How much have electricity
rates gone up near you?
Electricity rates are higher than they were five years ago in every U.S. state.² Nationally, the average home electricity price was 17.30 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025, up about 27% from 13.66 cents in 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).¹ Use Sunrun's Price of Power map below to see how much rates have risen in your state, or enter your address and average monthly bill to see your own utility's rates.
Electricity rate questions
Your rate pays for making electricity and delivering it to your home. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) points to a few main drivers: fuel prices, especially natural gas; the cost to build, finance and run power plants; upgrades and storm repairs on the transmission and distribution lines that carry power to homes; and extreme heat or cold that pushes demand up. In some regions, capacity market costs are part of the price too. Your state's utility commission regulates all or part of what your utility charges.
Click your state on the map. You'll see its average home electricity rate in the latest month of the map's EIA data, how much that rate has changed since the same month five years earlier, and how it compares with the national average. In EIA's July 2026 data, home rates were higher than in July 2021 in every state and in Washington, D.C.² The national average was 18.31 cents per kWh in July 2026, up from 17.45 cents in July 2025.¹
Each state's color shows how much its average home electricity rate changed over five years, and the legend shows the scale. Select a state to see its current rate, its five-year change and a rate-by-year chart. Enter your address and average monthly bill to compare your utility's typical residential rate with your state and the U.S., and to get a personal report. You can also turn on colorblind mode or show where data centers are located.
No one knows for sure, but EIA's October 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts the U.S. average home electricity price at 18.21 cents per kWh for 2026 and 18.68 cents for 2027, up from 17.30 cents in 2025.⁴ Those figures aren't adjusted for inflation. EIA also expects electricity demand from businesses, which includes data centers, to keep growing through 2027. Forecasts change, and rates in your state and from your utility can move differently than the national average.
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State and national rates come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Electric Power Monthly, which reports the average price homes pay for electricity in each state. The map compares one month with the same month five years earlier (July 2026 and July 2021 as of October 2026), which keeps seasonal swings out of the change; EIA notes prices are usually highest in summer. EIA publishes each month's figures about two months later. When you enter an address, your utility's typical residential rate is added.
Sources and notes
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electric Power Monthly, data for July 2026 (released September 24, 2026), Table 5.3, average price of electricity to residential customers: 13.66 cents per kWh in 2021, 17.30 cents in 2025, 17.45 cents in July 2025 and 18.31 cents in July 2026 (2025 and 2026 values are preliminary). eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_03. Viewed October 18, 2026.
EIA, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, residential average price by state: July 2026 (September 24, 2026 release, eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a) and July 2021 (September 2022 issue, preliminary, eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/september2022.pdf). Viewed October 18, 2026.
EIA, Electricity explained: Prices and factors affecting prices. eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/prices-and-factors-affecting-prices.php. Viewed October 18, 2026.
EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, October 2026 (released October 6, 2026), Table 7a and the electricity section. eia.gov/outlooks/steo. Viewed October 18, 2026.
Prices and forecasts are in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation). *Recommended battery operation mode varies by home. Some homes are not incentivized to use stored energy except during outages.