Electricity Price Increase by State: How Much Rates Rose

Source: EIA Form EIA-861 for each year, same method as the rest of this site, and BLS CPI-U U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0). The electricity index is series CUUR0000SEHF01.

The smallest increases were in Iowa (+9%), Nebraska (+12%), Kansas (+12%). Every place saw a higher price.

Source: Prices in cents per kWh. Bill change is the change in the average monthly residential bill. 11 places rose by more than the 36 percent rise in the electricity component of the CPI.

A home that used the 2025 US average of 874 kWh a month would have paid about $115.01 at 2020 prices and about $150.69 at 2025 prices, a difference of $35.67 a month, or $428 a year, from the price change alone. The median state rose +26%.

• It is price, not rate cases. The average price blends base rates, fuel and purchased power charges, riders and fixed charges, so it moves for more reasons than one rate filing.
• Customer mix matters. A change in how much homes use, or in which utilities are counted, moves a state average.
• Years are annual averages. A state with a late-year change will show most of it in the next year.
• Inflation is a yardstick, not a rule. Prices rising faster than overall inflation means electricity became costlier compared with other goods on average.

Each year's state price comes from the EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers file for that year. We add residential revenue for every service type and divide by residential sales for every type except delivery-only, so delivery and energy are not counted twice in states with retail choice. The method reproduces EIA's published state averages, and the 2025 figures match the rest of Kilowatt Atlas exactly.

Inflation comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, using annual averages. We compare the percent change in each place's price with the percent change in the index over the same years. Prices for 2020 are final data and may be revised by EIA, and we rebuild the tracker when new final data arrives.

EIA and the national laboratories name utility spending on delivery equipment, fuel and purchased power costs, extreme weather and wildfire costs and state policies among the causes, and the mix differs by place. Read why bills are going up and how electric rates are set. For help with a bill, see bill assistance.