Thursday, October 30, 2025

Electricity Rates By State -- Have Just Posted -- August, 2025 -- Posted October 30, 2025

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Note: in a long note like this, there will be typographical and content errors. Go to the source if questions. 

EIA: link here

For previous month, July, 2025: link here

For this month, August, 2025, below:

Regional average, this year, last year:

New England:

  • residential: 29.10 <-- 27.90
  • commercial: 22.75 <-- 20.64
  • all sectors: 24.96 <-- 23.33
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Massachusetts
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Rhode Island

Middle Atlantic:

  • residential: 23.79 <-- 21.99
  • commercial: 18.95 <-- 15.77
  • all sectors: 19.38 <-- 17.15
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • New York
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • New York

East North Central:

  • residential: 18.22 <-- 16.45
  • commercial: 13.35 <-- 12.30
  • all sectors: 13.81 <-- 12.50
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Michigan
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Illinois

West North Central:

  • residential: 15.27 <-- 14.67
  • commercial: 11.74 <-- 11.25
  • all sectors: 12.06 <-- 11.57
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Minnesota
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Missouri

South Atlatic:

  • residential: 15.65 <-- 14.36
  • commercial: 11.24 <-- 10.49
  • all sectors: 12.81 <-- 11.98
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • DC (by a lot)
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Maryland (by a lot)

East South Central:

  • residential: 14.04 <-- 13.20
  • commercial: 13.06 <-- 12.22
  • all sectors: 11.81<-- 11.10
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Alabama
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Alabama 

West South Central:

  • residential: 14.79 <-- 14.09
  • commercial: 9.47 <-- 9.13
  • all sectors: 10.55 <-- 10.14
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Texas (unregulated)
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Arkansas

Mountain:

  • residential: 14.70 <-- 14.33
  • commercial: 11.94 <-- 11.48
  • all sectors: 12.25 <-- 11.89
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Colorado
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Colorado

Pacific Contiguous:

  • residential: 25.69 <-- 25.75
  • commercial: 23.89 <-- 22.96
  • all sectors: 23.09 <-- 22.93
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • California (almost double the other two)
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • California (almost triple the other two)

Pacific Nonontiguous:

  • residential: 34.87 <-- 36.30 (yes, a decrease y/y)
  • commercial: 29.59 <-- 30.51
  • all sectors: 30.67 <-- 32.08
  • most expensive, residential: 
    • Hawaii
  • most expensive, industrial:
    • Hawaii

North Dakota 

  • residential: 12.94 <-- 12.73  
  • commercial: 7.52 <-- 7.15
  • industrial: 7.64 <-- 7.24
  • all sectors: 8.42 <-- 8.02

Minnesota

  • residential: 16.94 <-- 16.45  
  • commercial: 13.15 <-- 12.98
  • industrial: 9.42 <-- 9.48
  • all sectors: 13.40 <-- 13.15

Outside Hawaii, Alaska, industrial:

  • most expensive:
    • California: 24.69
    • Rhode Island: 20.12
  • least expensive:
    • Louisiana: 6.28
    • Oregon: 6.37
    • New Mexico: 6.50
    • Oklahoma: 6.55
    • Texas: 6.57
    • Tennessee: 6.99
    • South Carolina: 7.04
    • Kentucky: 7.21
    • Arkansas: 7.26
    • Mississippi: 7.37
    • North Dakota: 7.64