In August 2026, the latest month EIA has published, the U.S. average industrial electricity price was 9.64 ¢/kWh. Of the 50 states and DC, the cheapest was New Mexico at 5.08 ¢/kWh and the most expensive was Hawaii at 39.33 ¢/kWh.
As of: EIA data month August 2026 · retrieved from EIA 2026-10-27 06:51 UTC · Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A (API v2 series electricity/retail-sales, price, sectorid=IND, monthly).
| Rank | State | Code | August 2026 (¢/kWh) | 12-month average (¢/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | NM | 5.08 | 5.34 |
| 2 | Louisiana | LA | 6.10 | 6.36 |
| 3 | Tennessee | TN | 6.92 | 6.71 |
| 4 | Texas | TX | 7.21 | 6.71 |
| 5 | Kentucky | KY | 7.37 | 7.26 |
| 6 | Washington | WA | 7.43 | 7.12 |
| 7 | Mississippi | MS | 7.57 | 7.56 |
| 8 | Arkansas | AR | 7.85 | 6.83 |
| 9 | South Carolina | SC | 7.88 | 7.63 |
| 10 | Montana | MT | 7.97 | 6.93 |
| 11 | Alabama | AL | 8.11 | 7.86 |
| 12 | North Dakota | ND | 8.12 | 7.97 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | OK | 8.16 | 6.66 |
| 14 | North Carolina | NC | 8.23 | 7.89 |
| 15 | West Virginia | WV | 8.34 | 8.22 |
| 16 | Nebraska | NE | 8.37 | 8.27 |
| 17 | Kansas | KS | 8.49 | 8.26 |
| 18 | Utah | UT | 8.56 | 8.58 |
| 19 | Oregon | OR | 8.75 | 8.33 |
| 20 | Wyoming | WY | 8.80 | 8.74 |
| 21 | Florida | FL | 8.93 | 9.12 |
| 22 | Michigan | MI | 8.99 | 9.02 |
| 23 | Indiana | IN | 9.28 | 9.11 |
| 24 | Iowa | IA | 9.31 | 7.39 |
| 25 | South Dakota | SD | 9.43 | 9.19 |
| 26 | Idaho | ID | 9.71 | 7.83 |
| 27 | Arizona | AZ | 9.73 | 7.80 |
| 28 | Ohio | OH | 9.75 | 9.85 |
| 29 | Missouri | MO | 9.89 | 8.57 |
| 30 | Minnesota | MN | 9.96 | 9.64 |
| 31 | Colorado | CO | 9.98 | 9.44 |
| 32 | Virginia | VA | 9.98 | 10.00 |
| 33 | Nevada | NV | 10.20 | 8.39 |
| 34 | Delaware | DE | 10.40 | 10.96 |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | PA | 10.47 | 10.51 |
| 36 | New York | NY | 10.54 | 10.04 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | WI | 10.88 | 9.30 |
| 38 | Illinois | IL | 11.33 | 10.31 |
| 39 | Maryland | MD | 12.19 | 14.32 |
| 40 | Vermont | VT | 12.72 | 12.81 |
| 41 | Georgia | GA | 13.05 | 8.10 |
| 42 | Maine | ME | 14.24 | 15.71 |
| 43 | Connecticut | CT | 16.18 | 17.81 |
| 44 | New Jersey | NJ | 16.24 | 14.85 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | NH | 17.26 | 17.69 |
| 46 | District of Columbia | DC | 18.53 | 19.09 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | RI | 19.87 | 21.55 |
| 48 | Massachusetts | MA | 20.03 | 19.61 |
| 49 | Alaska | AK | 23.13 | 22.54 |
| 50 | California | CA | 24.12 | 21.21 |
| 51 | Hawaii | HI | 39.33 | 35.61 |
| — | U.S. average | US | 9.64 | 8.93 |
Why industrial: large data centers typically buy power on industrial or large-commercial tariffs, so EIA's industrial average is the closer public benchmark. It is a statewide average across all utilities and industrial customers; a specific site's tariff, demand charges and contract terms can differ materially. Prices are EIA's as published and are not adjusted by DC Hub.
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