How much does home energy cost in your state?

The average American household paid $142.26 a month for electricity in 2024 — but the state averages run from $92.88 in New Mexico to $212.12 in Hawaii, and the electricity itself from 11.51¢ to 42.86¢ per kWh. Every figure on this site is an official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) number, published with its source and period. Start with your own usage:

What a home energy bill is made of

Four metered or delivered fuels cover nearly every home. Electricity is universal, and for most households it is the largest single energy cost — the EIA average bill is the benchmark this site is built around. Natural gas arrives by pipe and is billed in therms or CCF; where it heats the home it is usually the second-largest line, concentrated in winter. Heating oil and propane are delivered by truck to a tank, mostly in the Northeast, the Midwest, and rural areas off the gas grid — their cost arrives in large, irregular deliveries rather than a monthly bill, which is why we price them per gallon and per delivery, not per month.

What this site deliberately does not do: recommend a plan, supplier, or installer, or rank offers. State averages are the honest benchmark for judging your own bill — what you do with the comparison is up to you.

Start with your state

Energy prices are set state by state — by geology, generation mix, climate, and regulation — so the only averages that matter are your state's. Full guides for the eight most-searched states, then the complete 50-state bill table.

Average monthly electric bill — all 50 states, 2024

Sorted by the average bill. Note the pattern the table makes visible: the bill ranking and the price ranking are not the same ranking — usage moves states up and down the bill table independently. Source: EIA, Electric Sales, Revenue & Average Price 2024, Table 5A.

How these figures are sourced

Every price and bill on this site comes from a U.S. Energy Information Administration publication we opened and read during the October 2026 research pass: the EIA-861 annual sales and revenue tables for electricity, the Natural Gas Annual for gas prices, and EIA's weekly Heating Oil and Propane Update for delivered fuels. Each page names its source and its data period. The full method — including which figures EIA does not publish, and what we do instead of estimating them — is on the About page.