The Most Expensive Electricity in America: 300 Utilities, Ranked

Name: US Electric Utilities Ranked by Residential Rate
Creator: WattSimple
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We computed the effective residential rate — total residential revenue divided by kilowatt-hours sold — for 300 major US electric utilities using federal EIA data (EIA-861, 2024). Unlike advertised rates, this is what customers actually paid, including riders, fees, and fuel surcharges. The gap is enormous: the same 1,000 kWh costs $483 on Hawaii Electric Light Co and $60 on PUD No 2 of Grant County.

Most expensive

48.3¢/kWh

Hawaii Electric Light Co — 2.9× the US average

Cheapest

6.0¢/kWh

PUD No 2 of Grant County — 8.0× cheaper than the most expensive

The spread

$423

difference for the same 1,000 kWh, depending on your utility

The 25 most expensive utilities

#	Utility	State	Rate/kWh	1,000 kWh	Avg bill
1	Hawaii Electric Light Co	HI	48.3¢	$483	$219.77
2	Maui Electric Co Ltd	HI	44.0¢	$440	$214.62
3	San Diego Gas & Electric	CA	43.6¢	$436	$159.10
4	Hawaiian Electric Co	HI	42.9¢	$429	$194.71
5	Pacific Gas & Electric	CA	39.6¢	$396	$198.05
6	Consolidated Edison Co-NY	NY	35.7¢	$357	$130.14
7	United Illuminating	CT	34.0¢	$340	$184.69
8	City of Glendale	CA	33.8¢	$338	$139.11
9	Massachusetts Electric	MA	33.6¢	$336	$165.44
10	Southern California Edison	CA	32.4¢	$324	$164.02
11	Golden Valley Elec Assn	AK	30.3¢	$303	$179.33
12	NSTAR Electric	MA	29.9¢	$299	$137.02
13	Connecticut Light & Power	CT	28.5¢	$285	$187.10
14	The Narragansett Electric	RI	28.3¢	$283	$162.29
15	Versant Power	ME	28.1¢	$281	$141.76
16	Upper Peninsula Power	MI	27.6¢	$276	$117.40
17	City of Pasadena	CA	26.0¢	$260	$123.59
18	Liberty Utilities	CA	25.9¢	$259	$144.49
19	Central Hudson Gas & Elec	NY	25.1¢	$251	$167.86
20	Long Island Power Authority	NY	24.6¢	$246	$181.50
21	Los Angeles Department of Water & Power	CA	23.8¢	$238	$115.63
22	New Hampshire Elec Coop	NH	23.8¢	$238	$137.42
23	Central Maine Power	ME	23.4¢	$234	$130.57
24	Atlantic City Electric	NJ	23.4¢	$234	$148.30
25	Matanuska Electric Assn	AK	23.4¢	$234	$141.62

The 25 cheapest utilities

#	Utility	State	Rate/kWh	1,000 kWh	Avg bill
300	PUD No 2 of Grant County	WA	6.0¢	$60	$99.71
299	PUD No 1 of Cowlitz County	WA	8.8¢	$88	$116.71
298	PUD No 1 of Benton County	WA	8.8¢	$88	$107.50
297	Inland Power & Light	WA +1	9.0¢	$90	$128.42
296	Flathead Electric Coop	MT	9.7¢	$97	$116.16
295	City of Lafayette	LA	10.1¢	$101	$120.55
294	Magic Valley Electric Coop	TX	10.2¢	$102	$132.08
293	South Plains Electric Coop	TX	10.3¢	$104	$110.74
292	PUD No 1 of Clark County	WA	10.4¢	$104	$104.88
291	Nebraska Public Power District	NE +1	10.6¢	$106	$100.00
290	City of Tacoma	WA	10.8¢	$108	$98.06
289	Lincoln Electric System	NE	10.9¢	$109	$87.70
288	Salt River Electric Coop	KY	10.9¢	$109	$130.62
287	MidAmerican Energy	IA +2	10.9¢	$109	$85.54
286	Entergy Louisiana	LA	11.1¢	$111	$135.28
285	Cuivre River Electric Coop	MO	11.1¢	$111	$140.15
284	Mohave Electric Cooperative	AZ	11.2¢	$112	$110.45
283	Trinity Valley Elec Coop	TX	11.3¢	$113	$142.78
282	Otter Tail Power	MN +2	11.3¢	$113	$105.86
281	Jackson Electric Member	GA	11.4¢	$114	$137.65
280	City of Bryan	TX	11.4¢	$114	$128.41
279	South Carolina Public Service Authority	SC	11.4¢	$114	$107.52
278	City of Lakeland	FL	11.4¢	$114	$133.94
277	Cobb Electric Membership	GA	11.4¢	$114	$128.40
276	Bluebonnet Electric Coop	TX	11.4¢	$114	$137.63

