Keeping electricity costs low is a priority for public power. Nationwide, the average residential customer served by public power pays 11.8 cents per kilowatt-hour, compared to 11.9 cents for cooperative utilities and 13.5 cents for customers served by investor-owned utilities.
For the average U.S. household, that amounts to $176.79 saved each year, or about $15 less per month.*
U.S. average retail electric rates, in cents per kWh
| Residential Customers | Commercial Customers | Industrial Customers | |
| Public Power | 11.8 | 10.8 | 7.4 |
| Cooperative | 11.9 | 10.7 | 7.2 |
| Investor owned | 13.5 | 10.9 | 7.0 |
State to state, public power rates are competitive. This map shows the average revenue from bundled sales per kWh for residential, commercial and industrial customers served by public power, cooperative and investor-owned utilities in 2017.
Take a look to see how your state compares.
*Based on the Energy Information Administration’s estimate of 10,399 kWh of annual average electricity consumption per U.S. residential customer in 2017.
| Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Total | |||||||||
| State | Public power | Private | Co-op | Public power | Private | Co-op | Public power | Private | Co-op | Public power | Private | Co-op |
| Alabama | 10.5 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 10.5 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| Alaska | 16.8 | 14.7 | 22.3 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 12.3 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 19.7 |
| Arizona | 11.6 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| Arkansas | 8.8 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| California | 15.7 | 19.0 | 15.9 | 14.6 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 15.6 | 8.4 | 14.4 | 17.6 | 14.0 |
| Colorado | 11.4 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 11.1 |
| Connecticut | 15.8 | 20.1 | - | 13.3 | 16.3 | - | 9.0 | 15.0 | - | 12.6 | 19.2 | - |
| Delaware | 13.8 | 13.8 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 11.5 | |
| District of Columbia | - | 12.2 | - | - | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 12.1 | - |
| Florida | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.1 |
| Georgia | 11.5 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.8 |
| Hawaii | - | 29.6 | - | - | 26.7 | - | - | 22.6 | - | - | 25.9 | - |
| Idaho | 7.5 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
| Illinois | 12.7 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 12.4 |
| Indiana | 11.1 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| Iowa | 11.2 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 10.4 |
| Kansas | 12.1 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
| Kentucky | 11.4 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Louisiana | 9.1 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 9.4 |
| Maine | 12.8 | 15.6 | 18.8 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 17.0 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 17.6 |
| Maryland | 8.5 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 13.4 | 12.1 |
| Massachusetts | 13.9 | 20.8 | - | 14.1 | 15.5 | - | 12.2 | 15.4 | - | 13.4 | 19.0 | - |
| Michigan | 13.8 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.7 |
| Minnesota | 12.2 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 11.6 |
| Mississippi | 10.6 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 10.8 |
| Missouri | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.2 |
| Montana | - | 11.6 | - | - | 11.1 | - | - | 7.6 | - | - | 10.9 | - |
| Nebraska | 10.9 | - | 12.6 | 8.9 | - | 11.9 | 7.4 | - | 12.6 | 9.0 | - | 12.5 |
| Nevada | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 7.2 |
| New Hampshire | 14.5 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 14.7 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 13.4 | 27.7 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 20.0 | 19.5 |
| New Jersey | 14.3 | 15.5 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 12.5 |
| New Mexico | 11.0 | 12.6 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 10.4 |
| New York | 18.3 | 17.5 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 13.0 | |
| North Carolina | 11.9 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 11.4 |
| North Dakota | 7.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 8.7 |
| Ohio | 12.6 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
| Oklahoma | 11.5 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 9.7 |
| Oregon | 8.9 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 7.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 13.1 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| Rhode Island | 15.7 | 18.0 | - | 16.6 | 16.2 | - | 14.2 | 15.6 | - | 15.3 | 17.4 | - |
| South Carolina | 12.0 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| South Dakota | 10.3 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| Tennessee | 10.7 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 10.2 |
| Texas | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 9.7 |
| Utah | 9.9 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 7.9 |
| Vermont | 15.4 | 17.6 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 16.0 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 17.0 |
| Virginia | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 10.2 |
| Washington | 8.9 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 10.1 | 8.1 |
| West Virginia | - | 11.6 | - | - | 9.6 | - | - | 6.6 | - | - | 9.0 | - |
| Wisconsin | 11.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 12.6 |
| Wyoming | 11.5 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 8.7 |
