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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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Alabama — 16.8¢/kWh · +34% Since '19Alaska — 28.2¢/kWh · +23% Since '19Arizona — 15.2¢/kWh · +23% Since '19Colorado — 16.2¢/kWh · +33% Since '19Florida — 15.2¢/kWh · +30% Since '19Georgia — 15.8¢/kWh · +36% Since '19Indiana — 18.1¢/kWh · +44% Since '19Kansas — 15.1¢/kWh · +19% Since '19Maine — 28.6¢/kWh · +60% Since '19Massachusetts — 28.8¢/kWh · +31% Since '19Minnesota — 16.9¢/kWh · +30% Since '19New Jersey — 23.3¢/kWh · +47% Since '19North Carolina — 15.1¢/kWh · +32% Since '19North Dakota — 13.6¢/kWh · +28% Since '19Oklahoma — 13.4¢/kWh · +31% Since '19Pennsylvania — 21.6¢/kWh · +55% Since '19South Dakota — 15.7¢/kWh · +35% Since '19Texas — 16.4¢/kWh · +40% Since '19Wyoming — 14.8¢/kWh · +31% Since '19Connecticut — 27.4¢/kWh · +24% Since '19Missouri — 13.7¢/kWh · +23% Since '19West Virginia — 16.8¢/kWh · +47% Since '19Illinois — 23.9¢/kWh · +81% Since '19New Mexico — 14.1¢/kWh · +13% Since '19Arkansas — 14.4¢/kWh · +47% Since '19California — 33.3¢/kWh · +74% Since '19Delaware — 19.4¢/kWh · +53% Since '19District of Columbia — 25.4¢/kWh · +94% Since '19Hawaii — 52.0¢/kWh · +61% Since '19Iowa — 14.1¢/kWh · +13% Since '19Kentucky — 15.0¢/kWh · +38% Since '19Maryland — 21.8¢/kWh · +65% Since '19Michigan — 22.0¢/kWh · +40% Since '19Mississippi — 16.2¢/kWh · +43% Since '19Montana — 14.7¢/kWh · +31% Since '19New Hampshire — 27.3¢/kWh · +36% Since '19New York — 29.9¢/kWh · +67% Since '19Ohio — 19.5¢/kWh · +57% Since '19Oregon — 16.3¢/kWh · +47% Since '19Tennessee — 14.5¢/kWh · +33% Since '19Utah — 13.0¢/kWh · +25% Since '19Virginia — 17.6¢/kWh · +45% Since '19Washington — 14.9¢/kWh · +53% Since '19Wisconsin — 19.7¢/kWh · +39% Since '19Nebraska — 13.6¢/kWh · +25% Since '19South Carolina — 16.2¢/kWh · +24% Since '19Idaho — 12.3¢/kWh · +25% Since '19Nevada — 13.6¢/kWh · +13% Since '19Vermont — 24.9¢/kWh · +40% Since '19Louisiana — 14.2¢/kWh · +45% Since '19Rhode Island — 29.5¢/kWh · +35% Since '19
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Fastest-rising residential rates · since 2019

#StateRateSince '19Avg bill
1District of Columbia25.4¢+94%$128
2Illinois23.9¢+81%$123
3California33.3¢+74%$136
4New York29.9¢+67%$134
5Maryland21.8¢+65%$158
6Hawaii52.0¢+61%$250
7Maine28.6¢+60%$144
8Ohio19.5¢+57%$132
9Pennsylvania21.6¢+55%$134
10Washington14.9¢+53%$113
11Delaware19.4¢+53%$136
12West Virginia16.8¢+47%$125
13Oregon16.3¢+47%$110
14New Jersey23.3¢+47%$127
15Arkansas14.4¢+47%$114
16Virginia17.6¢+45%$146
17Louisiana14.2¢+45%$144
18Indiana18.1¢+44%$129
19Mississippi16.2¢+43%$152
20Vermont24.9¢+40%$120
21Michigan22.0¢+40%$115
22Texas16.4¢+40%$163
23Wisconsin19.7¢+39%$109
24Kentucky15.0¢+38%$128
25New Hampshire27.3¢+36%$136
26Georgia15.8¢+36%$149
27Rhode Island29.5¢+35%$148
28South Dakota15.7¢+35%$127
29Alabama16.8¢+34%$160
30Colorado16.2¢+33%$97
31Tennessee14.5¢+33%$130
32North Carolina15.1¢+32%$130
33Massachusetts28.8¢+31%$137
34Wyoming14.8¢+31%$105
35Oklahoma13.4¢+31%$120
36Montana14.7¢+31%$102
37Florida15.2¢+30%$169
38Minnesota16.9¢+30%$106
39North Dakota13.6¢+28%$117
40Utah13.0¢+25%$87
41Nebraska13.6¢+25%$107
42Idaho12.3¢+25%$92
43Connecticut27.4¢+24%$146
44South Carolina16.2¢+24%$148
45Missouri13.7¢+23%$111
46Arizona15.2¢+23%$161
47Alaska28.2¢+23%$142
48Kansas15.1¢+19%$116
49New Mexico14.1¢+13%$82
50Iowa14.1¢+13%$98
51Nevada13.6¢+13%$119

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 →