Who charges more: investor-owned, municipal, or co-op?

Customer-weighted average rate by utility ownership type, across the 300 utilities in this analysis.

Ownership	Utilities	Customers	Avg rate	vs US avg
Investor Owned	113	80.6M	18.4¢/kWh	+11%
Municipal	53	8.5M	15.3¢/kWh	−7%
Political Subdivision	12	3.1M	14.0¢/kWh	−15%
Cooperative	120	10.7M	13.4¢/kWh	−19%

Full ranking: all 300 utilities

Every utility in the analysis, most expensive first. Click any utility for its full rate breakdown and bill-by-usage table.

#	Utility	State	Rate/kWh	1,000 kWh	Avg bill
1	Hawaii Electric Light Co	HI	48.3¢	$483	$219.77
2	Maui Electric Co Ltd	HI	44.0¢	$440	$214.62
3	San Diego Gas & Electric	CA	43.6¢	$436	$159.10
4	Hawaiian Electric Co	HI	42.9¢	$429	$194.71
5	Pacific Gas & Electric	CA	39.6¢	$396	$198.05
6	Consolidated Edison Co-NY	NY	35.7¢	$357	$130.14
7	United Illuminating	CT	34.0¢	$340	$184.69
8	City of Glendale	CA	33.8¢	$338	$139.11
9	Massachusetts Electric	MA	33.6¢	$336	$165.44
10	Southern California Edison	CA	32.4¢	$324	$164.02
11	Golden Valley Elec Assn	AK	30.3¢	$303	$179.33
12	NSTAR Electric	MA	29.9¢	$299	$137.02
13	Connecticut Light & Power	CT	28.5¢	$285	$187.10
14	The Narragansett Electric	RI	28.3¢	$283	$162.29
15	Versant Power	ME	28.1¢	$281	$141.76
16	Upper Peninsula Power	MI	27.6¢	$276	$117.40
17	City of Pasadena	CA	26.0¢	$260	$123.59
18	Liberty Utilities	CA	25.9¢	$259	$144.49
19	Central Hudson Gas & Elec	NY	25.1¢	$251	$167.86
20	Long Island Power Authority	NY	24.6¢	$246	$181.50
21	Los Angeles Department of Water & Power	CA	23.8¢	$238	$115.63
22	New Hampshire Elec Coop	NH	23.8¢	$238	$137.42
23	Central Maine Power	ME	23.4¢	$234	$130.57
24	Atlantic City Electric	NJ	23.4¢	$234	$148.30
25	Matanuska Electric Assn	AK	23.4¢	$234	$141.62
26	Orange & Rockland Utils	NY	23.3¢	$233	$156.25
27	Public Service Co of NH	NH	22.7¢	$227	$136.15
28	Green Mountain Power	VT	22.1¢	$221	$129.46
29	Modesto Irrigation District	CA	21.8¢	$218	$176.01
30	Duquesne Light	PA	21.7¢	$217	$131.53
31	Chugach Electric Assn	AK	21.2¢	$212	$107.75
32	Rockland Electric	NJ	21.0¢	$210	$195.20
33	Public Service Elec & Gas	NJ	20.4¢	$204	$115.47
34	Madison Gas & Electric	WI	20.3¢	$203	$98.89
35	City of Riverside	CA	20.2¢	$202	$128.68
36	DTE Electric	MI	20.1¢	$201	$122.74
37	City of Lansing	MI	19.8¢	$198	$101.76
38	Ohio Power	OH	19.3¢	$193	$173.55
39	City of Burbank Water and Power	CA	19.3¢	$193	$89.90
40	Wisconsin Electric Power	WI	19.2¢	$192	$120.21
41	Great Lakes Energy Coop	MI	19.2¢	$192	$117.09
42	Consumers Energy	MI	19.1¢	$191	$120.01
43	Northern Indiana Pub Serv	IN	19.1¢	$191	$125.77
44	Blue Ridge Electric Coop	SC	18.9¢	$189	$189.40
45	UGI Utilities	PA	18.9¢	$189	$157.89
46	Potomac Electric Power	MD +1	18.8¢	$188	$141.26
47	Rochester Gas & Electric	NY	18.8¢	$188	$127.28
