The statistic represents the states with the lowest average retail electricity prices to residential customers in the United States as of December 2019. Arkansas had an average residential electricity price of 9.84 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour.
A ranking of the global electricity prices in select countries can be found here.
Lowest average retail electricity prices for the residential sector as of December 2019, by state
(in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour)
Characteristic
Average retail price in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour
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EIA. (May 11, 2020). Lowest average retail electricity prices for the residential sector as of December 2019, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/189926/lowest-us-average-retail-electricity-prices-by-state/
EIA. "Lowest average retail electricity prices for the residential sector as of December 2019, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour)." Chart. May 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/189926/lowest-us-average-retail-electricity-prices-by-state/
EIA. (2020). Lowest average retail electricity prices for the residential sector as of December 2019, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/189926/lowest-us-average-retail-electricity-prices-by-state/
EIA. "Lowest Average Retail Electricity Prices for The Residential Sector as of December 2019, by State (in U.S. Cents per Kilowatt Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/189926/lowest-us-average-retail-electricity-prices-by-state/
EIA, Lowest average retail electricity prices for the residential sector as of December 2019, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/189926/lowest-us-average-retail-electricity-prices-by-state/ (last visited May 01, 2025)
Lowest average retail electricity prices for the residential sector as of December 2019, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour) [Graph], EIA, May 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/189926/lowest-us-average-retail-electricity-prices-by-state/
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