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Historical state electricity prices
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The table below presents historical information about average residential electricity prices, broken down by year and state. This information comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Click on a column heading in the table below to sort the data.[1]
| Average residential electricity prices, 2002-2013 (cents per kilowatt) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Alabama | 7.39 | 7.62 | 8 | 8.75 | 9.32 | 10.4 | 10.66 | 10.67 | 11.09 | 11.4 | 11.35 |
| Alaska | 11.98 | 12.44 | 13.3 | 14.83 | 15.18 | 16.55 | 17.14 | 16.26 | 17.62 | 17.88 | 18.2 |
| Arizona | 8.35 | 8.46 | 8.86 | 9.4 | 9.66 | 10.27 | 10.73 | 10.97 | 11.08 | 11.29 | 11.8 |
| Arkansas | 7.24 | 7.36 | 8 | 8.85 | 8.73 | 9.27 | 9.14 | 8.86 | 9.02 | 9.3 | 9.57 |
| California | 12.23 | 12.2 | 12.51 | 14.33 | 14.42 | 13.81 | 14.74 | 14.75 | 14.78 | 15.34 | 16.39 |
| Colorado | 8.14 | 8.42 | 9.06 | 9.02 | 9.25 | 10.13 | 10 | 11.04 | 11.27 | 11.46 | 11.91 |
| Connecticut | 11.31 | 11.63 | 13.64 | 16.86 | 19.11 | 19.55 | 20.33 | 19.25 | 18.11 | 17.34 | 17.58 |
| Delaware | 8.59 | 8.78 | 9.01 | 11.85 | 13.16 | 13.93 | 14.07 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.58 | 13.04 |
| District of Columbia | 7.84 | 8 | 9.1 | 9.88 | 11.18 | 12.79 | 13.76 | 14.01 | 13.4 | 12.28 | 12.57 |
| Florida | 8.55 | 8.99 | 9.62 | 11.33 | 11.22 | 11.65 | 12.39 | 11.44 | 11.51 | 11.42 | 11.35 |
| Georgia | 7.7 | 7.86 | 8.64 | 8.91 | 9.1 | 9.93 | 10.13 | 10.07 | 11.05 | 11.17 | 11.34 |
| Hawaii | 16.73 | 18.06 | 20.7 | 23.35 | 24.12 | 32.5 | 24.2 | 28.1 | 34.68 | 37.34 | 37.02 |
| Idaho | 8.57 | 8.96 | 9.27 | 9.63 | 9.45 | 9.49 | 9.99 | 10.42 | 10.46 | 10.82 | 11.24 |
| Illinois | 6.24 | 6.1 | 6.29 | 6.21 | 6.36 | 6.99 | 7.8 | 7.99 | 7.87 | 8.67 | 9.37 |
| Indiana | 8.38 | 8.37 | 8.34 | 8.42 | 10.12 | 11.07 | 11.27 | 11.52 | 11.78 | 11.37 | 10.34 |
| Iowa | 7.04 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.22 | 8.26 | 8.87 | 9.5 | 9.56 | 10.06 | 10.53 | 10.89 |
| Kansas | 7.71 | 7.74 | 7.9 | 8.25 | 8.19 | 8.88 | 9.53 | 10.03 | 10.65 | 11.24 | 11.63 |
| Kentucky | 5.81 | 6.11 | 6.57 | 7.02 | 7.34 | 7.94 | 8.37 | 8.57 | 9.2 | 9.43 | 9.74 |
| Louisiana | 7.84 | 8.05 | 8.87 | 9.14 | 9.37 | 10.28 | 8.1 | 8.98 | 8.96 | 8.37 | 9.45 |
| Maine | 12.37 | 12.16 | 13.23 | 13.8 | 16.52 | 16.2 | 15.65 | 15.71 | 15.38 | 14.66 | 14.36 |
| Maryland | 7.73 | 7.8 | 8.46 | 9.71 | 11.89 | 13.84 | 14.98 | 14.32 | 13.31 | 12.84 | 13.22 |
| Massachusetts | 11.6 | 11.75 | 13.44 | 16.6 | 16.23 | 17.68 | 16.87 | 14.59 | 14.67 | 14.91 | 15.28 |
| Michigan | 8.35 | 8.33 | 8.4 | 9.77 | 10.21 | 10.75 | 11.6 | 12.46 | 13.27 | 14.13 | 14.63 |
| Minnesota | 7.65 | 7.92 | 8.28 | 8.7 | 9.18 | 9.74 | 10.04 | 10.59 | 10.96 | 11.35 | 12 |
