upgrades, not data centers alone, so this shows correlation, not proof of causation. How this works →