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Electricity Rate Increases by State: July 2025 to July 2026 (EIA)

This table ranks every US state’s year-over-year change in average residential electricity rates, comparing the EIA’s July 2026 Electric Power Monthly figures against July 2025, so you can see which states saw the sharpest increases, which saw rare decreases, and how your own state compares to the national move of +4.9% (17.45¢ → 18.31¢). A rate change here reflects your utility’s average price per kWh, not your bill — your actual increase also depends on usage, a separate question this page doesn’t answer alone.
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July 2025 vs July 2026
Source
EIA EPM Table 5.6.A, residential
National move
17.45¢ → 18.31¢ (+4.9%)
Biggest risers
Hawaii (+22.0%), New Hampshire (+16.7%), Maine (+15.8%)
Biggest fallers
Connecticut (-12.5%), Louisiana (-3.0%), Utah (-2.5%)
Ranked by
Percent change, riser to faller

“Rates went up” is a national headline; what actually happened is fifty different numbers. Ranked below, riser to faller, from the EIA’s own June prints a year apart.

Every state, ranked by the year’s move

Table 1: Electricity Rate Increases by State: July 2025 to July 2026 (EIA)
# State July 2025 July 2026 Change
1 Hawaii 39.36¢ 48.0¢ +22.0%
2 New Hampshire 22.79¢ 26.6¢ +16.7%
3 Maine 27.98¢ 32.41¢ +15.8%
4 New York 26.22¢ 29.9¢ +14.0%
5 Maryland 18.83¢ 21.41¢ +13.7%
6 North Carolina 13.37¢ 15.16¢ +13.4%
7 Michigan 20.55¢ 23.05¢ +12.2%
8 Ohio 17.38¢ 19.45¢ +11.9%
9 Idaho 12.28¢ 13.73¢ +11.8%
10 Illinois 17.22¢ 19.22¢ +11.6%
11 Delaware 16.58¢ 18.48¢ +11.5%
12 Pennsylvania 19.51¢ 21.72¢ +11.3%
13 Virginia 15.78¢ 17.55¢ +11.2%
14 Washington 13.45¢ 14.71¢ +9.4%
15 Arkansas 13.26¢ 14.33¢ +8.1%
16 Rhode Island 26.18¢ 28.29¢ +8.1%
17 Nebraska 12.84¢ 13.78¢ +7.3%
18 Vermont 22.14¢ 23.75¢ +7.3%
19 Mississippi 13.58¢ 14.54¢ +7.1%
20 Colorado 15.99¢ 17.0¢ +6.3%
21 Oklahoma 13.52¢ 14.35¢ +6.1%
22 South Dakota 14.52¢ 15.37¢ +5.9%
23 Alaska 27.3¢ 28.83¢ +5.6%
24 Kansas 14.46¢ 15.27¢ +5.6%
25 South Carolina 14.7¢ 15.47¢ +5.2%
26 Kentucky 13.13¢ 13.81¢ +5.2%
27 Montana 14.27¢ 14.99¢ +5.0%
28 Georgia 15.56¢ 16.27¢ +4.6%
29 Iowa 15.31¢ 15.99¢ +4.4%
30 Wisconsin 18.25¢ 19.06¢ +4.4%
31 Tennessee 13.21¢ 13.71¢ +3.8%
32 Missouri 15.56¢ 16.09¢ +3.4%
33 Indiana 16.18¢ 16.73¢ +3.4%
34 Texas 15.36¢ 15.88¢ +3.4%
35 Minnesota 16.92¢ 17.45¢ +3.1%
36 Nevada 12.39¢ 12.77¢ +3.1%
37 Alabama 15.93¢ 16.4¢ +3.0%
38 California 32.66¢ 33.61¢ +2.9%
39 Oregon 15.61¢ 15.97¢ +2.3%
40 West Virginia 15.43¢ 15.78¢ +2.3%
41 New Mexico 15.8¢ 16.09¢ +1.8%
42 Massachusetts 30.07¢ 30.49¢ +1.4%
43 North Dakota 13.31¢ 13.41¢ +0.8%
44 Arizona 15.34¢ 15.38¢ +0.3%
45 New Jersey 25.32¢ 25.19¢ -0.5%
46 Florida 15.11¢ 15.03¢ -0.5%
47 Wyoming 14.64¢ 14.36¢ -1.9%
48 Utah 13.45¢ 13.12¢ -2.5%
49 Louisiana 13.12¢ 12.72¢ -3.0%
50 Connecticut 27.6¢ 24.16¢ -12.5%

The biggest movers

Hawaii (+22.0%), New Hampshire (+16.7%) and Maine (+15.8%) rose the most over the twelve months to July 2026. On the other side, Utah (-2.5%), Louisiana (-3.0%) and Connecticut (-12.5%) moved the least — or fell — one of the few honest reminders that “electricity rates are rising everywhere” isn’t quite true in every state, every year. The national average moved +4.9%, from 17.45¢ to 18.31¢.

Why rates rise

Fuel costs feed into rates with a lag as utilities true up what they paid for natural gas, coal, or purchased power; capital spending on transmission, distribution, grid hardening and generation is recovered through rate cases approved by state regulators; and riders — separate line items for storm recovery, wildfire mitigation, efficiency programs or renewable procurement — can raise the effective average even when the base rate doesn’t move. A state’s year-over-year change on this table is the net of all three, not any one alone.

What a rate rise costs, in words

A household using roughly 1,000 kWh a month sees its bill move by the rate change in cents × 10 each month — a few cents per kWh compounds to real annual dollars well before it looks dramatic as a percentage. Your exact impact depends on your own usage, which is what the bill jump calculator computes from your actual bills, and the rate tracker shows whether your state’s move is a blip or a trend.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) electricity rates · DSIRE incentive records · public IRS/OBBBA guidance. Figures are modeled estimates, not quotes or tax advice. See our methodology.

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