Average residential electricity price by U.S. state, August 2026 and August 2025 (EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A)
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Average retail price of electricity to the residential sector, in cents per kilowatt-hour, for the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. total, for August 2026 and August 2025, with the change in cents and a rank (1 = highest price). Values are transcribed from Table 5.6.A of the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Electric Power Monthly (Form EIA-861M, formerly EIA-826), release date 2026-10-23.
Columns: rank, abbr, name, residential_cents_per_kwh_aug2026, residential_cents_per_kwh_aug2025, change_cents, aug2026_status, source_url, source_release_date.
EIA states that 2025 values are final and 2026 values are preliminary estimates based on a cutoff model sample; the aug2026_status column marks them as preliminary. The price is average retail revenue per kilowatt-hour, not a household tariff quote. The U.S. row is EIA's published total, not an average of the state rows.
Interactive table and method: https://flarelodge.com/data/electricity-rates-by-state/
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- Dataset: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a (URL)
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- Other: https://flarelodge.com/data/electricity-rates-by-state/ (URL)
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- Software: https://github.com/trangnhubghhh165-lang/flarelodge-formulas (URL)