Rate changes, July 2026
US residential electricity was +4.9% on a year earlier. Hawaii rose most, +22.0%; 13 states rose less than 3%, and 6 fell.
State prices EIA, July 2026Tariffs checked September 28, 2026
Largest year-over-year increases
Average residential price, July 2026 against the same month a year earlier.
Tariff changes
Every month HomeWattCost re-reads each modelled plan in the OpenEI Utility Rate Database and records when a new version replaces the one on file.
No modelled tariff has changed since HomeWattCost started tracking them on September 28, 2026. New versions will be listed here with their effective date.
| State | ¢/kWh | vs. year ago |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 48.00 | +22.0% |
| New Hampshire | 26.60 | +16.7% |
| Maine | 32.41 | +15.8% |
| New York | 29.90 | +14.0% |
| Maryland | 21.41 | +13.7% |
| North Carolina | 15.16 | +13.4% |
| Michigan | 23.05 | +12.2% |
| Ohio | 19.45 | +11.9% |
| Idaho | 13.73 | +11.8% |
| Illinois | 19.22 | +11.6% |
| Delaware | 18.48 | +11.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 21.72 | +11.3% |
| Virginia | 17.55 | +11.2% |
| District of Columbia | 25.21 | +9.4% |
| Washington | 14.71 | +9.4% |
| Arkansas | 14.33 | +8.1% |
| Rhode Island | 28.29 | +8.1% |
| Nebraska | 13.78 | +7.3% |
| Vermont | 23.75 | +7.3% |
| Mississippi | 14.54 | +7.1% |
| Colorado | 17.00 | +6.3% |
| Oklahoma | 14.35 | +6.1% |
| South Dakota | 15.37 | +5.9% |
| Alaska | 28.83 | +5.6% |
| Kansas | 15.27 | +5.6% |
| Kentucky | 13.81 | +5.2% |
| South Carolina | 15.47 | +5.2% |
| Montana | 14.99 | +5.0% |
| Georgia | 16.27 | +4.6% |
| Iowa | 15.99 | +4.4% |
| Wisconsin | 19.06 | +4.4% |
| Tennessee | 13.71 | +3.8% |
| Indiana | 16.73 | +3.4% |
| Missouri | 16.09 | +3.4% |
| Texas | 15.88 | +3.4% |
| Minnesota | 17.45 | +3.1% |
| Nevada | 12.77 | +3.1% |
| Alabama | 16.40 | +3.0% |
| California | 33.61 | +2.9% |
| Oregon | 15.97 | +2.3% |
| West Virginia | 15.78 | +2.3% |
| New Mexico | 16.09 | +1.8% |
| Massachusetts | 30.49 | +1.4% |
| North Dakota | 13.41 | +0.8% |
| Arizona | 15.38 | +0.3% |
| Florida | 15.03 | -0.5% |
| New Jersey | 25.19 | -0.5% |
| Wyoming | 14.36 | -1.9% |
| Utah | 13.12 | -2.5% |
| Louisiana | 12.72 | -3.0% |
| Connecticut | 24.16 | -12.5% |