| Mississippi | 7.6 | 8.21 | 8.71 | 9.66 | 9.36 | 10.39 | 10.22 | 9.87 | 10.17 | 10.26 | 10.84 |
| Montana | 6.96 | 6.97 | 7.08 | 7.44 | 7.69 | 8 | 8.54 | 9.08 | 9.75 | 10.17 | 10.69 |
| Missouri | 7.56 | 7.86 | 8.1 | 8.28 | 8.77 | 9.13 | 8.93 | 9.16 | 9.75 | 10.08 | 10.43 |
| Nebraska | 6.87 | 6.96 | 7.14 | 7.41 | 7.59 | 7.87 | 8.52 | 8.94 | 9.32 | 10.04 | 10.44 |
| Nevada | 9.02 | 9.69 | 10.20 | 11.08 | 11.82 | 11.93 | 12.86 | 12.36 | 11.61 | 11.83 | 11.89 |
| New Hampshire | 11.98 | 12.49 | 13.51 | 14.68 | 14.88 | 15.68 | 16.26 | 16.32 | 16.52 | 16.07 | 16.38 |
| New Jersey | 10.67 | 11.23 | 11.74 | 12.84 | 14.14 | 15.66 | 16.31 | 16.57 | 16.23 | 15.78 | 15.76 |
| New Mexico | 8.69 | 8.67 | 9.13 | 9.06 | 9.12 | 10.01 | 10.02 | 10.52 | 11 | 11.37 | 11.77 |
| New York | 14.31 | 14.54 | 15.72 | 16.89 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 17.5 | 18.74 | 18.26 | 17.62 | 18.89 |
| North Carolina | 8.32 | 8.45 | 8.65 | 9.12 | 9.4 | 9.52 | 9.99 | 10.12 | 10.26 | 10.91 | 10.95 |
| North Dakota | 6.49 | 6.79 | 6.99 | 7.14 | 7.3 | 7.51 | 7.58 | 8.13 | 8.58 | 9.06 | 9.18 |
| Ohio | 8.26 | 8.45 | 8.51 | 9.34 | 9.57 | 10.06 | 10.67 | 11.32 | 11.42 | 11.76 | 11.99 |
| Oklahoma | 7.47 | 7.72 | 7.95 | 8.55 | 8.58 | 9.09 | 8.49 | 9.14 | 9.47 | 9.51 | 9.79 |
| Oregon | 7.06 | 7.18 | 7.25 | 7.48 | 8.19 | 8.49 | 8.68 | 8.87 | 9.54 | 9.8 | 9.93 |
| Pennsylvania | 9.59 | 9.58 | 9.86 | 10.35 | 10.95 | 11.35 | 11.65 | 12.7 | 13.26 | 12.75 | 12.82 |
| Rhode Island | 11.61 | 12.19 | 13.04 | 15.12 | 14.05 | 17.45 | 15.6 | 15.92 | 14.33 | 14.4 | 14.96 |
| South Carolina | 8.01 | 8.12 | 8.67 | 9.03 | 9.19 | 9.89 | 10.44 | 10.5 | 11.05 | 11.77 | 11.85 |
| South Dakota | 7.47 | 7.65 | 7.77 | 7.83 | 8.07 | 8.27 | 8.49 | 8.97 | 9.35 | 10.07 | 10.33 |
| Tennessee | 6.55 | 6.9 | 6.98 | 7.75 | 7.84 | 8.91 | 9.32 | 9.23 | 9.98 | 10.1 | 10.06 |
| Texas | 9.16 | 9.73 | 10.93 | 12.86 | 12.34 | 13.04 | 12.38 | 11.6 | 11.08 | 10.98 | 11.38 |
| Utah | 6.9 | 7.21 | 7.52 | 7.59 | 8.15 | 8.26 | 8.48 | 8.71 | 8.96 | 9.93 | 10.46 |
| Vermont | 12.82 | 12.94 | 12.96 | 13.39 | 14.15 | 14.48 | 14.9 | 15.57 | 16.26 | 17.01 | 17.16 |
| Virginia | 7.76 | 7.99 | 8.16 | 8.49 | 8.74 | 9.62 | 10.61 | 10.45 | 10.64 | 11.08 | 10.98 |
| Washington | 6.31 | 6.37 | 6.54 | 6.82 | 7.26 | 7.54 | 7.68 | 8.04 | 8.28 | 8.53 | 8.68 |
| West Virginia | 6.24 | 6.23 | 6.21 | 6.35 | 6.73 | 7.06 | 7.9 | 8.79 | 9.39 | 9.85 | 9.57 |
| Wisconsin | 8.67 | 9.07 | 9.66 | 10.51 | 10.87 | 11.51 | 11.94 | 12.65 | 13.02 | 13.19 | 13.78 |
| Wyoming | 7.04 | 7.21 | 7.48 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 8.21 | 8.58 | 8.77 | 9.11 | 9.85 | 10.18 |
| United States | 8.72 | 8.95 | 9.45 | 10.4 | 10.65 | 11.26 | 11.51 | 11.54 | 11.72 | 11.88 | 12.16 |
Energy in the 50 states
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