How much a person pays for electricity depends on a variety of factors — including where they live and who they get their power from. This map shows the average revenue from bundled sales per kilowatt-hour for residential, commercial, and industrial customers served by public power, cooperative, and investor-owned utilities in 2016.
Nationwide, the average residential customer served by public power pays 11.55 cents per kWh, compared to 11.62 cents for co-ops, and 13.09 cents for customers served by IOUs.
Take a look to see how your state compares.
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| Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Total | |||||||||
| State | Public Power |
IOU | Coop | Public Power |
IOU | Coop | Public Power |
IOU | Coop | Public Power |
IOU | Coop |
| Alabama | 10.19 | 12.66 | 11.97 | 10.20 | 11.59 | 11.22 | 6.46 | 6.35 | 6.72 | 9.40 | 9.82 | 10.94 |
| Alaska | 15.70 | 14.78 | 21.30 | 14.81 | 16.03 | 18.65 | 17.51 | 10.42 | 15.36 | 15.22 | 14.17 | 18.72 |
| Arizona | 11.63 | 12.58 | 12.65 | 9.36 | 11.37 | 11.03 | 6.33 | 6.17 | 8.92 | 9.89 | 10.81 | 11.73 |
| Arkansas | 8.36 | 9.97 | 10.32 | 8.05 | 7.96 | 9.58 | 6.16 | 6.30 | 5.51 | 7.48 | 8.10 | 8.41 |
| California | 15.08 | 18.07 | 15.84 | 14.32 | 16.21 | 15.19 | 11.82 | 14.01 | 8.10 | 14.04 | 16.59 | 13.62 |
| Colorado | 11.04 | 11.74 | 13.19 | 8.23 | 9.41 | 11.03 | 7.05 | 6.67 | 8.39 | 8.78 | 9.55 | 10.95 |
| Connecticut | 15.74 | 19.75 | - | 13.41 | 16.13 | - | 9.02 | 14.37 | - | 12.65 | 18.85 | - |
| Delaware | - | 14.01 | 13.68 | 12.08 | 12.67 | 12.41 | 11.18 | 9.99 | 9.50 | 11.83 | 13.34 | 11.91 |
| District of Columbia | - | 11.49 | - | - | 12.22 | - | - | - | - | - | 11.77 | - |
| Florida | 11.26 | 10.84 | 11.63 | 9.76 | 8.64 | 10.22 | 8.17 | 7.41 | 7.99 | 10.21 | 9.72 | 10.94 |
| Georgia | 11.41 | 12.10 | 10.89 | 10.72 | 9.51 | 10.39 | 6.28 | 5.46 | 7.25 | 9.58 | 9.21 | 10.34 |
| Hawaii | - | 27.38 | - | - | 24.44 | - | - | 20.28 | - | - | 23.54 | - |
| Idaho | 7.14 | 10.21 | 9.83 | 5.58 | 7.95 | 7.76 | 4.49 | 6.68 | 5.07 | 6.10 | 8.20 | 8.16 |
| Illinois | 12.37 | 11.79 | 14.03 | 12.03 | 8.94 | 11.46 | 9.43 | 5.29 | 8.72 | 11.54 | 10.36 | 12.19 |
| Indiana | 10.93 | 11.48 | 12.99 | 9.76 | 9.93 | 10.71 | 8.23 | 6.84 | 7.15 | 9.31 | 8.91 | 10.81 |
| Iowa | 10.65 | 12.00 | 12.37 | 8.64 | 9.20 | 9.20 | 6.89 | 5.78 | 7.52 | 8.53 | 8.21 | 10.14 |
| Kansas | 11.53 | 13.08 | 13.99 | 9.87 | 10.14 | 12.08 | 6.55 | 7.64 | 8.12 | 8.76 | 10.63 | 11.26 |
| Kentucky | 11.01 | 10.24 | 10.72 | 10.20 | 9.36 | 10.30 | 7.92 | 6.38 | 4.75 | 9.66 | 8.73 | 8.05 |
| Louisiana | 8.65 | 9.35 | 9.49 | 8.36 | 8.55 | 9.25 | 5.01 | 4.98 | 8.08 | 7.03 | 7.27 | 9.28 |
| Maine | 12.87 | 15.27 | 18.38 | 12.30 | 11.58 | 16.77 | 11.33 | 9.29 | 14.05 | 12.31 | 13.98 | 17.33 |
| Maryland | 8.53 | 14.14 | 13.28 | 9.08 | 12.05 | 10.84 | 6.64 | 9.87 | 9.54 | 8.61 | 13.65 | 12.35 |
| Massachusetts | 14.08 | 19.53 | - | 14.18 | 16.11 | - | 12.53 | 14.25 | - | 13.53 | 18.40 | - |