48	City of Roseville	CA	18.7¢	$187	$134.32
49	Delmarva Power	DE +1	18.4¢	$184	$167.08
50	New York State Elec & Gas	NY	18.3¢	$183	$132.40
51	Portland General Electric	OR	18.2¢	$182	$141.40
52	Baltimore Gas & Electric	MD	17.9¢	$179	$155.58
53	Imperial Irrigation District	CA	17.9¢	$179	$207.56
54	Rochester Public Utilities	MN	17.9¢	$179	$100.35
55	Interstate Power and Light	IA	17.9¢	$179	$127.80
56	Lake Country Power	MN	17.9¢	$179	$148.34
57	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	CA	17.9¢	$179	$125.54
58	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec	IN	17.5¢	$175	$155.32
59	FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric	PA +1	17.4¢	$174	$148.80
60	Niagara Mohawk Power	NY	17.2¢	$172	$109.74
61	City of Anaheim	CA	17.1¢	$171	$79.86
62	Black Hills Colorado Electric	CO	17.1¢	$171	$97.37
63	PPL Electric Utilities	PA	17.0¢	$170	$144.25
64	Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power	WY	17.0¢	$170	$98.83
65	Appalachian Power	VA +1	16.9¢	$169	$181.38
66	Wisconsin Power & Light	WI	16.9¢	$169	$113.70
67	City of Santa Clara	CA	16.9¢	$169	$71.80
68	East Central Energy	MN +1	16.9¢	$169	$137.26
69	Alabama Power	AL	16.8¢	$168	$189.36
70	Cleveland Electric Illum	OH	16.8¢	$168	$103.26
71	La Plata Electric Assn	CO	16.7¢	$167	$110.35
72	The Toledo Edison	OH	16.6¢	$166	$123.09
73	Central Alabama Electric Coop	AL	16.6¢	$166	$193.64
74	Duke Energy Florida	FL	16.6¢	$166	$170.34
75	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	MN +2	16.5¢	$165	$99.41
76	Choptank Electric Cooperative	MD	16.5¢	$165	$183.10
77	Indiana Michigan Power	IN +1	16.5¢	$165	$135.94
78	Arizona Public Service	AZ	16.4¢	$165	$170.02
79	Grayson-Collin Elec Coop	TX	16.4¢	$164	$185.63
80	Turlock Irrigation District	CA	16.3¢	$163	$140.80
81	Wisconsin Public Service	WI	16.2¢	$162	$96.60
82	Ohio Edison	OH	16.2¢	$162	$127.09
83	PECO Energy	PA	16.2¢	$162	$121.18
84	UNS Electric	AZ	16.0¢	$160	$147.96
85	Northern States Power	WI +1	15.8¢	$158	$108.49
86	United Power	CO	15.8¢	$158	$127.70
87	City of Independence	MO	15.7¢	$157	$132.43
88	ALLETE	MN	15.7¢	$157	$101.99
89	Jersey Central Power & Lt	NJ	15.7¢	$157	$123.82
90	Tucson Electric Power	AZ	15.6¢	$156	$125.10
91	Public Service Co of NM	NM	15.6¢	$156	$89.42
92	Aiken Electric Coop	SC	15.5¢	$155	$170.28
93	Mountain View Elec Assn	CO	15.5¢	$155	$139.24
94	Georgia Power	GA	15.5¢	$155	$153.24
95	Southside Electric Coop	VA	15.5¢	$155	$171.45
96	Duke Energy Progress	NC +1	15.5¢	$155	$157.74
97	City of Kansas City	KS	15.4¢	$154	$119.16
98	Nevada Power	NV	15.3¢	$153	$146.89
99	Dayton Power & Light	OH	15.3¢	$153	$140.24
100	Ameren Illinois	IL	15.3¢	$153	$130.20
101	Orlando Utilities Comm	FL	15.2¢	$152	$149.91
102	Commonwealth Edison	IL	15.2¢	$152	$88.72
