Thursday, July 2, 2026

Electricity Rates By State -- EIA -- Posted -- April, 2026, Data -- July 2, 2026

Locator: 51094ELECTRICITY. 

 
Note: in a long note like this with a lot of numbers to review / post there are likely to be some errors. 

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Residential

  • North Dakota comes in lowest at 12.35 cents / kWh
  • only two states with a "12-handle" -- the other one was Idaho

Commercial:

  • North Dakota the lowest at 7.05
  • Oklahoma at 7.77
  • the only two states with a "7-handle"
  • overall, states generally fell in one of two ranges:
  • those with 15 cents / kWh
  • those with 26 cents / kWh 

Industrial:

  • Iowa, lowest, at 6.26 cents / kWh
  • North Dakota at 8.21 cents / kWh along with a number of states with an "8-handle

All sectors:

  • North Dakota lowest at 8.42 cents / kWh
  • Iowa third at 8.76 cents / kWh 
  • Oklahoma at second at 8.59 kWh
  • only three states with a "8-handle"