| Michigan | 13.29 | 15.39 | 14.66 | 11.97 | 10.94 | 10.96 | 8.84 | 7.02 | 8.68 | 11.17 | 11.52 | 12.66 |
| Minnesota | 11.82 | 12.73 | 12.87 | 10.50 | 9.75 | 9.89 | 8.56 | 7.00 | 8.04 | 10.02 | 9.49 | 11.41 |
| Mississippi | 10.33 | 9.37 | 11.37 | 10.24 | 8.51 | 11.24 | 6.49 | 6.04 | 7.68 | 9.51 | 8.01 | 10.58 |
| Missouri | 10.79 | 11.40 | 10.92 | 9.16 | 9.16 | 10.11 | 7.92 | 7.04 | 6.71 | 9.47 | 9.70 | 10.01 |
| Montana | - | 11.55 | - | - | 11.08 | - | - | 7.46 | - | - | 10.79 | - |
| Nebraska | 10.78 | - | 12.49 | 8.80 | - | 11.97 | 7.48 | - | 12.67 | 8.95 | - | 12.50 |
| Nevada | 9.82 | 11.46 | 11.19 | 7.00 | 8.26 | 8.91 | 2.80 | 6.48 | 5.37 | 5.63 | 8.90 | 7.31 |
| New Hampshire | 13.39 | 18.70 | 19.38 | 13.54 | 19.26 | 17.39 | 12.18 | 29.16 | 12.16 | 13.08 | 19.21 | 18.54 |
| New Jersey | 14.53 | 15.63 | 12.49 | 13.94 | 12.85 | 11.92 | 11.86 | 6.31 | 11.61 | 13.66 | 14.48 | 12.38 |
| New Mexico | 10.52 | 11.68 | 13.94 | 9.77 | 9.55 | 11.14 | 5.68 | 4.86 | 7.57 | 8.23 | 8.97 | 10.00 |
| New York | 17.62 | 17.01 | 13.67 | 15.83 | 15.68 | 10.12 | 4.24 | 6.60 | - | 16.14 | 16.26 | 12.95 |
| North Carolina | 11.94 | 10.57 | 11.91 | 10.51 | 8.14 | 10.11 | 7.44 | 6.11 | 6.68 | 10.36 | 8.63 | 11.13 |
| North Dakota | 6.54 | 10.11 | 10.33 | 7.10 | 8.86 | 10.02 | 10.06 | 7.05 | 8.07 | 7.02 | 9.10 | 8.98 |
| Ohio | 11.96 | 12.50 | 12.99 | 11.29 | 10.76 | 11.66 | 9.10 | 6.78 | 8.00 | 10.49 | 11.66 | 11.52 |
| Oklahoma | 11.25 | 9.67 | 11.13 | 9.57 | 6.95 | 10.65 | 5.26 | 4.57 | 6.06 | 8.09 | 7.26 | 9.39 |
| Oregon | 8.92 | 11.24 | 9.70 | 8.48 | 9.24 | 7.90 | 5.03 | 7.09 | 5.74 | 7.25 | 9.69 | 7.82 |
| Pennsylvania | 13.33 | 13.25 | 12.85 | 12.53 | 10.87 | 10.97 | 8.94 | 7.46 | 8.00 | 11.88 | 12.55 | 11.80 |
| Rhode Island | 14.33 | 18.47 | - | 16.33 | 16.43 | - | 12.85 | 15.19 | - | 13.93 | 17.78 | - |
| South Carolina | 11.81 | 12.58 | 13.06 | 10.24 | 9.99 | 11.92 | 5.70 | 5.94 | 7.37 | 8.75 | 9.44 | 11.60 |
| South Dakota | 10.12 | 11.80 | 11.47 | 8.77 | 10.16 | 10.33 | 7.53 | 7.05 | 8.00 | 8.77 | 10.19 | 10.17 |
| Tennessee | 10.35 | 8.49 | 10.63 | 10.23 | 8.72 | 11.00 | 6.50 | 5.73 | 5.83 | 9.56 | 7.30 | 10.03 |
| Texas | 10.62 | 10.19 | 10.58 | 8.99 | 7.76 | 9.42 | 6.78 | 4.89 | 7.12 | 9.37 | 7.22 | 9.48 |
| Utah | 9.84 | 11.59 | 8.07 | 8.94 | 8.81 | 7.68 | 6.78 | 6.29 | 6.86 | 9.00 | 8.73 | 7.74 |
| Vermont | 15.55 | 17.27 | 19.47 | 14.55 | 14.35 | 16.08 | 13.26 | 9.77 | 10.79 | 14.62 | 14.10 | 16.84 |
| Virginia | 11.42 | 11.20 | 11.99 | 9.20 | 7.73 | 10.69 | 7.48 | 6.33 | 7.32 | 9.75 | 8.86 | 10.50 |
| Washington | 8.66 | 10.61 | 8.82 | 7.54 | 9.80 | 7.64 | 4.81 | 7.73 | 6.20 | 7.08 | 9.96 | 7.92 |
| West Virginia | - | 11.41 | - | - | 9.33 | - | - | 6.57 | - | - | 8.95 | - |
| Wisconsin | 11.57 | 14.33 | 14.22 | 10.17 | 10.84 | 10.83 | 7.60 | 7.44 | 7.84 | 9.39 | 10.71 | 12.53 |
| Wyoming | 11.18 | 12.04 | 9.55 | 8.96 | 10.05 | 8.34 | 8.81 | 6.71 | 7.43 | 9.78 | 8.03 | 8.16 |
| Total US | 11.55 | 13.09 | 11.62 | 10.53 | 10.65 | 10.53 | 7.33 | 6.88 | 7.12 | 10.11 | 10.54 | 10.3 |
