EIA data · final 2025
Industrial electricity rates by state
The average price industrial customers paid in every state in 2025, how it has moved since 2015, and what the average industrial customer used and was billed. Official figures for site selection and budgeting, read as averages.
The average U.S. industrial electricity price was 8.51¢ per kWh in 2025, according to EIA, from 5.85¢ in New Mexico to 31.45¢ in Hawaii. The average industrial customer used 77,313 kWh a month and was billed about $6,581. Each figure averages every industrial customer in a state.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data) · 2026-11-10
By state, highest price first
Industrial prices rose between 2015 and 2025 in 49 of the 51 markets shown. The commercial price is beside each for comparison. Which class an account falls in is set by its utility, and the line is drawn differently from one utility to the next.
| Rank | State | Industrial price per kWh | Change since 2015 | Industrial customers | Average use a month | Average bill a month | Commercial price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8.51¢ | +23% | 1,131,902 | 77,313 kWh | $6,581 | 13.37¢ | |
| 1 | Hawaii | 31.45¢ | +36% | 846 | 352,740 kWh | $110,947 | 36.31¢ |
| 2 | Rhode Island | 21.40¢ | +56% | 1,715 | 30,511 kWh | $6,531 | 23.40¢ |
| 3 | California | 20.96¢ | +72% | 145,404 | 24,634 kWh | $5,164 | 26.16¢ |
| 4 | Alaska | 19.86¢ | +37% | 1,218 | 96,867 kWh | $19,240 | 22.35¢ |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 19.04¢ | +41% | 9,942 | 50,649 kWh | $9,645 | 23.10¢ |
| 6 | Connecticut | 18.43¢ | +42% | 3,792 | 55,986 kWh | $10,318 | 22.92¢ |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 16.82¢ | +32% | 3,026 | 50,335 kWh | $8,464 | 20.11¢ |
| 8 | Maine | 14.88¢ | +64% | 1,826 | 107,573 kWh | $16,002 | 20.86¢ |
| 9 | District of Columbia | 14.82¢ | +69% | 1 | 16,453,917 kWh | $2,437,783 | 20.43¢ |
| 10 | New Jersey | 13.79¢ | +30% | 11,044 | 46,592 kWh | $6,425 | 16.53¢ |
| 11 | Maryland | 12.52¢ | +47% | 9,423 | 31,056 kWh | $3,887 | 14.72¢ |
| 12 | Vermont | 12.23¢ | +19% | 228 | 463,544 kWh | $56,695 | 19.78¢ |
| 13 | New York | 9.87¢ | +56% | 17,117 | 78,564 kWh | $7,754 | 20.97¢ |
| 14 | Illinois | 9.63¢ | +44% | 5,635 | 632,512 kWh | $60,916 | 13.10¢ |
| 15 | Delaware | 9.62¢ | +16% | 1,186 | 138,490 kWh | $13,329 | 12.68¢ |
| 16 | Virginia | 9.49¢ | +37% | 3,946 | 285,050 kWh | $27,058 | 9.95¢ |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | 9.34¢ | +30% | 11,089 | 349,371 kWh | $32,639 | 12.42¢ |
| 18 | Minnesota | 9.31¢ | +33% | 10,263 | 154,204 kWh | $14,351 | 12.35¢ |
| 19 | Colorado | 9.02¢ | +22% | 15,884 | 80,384 kWh | $7,253 | 12.37¢ |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 8.94¢ | +18% | 5,782 | 335,073 kWh | $29,946 | 13.06¢ |
| 21 | Florida | 8.91¢ | +8.4% | 26,112 | 54,884 kWh | $4,888 | 11.53¢ |
| 22 | Indiana | 8.66¢ | +26% | 17,894 | 200,861 kWh | $17,402 | 13.70¢ |
| 23 | South Dakota | 8.65¢ | +17% | 4,314 | 59,953 kWh | $5,187 | 10.61¢ |
| 24 | Wyoming | 8.65¢ | +28% | 11,966 | 60,834 kWh | $5,262 | 9.53¢ |
| 25 | Michigan | 8.51¢ | +21% | 5,823 | 408,514 kWh | $34,767 | 14.48¢ |
| 26 | Utah | 8.45¢ | +37% | 10,847 | 65,819 kWh | $5,562 | 10.06¢ |
| 27 | Ohio | 8.39¢ | +20% | 17,625 | 237,041 kWh | $19,898 | 11.58¢ |
| 28 | Missouri | 8.25¢ | +28% | 9,373 | 114,402 kWh | $9,436 | 10.46¢ |
| 29 | Oregon | 8.20¢ | +37% | 26,615 | 37,958 kWh | $3,113 | 9.80¢ |
| 30 | West Virginia | 8.11¢ | +33% | 10,823 | 111,663 kWh | $9,056 | 11.73¢ |
| 31 | Nevada | 8.09¢ | +20% | 4,799 | 202,544 kWh | $16,390 | 9.21¢ |
| 32 | Arizona | 8.05¢ | +29% | 7,447 | 166,265 kWh | $13,377 | 12.45¢ |
| 33 | Nebraska | 8.05¢ | +6.1% | 63,597 | 15,579 kWh | $1,254 | 8.50¢ |
