Hawaii is the U.S. state with the highest household electricity. In August 2021, the average retail price of electricity for Hawaiian residences amounted to 34.3 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour. Massachusetts and California trailed in second and third, with 23.48 and 23.44 cents per kilowatt hour, respectively.
Electricity uses and consumption
Electricity is a vital facet of everyday life and has significantly eased and improved the quality of life worldwide. Human rights groups in the U.S. such as the NAACP have argued for electricity to be included in a list of basic human rights next to access to drinking water and sanitation. Electricity has many uses, which include being used for lighting, heating and cooling systems, computers, television, and laundry machines. The residential sector is the largest electricity consumer in the U.S.
Electricity prices worldwide
The U.S. retail price for electricity increased in almost every year since 1990. In 2020, it stood at 10.66 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour, almost double the charge put on electricity back in 1990. Nevertheless, the U.S. still has some of the lowest electricity prices worldwide, particularly when compared to European countries reliant on energy imports or with renewables surcharges.
Average retail price of electricity to residential sector in the United States as of August 2021, by state
(in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour)
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EIA. (January 6, 2022). Average retail price of electricity to residential sector in the United States as of August 2021, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/630090/states-with-the-average-electricity-price-for-the-residential-sector-in-the-us/
EIA. "Average retail price of electricity to residential sector in the United States as of August 2021, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour)." Chart. January 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630090/states-with-the-average-electricity-price-for-the-residential-sector-in-the-us/
EIA. (2022). Average retail price of electricity to residential sector in the United States as of August 2021, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630090/states-with-the-average-electricity-price-for-the-residential-sector-in-the-us/
EIA. "Average Retail Price of Electricity to Residential Sector in The United States as of August 2021, by State (in U.S. Cents per Kilowatt Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630090/states-with-the-average-electricity-price-for-the-residential-sector-in-the-us/
EIA, Average retail price of electricity to residential sector in the United States as of August 2021, by state (in U.S. cents per kilowatt hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630090/states-with-the-average-electricity-price-for-the-residential-sector-in-the-us/ (last visited January 21, 2022)
