Electric Consumer: fact of the weekhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/One computed finding at a time from public U.S. electricity data, with the formula and sources.en-usTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A home kilowatt-hour costs 3.4 times more in Hawaii than in North Dakotahttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/home-price-gap.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/home-price-gap.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000In 2025 a home in Hawaii paid 40.59 cents for each kilowatt-hour. A home in North Dakota paid 11.81 cents. The U.S. average was 17.30 cents. Source: EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2). Since 2015, home electricity prices rose in 51 places. After inflation, 18 didhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/prices-after-inflation.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/prices-after-inflation.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Consumer prices in general rose 35.8% between 2015 and 2025. Home electricity rose 92% in California as printed and +41% after removing inflation. In Nevada the price rose 3% as printed and -24% after inflation. Source: EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2), BLS, CPI-U U.S. city average, all items (CUUR0000SA0). Home electricity prices jumped 23.9% in District of Columbia between 2024 and 2025https://electricconsumer.org/facts/one-year-price-jump.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/one-year-price-jump.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The U.S. home average went from 16.48 to 17.30 cents, +5.0%. District of Columbia rose 23.9%. Nevada moved -12.3%. Source: EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2). Cheap per kWh, big on the bill: Tennessee ranks #11 for price and #15 for bill sizehttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/cheap-rates-big-bills.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/cheap-rates-big-bills.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Tennessee charges 13.18 cents per kWh, the #11 lowest. Homes there use 1,217 kWh a month, so the typical bill is $160, the #15 highest. Source: EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2). The electric bill takes 3.6% of median household income in Mississippi, 1.3% in Utahhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/bill-share-of-income.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/bill-share-of-income.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A typical household in Mississippi spends about $1,992 a year on electricity, 3.6% of the median income of $54,915. In Utah it is $1,218, or 1.3% of $91,750. Source: EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2), U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year, 2023. Outage time per customer: 4 h 40 min in Mississippi, 57 min in Illinoishttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/outage-minutes.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/outage-minutes.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Weighted by home accounts, the utilities in Mississippi reported 280 minutes without power per customer in 2024. In Illinois it was 57 minutes. Major event days are left out. Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final. Homes pay 2.0 times as much per kWh as industry, and 2.8 times in New Yorkhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/homes-pay-more-than-industry.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/homes-pay-more-than-industry.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Across the U.S. in 2025, homes paid 17.30 cents per kWh and industry paid 8.62. In New York the ratio was 2.8 to one. In Hawaii it was 1.3. Source: EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2). Clean power and home prices: the link across states is weakhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/clean-power-and-price.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/clean-power-and-price.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Vermont makes 100% of its power from renewables and nuclear. Delaware makes 4%. Plotted against home price, the 51 points give a correlation of -0.07. Source: EIA-923 generation (2025 final) and EIA-860 generator file (2025), EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2). Rooftop solar is concentrated: 220 systems per 1,000 homes in Hawaii, 18 places under 10https://electricconsumer.org/facts/rooftop-solar-by-state.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/rooftop-solar-by-state.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Utilities reported net-metered systems to EIA for 2024. Divided by their home accounts, Hawaii has 220.5 per 1,000. The middle state has 15.4. Tennessee has 0.0. Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final. Who sells you power? 58% of homes in Ohio buy from a retail supplierhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/buying-from-a-retail-supplier.htmlhttps://electricconsumer.org/facts/buying-from-a-retail-supplier.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000In 2024, 58.0% of home accounts in Ohio were served by a retail supplier. In 36 places none were. Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final, EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2).