U.S. industrial retail electricity price 2021

Industrial consumers of electricity in the United States paid an average of 7.26 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour in 2021. This was the highest figure recorded in the indicated period and represented an increase of roughly nine percent in comparison to the previous year.

Average retail electricity price for industrial consumers in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour)

Characteristic	Electricity price in U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour
2021	7.26
2020	6.67
2019	6.81
2018	6.92
2017	6.88
2016	6.76
2015	6.91
2014	7.1
2013	6.89
2012	6.67
2011	6.82
2010	6.77
2005	5.73
2000	4.64
1995	4.66
1990	4.74
1985	4.97
1980	3.7
1975	2.1
1970	1

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1970 to 2021

Special properties

Prices are not adjusted for inflation

Supplementary notes

Retail electricity prices paid by ultimate customers, reported by electric utilities and other energy service providers.
Up to 2002, prices exclude agriculture and irrigation.

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