103	Kenergy	KY	15.2¢	$152	$178.92
104	Kentucky Power	KY	15.1¢	$151	$178.32
105	Public Service Co of Colorado	CO	15.0¢	$151	$90.26
106	CORE Electric Cooperative	CO	15.0¢	$150	$129.93
107	Duke Energy Ohio	OH	15.0¢	$150	$133.28
108	Berkeley Electric Coop	SC	14.9¢	$149	$170.31
109	Rappahannock Electric Coop	VA	14.9¢	$149	$170.46
110	Mid-Carolina Electric Coop	SC	14.9¢	$149	$170.59
111	South Central Power	OH	14.9¢	$149	$159.68
112	Gainesville Regional Utilities	FL	14.9¢	$149	$115.91
113	City of Cleveland	OH	14.9¢	$149	$73.28
114	Talquin Electric Coop	FL	14.8¢	$149	$167.12
115	Empire District Electric	MO +3	14.8¢	$148	$149.71
116	Southern Maryland Elec Coop	MD	14.8¢	$148	$170.08
117	Tampa Electric	FL	14.7¢	$147	$165.79
118	Laurens Electric Coop	SC	14.7¢	$147	$156.12
119	Puget Sound Energy	WA	14.6¢	$146	$128.07
120	Dominion Energy South Carolina	SC	14.6¢	$146	$150.60
121	Blue Ridge Elec Member	NC	14.6¢	$146	$126.74
122	Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn	MN	14.6¢	$146	$130.85
123	City of College Station	TX	14.6¢	$146	$135.47
124	Sierra Pacific Power	NV	14.5¢	$145	$99.68
125	Mississippi Power	MS	14.5¢	$145	$160.68
126	City of Colorado Springs	CO	14.4¢	$145	$89.51
127	Black Hills Power	SD +2	14.3¢	$143	$110.12
128	Evergy Kansas Central	KS	14.3¢	$143	$120.85
129	Evergy Kansas South	KS	14.2¢	$143	$124.92
130	Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn	MS	14.2¢	$143	$170.69
131	NorthWestern Energy	MT +1	14.2¢	$142	$101.19
132	Delaware Electric Cooperative	DE	14.2¢	$142	$146.66
133	Trico Electric Cooperative	AZ	14.2¢	$142	$133.48
134	City of Seattle	WA	14.1¢	$141	$84.68
135	Virginia Electric & Power	VA +1	14.1¢	$141	$142.75
136	Blue Ridge Mountain EMC	GA +1	14.0¢	$140	$130.07
137	Southern Pine Electric Cooperative	MS	14.0¢	$140	$163.25
138	Dakota Electric Association	MN	14.0¢	$140	$100.25
139	Satilla Rural Elec Member	GA	14.0¢	$140	$160.25
140	Minnesota Valley Electric Coop	MN	14.0¢	$140	$132.46
141	Monongahela Power	WV	14.0¢	$140	$124.56
142	Duke Energy Carolinas	NC +1	14.0¢	$140	$138.61
143	City of Columbia	MO	13.9¢	$139	$109.33
144	Baldwin County El Member	AL	13.9¢	$139	$156.10
145	Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop	VA	13.8¢	$138	$160.97
146	Coast Electric Power Assn	MS	13.8¢	$138	$171.42
147	Denton County Elec Coop	TX	13.8¢	$138	$166.39
148	AES Indiana	IN	13.8¢	$138	$123.20
149	Florida Power & Light	FL	13.7¢	$137	$154.70
150	Beauregard Electric Coop	LA	13.7¢	$137	$170.42
151	Entergy Texas	TX	13.7¢	$137	$165.32
152	Connexus Energy	MN	13.7¢	$137	$105.48
153	Brunswick Electric Member	NC	13.7¢	$137	$130.77
154	Jackson Energy Coop	KY	13.7¢	$137	$153.21
155	City of Tallahassee	FL	13.6¢	$136	$125.98
156	Flint Electric Membership	GA	13.6¢	$136	$171.05
