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Hawaii
Residential electricity rates · latest May 2026
Avg monthly bill
$250
⚾ The monthly tab
Typical residential bill — $81 higher than the 2019 average.
Residential rate
52.0¢
⚾ Price per kWh
Cents per kilowatt-hour. +61% vs. the 2019 average.
National rank
6th
⚾ League rank
Fastest-rising residential rate since 2019, of 51 states.
Home vs. industry
52.0¢ / 41.9¢
⚾ Home vs. away
Homes pay 52.0¢/kWh; large industry pays 41.9¢/kWh — 24% more for households.
Residential rate trend
Hawaii · ¢/kWhResidential rate (red) with the industrial rate (dashed) for comparison.
Hawaiiisn't inside one of the grid regions GridStrain tracks, so there's no demand overlay here — just the rate trend above.
EIA derives the rate as revenue ÷ electricity sold — a proxy, not a surveyed tariff. Rates rise for many reasons (fuel costs, grid upgrades, storms), not data centers alone, so this shows correlation, not causation.