Data · April 2026

Residential Electricity Price Index

What Americans pay for electricity, tracked monthly in every state from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electricity retail sales — average price by state. Your rate is the number that decides how much solar saves you.

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What the latest rate data says

The table below is complete, but most readers need the extremes first: the national benchmark, the highest current rate, the lowest current rate, and the path into the calculator.

U.S. average19.32¢+7.0% year over year
Highest rateHawaii46.62¢ · +141.3% vs nationalLowest rateNorth Dakota12.35¢ · -36.1% vs nationalNext stepRun a solar estimateUse a state rate in the calculator
National avg
19.32¢

per kWh, April 2026

Year over year
+7.0%

vs April 2025

States
51

each with a data page

History
304 mo

since January 2001

National trend, last 36 months

Unweighted average of the 51 state rates each month. Bars scale to the highest month shown.

MonthAvg rate (¢/kWh)
May 202317.01
June 202317.01
July 202316.70
August 202316.65
September 202316.86
October 202317.12
November 202316.79
December 202316.39
January 202416.32
February 202416.68
March 202417.08
April 202417.22
May 202417.16
June 202417.19
July 202417.11
August 202417.26
September 202417.61
October 202417.58
November 202417.55
December 202416.78
January 202516.71
February 202517.18
March 202517.67
April 202518.05
May 202518.14
June 202518.28
July 202518.09
August 202518.31
September 202518.76
October 202518.58
November 202518.34
December 202517.86
January 202617.98
February 202618.35
March 202619.16
April 202619.32

Average rate by state — April 2026

Sorted highest to lowest. Click a state for its full monthly trend, year-over-year change, CSV download, and a solar-savings estimate pre-filled for that rate.

StateRate (¢/kWh)YoYvs national
Hawaii46.62+9.8%+141.3%
California35.25+4.2%+82.5%
Connecticut32.240.0%+66.9%
Massachusetts29.45-3.9%+52.4%
New York29.45+14.6%+52.4%
Maine28.42+1.1%+47.1%
Rhode Island28.30-2.0%+46.5%
Alaska27.35+5.4%+41.6%
New Hampshire27.24+15.1%+41.0%
District of Columbia25.41+19.2%+31.5%
Vermont24.56+6.9%+27.1%
New Jersey23.53+16.8%+21.8%
Maryland22.07+15.9%+14.2%
Pennsylvania21.47+13.2%+11.1%
Michigan21.39+7.3%+10.7%
Illinois20.47+12.0%+6.0%
Ohio19.49+19.4%+0.9%
Wisconsin19.21+5.5%-0.6%
Delaware18.79+4.6%-2.7%
Indiana17.90+6.0%-7.3%
Alabama17.41+3.6%-9.9%
Virginia17.38+13.7%-10.0%
South Carolina17.06+7.6%-11.7%
Texas16.99+9.5%-12.1%
Mississippi16.76+10.4%-13.3%
Colorado16.54+6.7%-14.4%
Minnesota16.39+8.7%-15.2%
North Carolina16.25+11.8%-15.9%
West Virginia16.06+0.1%-16.9%
Kansas15.78+6.5%-18.3%
Oregon15.78+2.4%-18.3%
Arizona15.48-1.2%-19.9%
Florida15.38+0.8%-20.4%
Georgia15.37+3.7%-20.4%
New Mexico15.15+5.6%-21.6%
Kentucky15.02+9.7%-22.3%
Tennessee14.94+7.4%-22.7%
Wyoming14.68+12.5%-24.0%
South Dakota14.52+8.6%-24.8%
Louisiana14.44+6.4%-25.3%
Washington14.36+10.3%-25.7%
Nevada14.29+4.6%-26.0%
Arkansas14.16+3.7%-26.7%
Missouri14.01+8.8%-27.5%
Montana13.90+12.9%-28.1%
Iowa13.86+3.9%-28.3%
Oklahoma13.310.0%-31.1%
Utah13.29+6.3%-31.2%
Nebraska13.28+1.7%-31.3%
Idaho12.70+6.8%-34.3%
North Dakota12.35+5.4%-36.1%

Use this data

Download national CSV — free to reuse with attribution. Read the full methodology for the exact metric definition, refresh cadence, and limitations. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electricity retail sales — average price by state.

What we measure: Average residential retail price of electricity published by the EIA for the state, in cents per kilowatt-hour — a statewide monthly average, not a personalized utility tariff or the rate any single household pays. EIA publishes state retail-price data on a lag of roughly two to three months; the latest period shown reflects that lag.

Suggested citation

"Residential Electricity Price Index." Geostellar Residential Electricity Price Index, April 2026, based on U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) electricity retail-sales data. https://geostellar.com/energy/electricity-rates

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