U.S. ELECTRICITY · HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT

Average retail electricity price

All U.S. sectors, monthly, January 2001–July 2026. This dated snapshot ends in July 2026. It does not show current prices and does not refresh automatically.

Last retained observation · July 2026

14.99 cents per kilowatthour

Nominal average retail price: electricity revenue divided by sales. This is not a household bill or an inflation-adjusted price.

Monthly U.S. average electricity price, January 2001–July 2026307 monthly observations in cents per kilowatthour. First value 6.75; last value 14.99. Vertical axis starts at zero. Exact values appear in the table below. Cents per kilowatthour0481216 Jan 2001Jul 2026
View all 307 monthly values
Exact retained decimal values. Dates identify observation months.
Observation monthCents per kilowatthour
6.75
6.87
7.01
7.02
7.17
7.58
7.88
7.84
7.62
7.43
7.02
7.03
6.95
6.97
6.95
6.95
7.11
7.45
7.68
7.58
7.36
7.2
6.94
6.96
7
7.05
7.16
7.27
7.42
7.78
8.02
7.97
7.61
7.39
7.19
7.14
7.22
7.25
7.3
7.34
7.46
7.93
8.11
8.18
7.97
7.6
7.42
7.36
7.47
7.58
7.59
7.65
7.84
8.38
8.6
8.71
8.68
8.37
8.21
8.21
8.31
8.49
8.44
8.56
8.71
9.3
9.55
9.58
9.32
8.89
8.63
8.55
8.71
8.74
8.8
8.82
8.96
9.45
9.64
9.68
9.43
9.17
8.94
8.91
8.92
8.9
9.03
9.22
9.47
10.27
10.65
10.59
10.27
9.94
9.67
9.53
9.68
9.78
9.64
9.57
9.77
10.13
10.28
10.27
10.09
9.7
9.34
9.4
9.28
9.47
9.48
9.53
9.72
10.18
10.46
10.4
10.17
9.81
9.55
9.52
9.48
9.56
9.55
9.54
9.78
10.26
10.47
10.49
10.29
9.83
9.58
9.53
9.61
9.58
9.52
9.47
9.64
10.13
10.3
10.32
10.26
9.74
9.58
9.64
9.64
9.77
9.71
9.66
9.92
10.45
10.69
10.58
10.43
10.02
9.79
9.86
10.12
10.33
10.28
10
10.21
10.75
11.03
10.91
10.83
10.34
10.13
10.12
10.18
10.36
10.29
10.01
10.21
10.64
10.95
10.85
10.79
10.31
10.05
9.98
9.97
10
10
9.83
10.06
10.52
10.7
10.81
10.68
10.15
10.1
10.09
10.13
10.28
10.28
10.07
10.34
10.83
10.95
10.91
10.86
10.4
10.28
10.17
10.41
10.42
10.34
10.18
10.35
10.75
10.99
11.01
10.66
10.41
10.35
10.21
10.24
10.4
10.34
10.24
10.38
10.74
11
11.05
10.82
10.39
10.38
10.22
10.22
10.22
10.21
10.34
10.39
10.88
11.06
11.02
10.99
10.65
10.38
10.37
10.29
11.16
10.84
10.63
10.69
11.25
11.45
11.55
11.59
11.24
11.14
11.03
11.24
11.42
11.48
11.56
11.98
12.75
13.12
13.44
13.31
12.66
12.3
12.4
12.68
12.67
12.46
12.16
12.21
12.72
13.06
13.27
13.14
12.67
12.44
12.34
12.65
12.66
12.57
12.54
12.47
13.14
13.63
13.48
13.34
12.96
12.57
12.82
13.09
13.18
13.23
13.09
13.13
13.86
14.36
14.22
14.21
13.66
13.43
13.73
14.17
14.36
14.08
13.88
13.83
14.48
14.99

Source and dates

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The retained source update is dated September 23, 2026. Original provider retrieval time is unknown. Neither date is an observation date or evidence of a new EIA retrieval.

The retained store history was verified on October 27, 2026 at 19:19:08.891415 UTC. Its stored retrieval timestamps are October 9, 2026; those timestamps do not establish when the original provider file was retrieved. This display contains the 307 values verified in that store read.

Monthly observations may be revised. This retained corrected history cannot reconstruct what was known at a past decision date. Historical relationships do not establish causation.

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