| 34 | Kansas | 8.04¢ | +5.7% | 23,870 | 39,583 kWh | $3,183 | 11.19¢ |
| 35 | Georgia | 7.88¢ | +34% | 22,905 | 119,897 kWh | $9,442 | 11.53¢ |
| 36 | Idaho | 7.88¢ | +19% | 29,828 | 27,333 kWh | $2,153 | 9.29¢ |
| 37 | North Carolina | 7.79¢ | +20% | 8,722 | 243,806 kWh | $18,982 | 10.22¢ |
| 38 | Alabama | 7.73¢ | +28% | 7,822 | 347,714 kWh | $26,882 | 14.60¢ |
| 39 | North Dakota | 7.59¢ | −5.9% | 10,974 | 103,678 kWh | $7,868 | 7.36¢ |
| 40 | Mississippi | 7.28¢ | +11% | 10,999 | 120,899 kWh | $8,800 | 13.20¢ |
| 41 | South Carolina | 7.26¢ | +20% | 3,553 | 582,327 kWh | $42,287 | 11.18¢ |
| 42 | Iowa | 7.15¢ | +21% | 9,289 | 271,224 kWh | $19,404 | 10.84¢ |
| 43 | Montana | 7.03¢ | +32% | 11,722 | 31,518 kWh | $2,214 | 11.88¢ |
| 44 | Washington | 7.00¢ | +61% | 27,794 | 54,230 kWh | $3,798 | 10.97¢ |
| 45 | Kentucky | 6.78¢ | +24% | 4,752 | 489,986 kWh | $33,221 | 11.75¢ |
| 46 | Arkansas | 6.69¢ | +7.4% | 37,237 | 48,659 kWh | $3,256 | 10.76¢ |
| 47 | Tennessee | 6.59¢ | +6.8% | 1,016 | 2,071,250 kWh | $136,498 | 12.87¢ |
| 48 | Texas | 6.35¢ | +14% | 398,644 | 39,322 kWh | $2,499 | 8.56¢ |
| 49 | Louisiana | 6.18¢ | +14% | 17,142 | 202,159 kWh | $12,486 | 11.19¢ |
| 50 | Oklahoma | 6.14¢ | +15% | 19,739 | 96,725 kWh | $5,942 | 9.09¢ |
| 51 | New Mexico | 5.85¢ | −7.6% | 9,292 | 133,526 kWh | $7,808 | 11.01¢ |
Every state and year as CSV. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, final 2025 data; use and bill from EIA’s average-bill table.
The U.S. industrial price since 2010
What these averages leave out
- Customer size. One state’s industrial class can be a few large smelters or data centers, another’s thousands of small plants. A handful of very large customers can set a state’s average.
- Demand charges. The average is total revenue over total kWh. A plant with a high peak and few hours pays far more per kWh than one running around the clock.
- Special contracts. Some large customers are on negotiated or economic-development rates that are not on any public schedule.
For the utility a site would sit in, price by utility lists what each one billed, and every large utility has a page with its residential, commercial and industrial prices side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial sets the three classes side by side for every state.
Common questions
- What is the average industrial electricity rate in the U.S.?
- 8.51¢ per kWh in 2025, the average revenue per kWh from every U.S. industrial customer (EIA). It rose 23% from 6.91¢ in 2015.
- Which state has the lowest average industrial electricity price?
- New Mexico, at an average of 5.85¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA). Hawaii was the highest at 31.45¢. A state average mixes very different customers, from a small plant to a smelter, so it is a starting point for a site comparison, not a quote.
- Why is industrial electricity cheaper than commercial?
- Industrial customers use far more power, often take it at transmission or high distribution voltage, and use it more evenly through the day and the year, so the cost of serving each kWh is lower. Many also have contracts or special rates. Their bills carry large demand charges, which is where much of their cost sits.
- How do I compare industrial electricity costs between sites?
- Start with the utility that would serve each site, not the state average: rate schedules, demand charges and riders differ between utilities in the same state. Then price the same load profile, with the same peak demand and hours, against each schedule. The state figures here say which regions start cheaper.
A state average cannot tell you whether a plant’s bill is right. The bill itself can. Nobody calls unless you ask.