157	Lee County Electric Coop	FL	13.5¢	$135	$159.34
158	Sulphur Springs Valley E C	AZ	13.5¢	$135	$100.12
159	Navopache Electric Coop	AZ +1	13.5¢	$135	$81.64
160	City of Garland	TX	13.5¢	$135	$146.98
161	Foley Board of Utilities	AL	13.5¢	$135	$166.62
162	Nashville Electric Service	TN	13.5¢	$135	$137.51
163	Salt River Project	AZ	13.5¢	$135	$162.97
164	Singing River Elec Cooperative	MS +1	13.5¢	$135	$162.22
165	Evergy Metro	MO +1	13.4¢	$134	$118.04
166	Duke Energy Kentucky	KY	13.4¢	$134	$119.52
167	Wake Electric Membership	NC	13.4¢	$134	$149.15
168	The Potomac Edison	MD +1	13.4¢	$134	$151.12
169	Carroll Electric Member	GA	13.4¢	$134	$160.45
170	Union Electric Membership	NC	13.4¢	$134	$164.48
171	Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Comp	MN	13.3¢	$133	$107.80
172	Arkansas Valley Elec Coop	AR +1	13.3¢	$133	$147.49
173	South River Elec Member	NC	13.3¢	$133	$167.20
174	Horry Electric Coop	SC	13.2¢	$132	$140.32
175	Choctawhatche Elec Coop	FL	13.2¢	$132	$160.38
176	Kissimmee Utility Authority	FL	13.2¢	$132	$148.59
177	Entergy Mississippi	MS	13.2¢	$132	$157.00
178	City of Fort Collins	CO	13.2¢	$132	$82.07
179	Colquitt Electric Membership	GA	13.2¢	$132	$152.86
180	Ozarks Electric Coop	AR +1	13.2¢	$132	$135.39
181	City of New Braunfels	TX	13.2¢	$132	$138.91
182	Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop	KY	13.2¢	$132	$156.03
183	Rutherford Elec Member	NC	13.1¢	$131	$146.41
184	Deep East Texas Elec Coop	TX	13.1¢	$131	$130.78
185	Sumter Electric Coop	FL	13.1¢	$131	$133.83
186	Clay Electric Cooperative	FL	13.1¢	$131	$159.07
187	Jones-Onslow Elec Member	NC	13.1¢	$131	$141.41
188	PacifiCorp	UT +5	13.1¢	$131	$108.19
189	City of Eugene	OR	13.1¢	$131	$115.11
190	Entergy New Orleans	LA	13.0¢	$130	$135.81
191	United Electric Coop Service	TX	13.0¢	$130	$168.47
192	Walton Electric Member	GA	13.0¢	$130	$161.20
193	Cumberland Elec Member	TN	13.0¢	$130	$176.97
194	City of Naperville	IL	13.0¢	$130	$98.85
195	Entergy Arkansas	AR +1	13.0¢	$130	$136.93
196	Appalachian Electric Coop	TN	12.9¢	$129	$157.98
197	Southwestern Public Service	TX +1	12.9¢	$129	$125.18
198	South Kentucky Rural E C C	KY +1	12.9¢	$129	$129.91
199	Southwest Tennessee E M C	TN	12.9¢	$129	$166.51
200	4-County Electric Power Assn	MS	12.9¢	$129	$156.25
201	Kingsport Power	TN	12.8¢	$128	$157.67
202	Lumbee River Elec Member	NC	12.8¢	$128	$167.82
203	City of Denton	TX	12.8¢	$128	$127.99
204	Coweta-Fayette El Member	GA	12.8¢	$128	$158.09
205	Palmetto Electric Coop	SC	12.8¢	$128	$153.88
206	City of Clarksville	TN	12.8¢	$128	$143.20
207	Upper Cumberland E M C	TN	12.8¢	$128	$150.57
208	Duke Energy Indiana	IN	12.8¢	$128	$120.26
209	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	OK	12.7¢	$127	$133.19
210	Brownsville Public Utilities Board	TX	12.7¢	$127	$141.78
