What Power Costs, State by State
EnergyAtlasUSA tracks residential, commercial and industrial electricity prices, where each state's power actually comes from (coal, gas, nuclear, wind, solar, hydro), and how natural gas and gasoline prices have moved — all from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, going back over two decades for most series.
National average residential electricity price (2025): 17.92¢/kWh · Renewable share of U.S. generation: 22.74%
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Understand the Data
Prices are state averages across every utility and rate plan reporting to the EIA — not the tariff of any one provider. Generation figures are reported annually, so a state's "current" mix is really its most recent full reporting year.