REVEALED: The US states with the highest electricity bills – is yours on the list?

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California is the state with the highest electricity bills (after Hawaii), new data can reveal. In California, residents pay $197.84 a month in electricity bills – $124.84 more than Wyoming, the state with the lowest electricity bills, and $88.34 more than the average US household ($109.50).

Massachusetts electricity bills are also some of the highest in America, with residents paying $188.45 a month for their electricity – $115.45 more than Wyoming, the state with the lowest electricity bills – and $78.95 more than the average US household ($109.50).

The research, by Plumbingnav, used the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) data on electricity retail prices (cents/kWH), and compared these to the standard monthly electricity use per average American household, in order to discover which state pays the most for their electricity bills.

Conneticut, too, ranks as one of the states with the highest electricity bills in America. In Conneticut, residents pay $186.76 per month for their electricity – $113.76 more than Wyoming, and $77.26 more than the US average bill of $109.50.

New Hampshire, Alaska and Rhode Island have some of the highest monthly electricity bills in the country, with residents paying $186.68, $183.66 and $170.99 for their electricity respectively.

Residents of New York also face high electricity bills, in comparison to the rest of the country. In New York, the average household pay res $162.40 a month in bills – $84.50 more than Wyoming and $52.90 more than the average US bill ($109.50).

At the other end of the scale, Wyoming has the cheapest electricity bills in America, with residents paying just $73 a month on average – $36.50 less than the average US bill. North Dakota, Idaho and Utah also enjoy some of the lowest bills in the country, with residents paying just $74.60, $75.39 and $77.96 a month in electricity bills.

A spokesperson for PlumbingNav said: “It is striking to see the vast disparity between electricity bills across America. In some states, residents are paying over $100 more for their monthly bills than in the US areas with the lowest bills. The significant income gap across different areas also means that higher electricity bills will be a greater burden on some families and households over others, at a time when many are struggling to manage the cost of living”.

Sources

Data is gathered from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).