211	El Paso Electric	TX +1	12.7¢	$127	$90.79
212	Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	TX	12.7¢	$127	$188.12
213	York Electric Coop	SC +1	12.6¢	$126	$136.65
214	Sam Houston Electric Coop	TX	12.6¢	$126	$144.08
215	Austin Energy	TX	12.6¢	$126	$104.85
216	Union Electric	MO	12.6¢	$126	$124.23
217	NorthWestern Energy	SD	12.6¢	$126	$113.36
218	Evergy Missouri West	MO	12.6¢	$126	$122.68
219	Owen Electric Coop	KY	12.6¢	$126	$139.08
220	Southwestern Electric Power	LA +2	12.5¢	$125	$128.44
221	Knoxville Utilities Board	TN	12.5¢	$125	$137.06
222	Duck River Elec Member	TN	12.5¢	$125	$168.56
223	Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop	TX	12.5¢	$125	$149.49
224	Cass County Elec Coop	ND	12.4¢	$125	$122.93
225	City of San Antonio	TX	12.4¢	$124	$133.09
226	JEA	FL	12.4¢	$124	$132.51
227	Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)	TN +1	12.4¢	$124	$148.92
228	Amicalola Electric Member	GA	12.4¢	$124	$153.72
229	Johnson City	TN	12.4¢	$124	$143.48
230	Upshur Rural Elec Coop	TX	12.4¢	$124	$145.98
231	Snapping Shoals El Member	GA	12.4¢	$124	$159.18
232	Omaha Public Power District	NE	12.4¢	$124	$109.32
233	Withlacoochee River Elec Coop	FL	12.3¢	$124	$151.17
234	Peace River Electric Coop	FL	12.3¢	$124	$145.60
235	Cleco Power	LA	12.3¢	$123	$150.02
236	Blue Grass Energy Coop	KY	12.3¢	$123	$143.83
237	City of Chattanooga	TN +1	12.3¢	$123	$137.25
238	City of Longmont	CO	12.3¢	$123	$85.05
239	Carroll Electric Coop	AR +1	12.3¢	$123	$131.22
240	Louisville Gas & Electric	KY	12.3¢	$123	$111.87
241	First Electric Coop	AR	12.3¢	$123	$143.15
242	Oklahoma Electric Coop	OK	12.2¢	$122	$154.67
243	Central Georgia El Member	GA	12.2¢	$122	$156.66
244	City of Athens	AL	12.2¢	$122	$139.17
245	Pedernales Electric Coop	TX	12.2¢	$122	$145.55
246	GreyStone Power	GA	12.2¢	$122	$144.96
247	Poudre Valley REA	CO	12.2¢	$122	$108.03
248	Fayetteville Public Works Commission	NC	12.2¢	$122	$118.52
249	Volunteer Electric Coop	TN	12.2¢	$122	$144.20
250	North Georgia Elec Member	GA	12.2¢	$122	$163.77
251	City of Memphis	TN	12.2¢	$122	$138.50
252	City of Ocala	FL	12.1¢	$121	$126.31
253	Montana-Dakota Utilities	ND +3	12.1¢	$121	$97.09
254	Holy Cross Electric Assn	CO	12.0¢	$120	$138.45
255	Southwest Electric Coop	MO	12.0¢	$120	$124.23
256	Warren Rural Elec Coop	KY	12.0¢	$120	$151.22
257	Greenville Utilities Comm	NC	12.0¢	$120	$118.91
258	Kentucky Utilities	KY +1	12.0¢	$120	$131.93
259	City of Lenoir	TN	11.9¢	$120	$145.92
260	City of Springfield	IL	11.9¢	$120	$99.19
261	Dixie Electric Membership	LA	11.9¢	$119	$157.38
262	Washington-St Tammany E C	LA	11.9¢	$119	$153.21
263	Avista	WA +2	11.8¢	$118	$105.41
264	Middle Tennessee E M C	TN	11.8¢	$118	$148.33
265	Oklahoma Gas & Electric	OK +1	11.8¢	$118	$124.82
266	Idaho Power	ID +1	11.7¢	$117	$108.12
