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Average Rate per Kilowatthour by State
(Lowest to Highest Rate as of July 2009)
Rank State Average Electricity Rate for
All Sectors
(Cents per Kilowatthour)
1 Wyoming 6.30
2 West Virginia 6.51
3 Washington 6.85
4 Idaho 7.07
5 Kentucky 7.11
6 Louisiana 7.19
7 North Dakota 7.28
8 Montana 7.36
9 Utah 7.54
10 Oregon 7.58
11 South Dakota 7.63
12 Indiana 7.66
13 Oklahoma 7.70
14 Nebraska 8.14
15 Arkansas 8.38
16 Tennessee 8.42
17 Missouri 8.53
18 Kansas 8.59
19 New Mexico 8.61
20 South Carolina 8.71
21 Minnesota 8.77
22 Mississippi 8.85
23 Iowa 8.87
24 Colorado 8.88
25 North Carolina 8.97
26 Virginia 9.05
27 Alabama 9.06
28 Illinois 9.13
29 Georgia 9.48
30 Ohio 9.59
31 Wisconsin 9.62
32 Pennsylvania 9.82
33 Michigan 10.20
34 Arizona 10.36
35 Texas 10.39
National Average 10.42
36 Nevada 11.49
37 Florida 11.51
38 Delaware 12.26
39 Maine 12.55
40 Vermont 12.79
41 Rhode Island 13.13
42 Maryland 13.57
43 District of Columbia 14.12
44 California 15.29
45 New Hampshire 15.47
46 Massachusetts 15.50
47 Alaska 15.57
48 New Jersey 16.32
49 Connecticut 17.08
50 New York 17.23
51 Hawaii 20.06
Source: Electric Power Monthly. Energy Information Administration, Washington,