267	City of Florence	AL	11.6¢	$116	$147.80
268	Northern Virginia Elec Coop	VA	11.6¢	$116	$132.36
269	Southwest Louisiana E M C	LA	11.6¢	$116	$159.02
270	Sawnee Electric Membership	GA	11.5¢	$115	$136.25
271	EnergyUnited Elec Member	NC	11.5¢	$115	$137.08
272	PUD No 1 of Snohomish County	WA	11.5¢	$115	$108.89
273	Farmers Electric Coop	TX	11.5¢	$115	$143.04
274	City Utilities of Springfield	MO	11.5¢	$115	$96.00
275	City of Huntsville	AL	11.5¢	$115	$134.29
276	Bluebonnet Electric Coop	TX	11.4¢	$114	$137.63
277	Cobb Electric Membership	GA	11.4¢	$114	$128.40
278	City of Lakeland	FL	11.4¢	$114	$133.94
279	South Carolina Public Service Authority	SC	11.4¢	$114	$107.52
280	City of Bryan	TX	11.4¢	$114	$128.41
281	Jackson Electric Member	GA	11.4¢	$114	$137.65
282	Otter Tail Power	MN +2	11.3¢	$113	$105.86
283	Trinity Valley Elec Coop	TX	11.3¢	$113	$142.78
284	Mohave Electric Cooperative	AZ	11.2¢	$112	$110.45
285	Cuivre River Electric Coop	MO	11.1¢	$111	$140.15
286	Entergy Louisiana	LA	11.1¢	$111	$135.28
287	MidAmerican Energy	IA +2	10.9¢	$109	$85.54
288	Salt River Electric Coop	KY	10.9¢	$109	$130.62
289	Lincoln Electric System	NE	10.9¢	$109	$87.70
290	City of Tacoma	WA	10.8¢	$108	$98.06
291	Nebraska Public Power District	NE +1	10.6¢	$106	$100.00
292	PUD No 1 of Clark County	WA	10.4¢	$104	$104.88
293	South Plains Electric Coop	TX	10.3¢	$104	$110.74
294	Magic Valley Electric Coop	TX	10.2¢	$102	$132.08
295	City of Lafayette	LA	10.1¢	$101	$120.55
296	Flathead Electric Coop	MT	9.7¢	$97	$116.16
297	Inland Power & Light	WA +1	9.0¢	$90	$128.42
298	PUD No 1 of Benton County	WA	8.8¢	$88	$107.50
299	PUD No 1 of Cowlitz County	WA	8.8¢	$88	$116.71
300	PUD No 2 of Grant County	WA	6.0¢	$60	$99.71

Methodology

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual data (EIA-861, 2024), Sales to Ultimate Customers — residential sector, bundled service (Part A).
Effective rate = residential revenue ÷ residential kWh sold. Average bill = residential revenue ÷ residential customers ÷ 12. This captures everything on the bill — supply, delivery, riders, surcharges — not the advertised energy charge.
Scope: the 300largest US utilities by residential customer count offering bundled service. Delivery-only utilities (restructured markets where a separate company supplies the energy) are excluded, since their rate alone would understate the customer's true cost.
Multi-state utilities are ranked by their customer-weighted average rate across the states they serve.

Reuse: this analysis is free to cite or republish with attribution and a link to wattsimple.com/reports/most-expensive-utilities. Underlying data is public (EIA); the ranking and computations are WattSimple's.

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