State rankings: electricity prices and solar payback

All 51 states and the District of Columbia, sorted four ways. Prices are EIA annual residential averages for 2025; bills are EIA revenue per residential customer. Payback is this site's simple estimate before incentives (method); it is not a quote and ignores export rules, financing and rate changes.

Lowest residential price

#	State	¢/kWh
1	North Dakota	11.81¢
2	Idaho	11.82¢
3	Nebraska	12.34¢
4	Louisiana	12.57¢
5	Arkansas	12.84¢
6	Montana	12.98¢
7	Utah	13.07¢
8	Washington	13.11¢
9	Oklahoma	13.12¢
10	Nevada	13.15¢
11	Tennessee	13.18¢
12	Kentucky	13.24¢
13	South Dakota	13.38¢
14	Wyoming	13.38¢
15	Missouri	13.49¢
16	Iowa	13.72¢
17	North Carolina	14.02¢
18	Mississippi	14.03¢
19	Kansas	14.56¢
20	Georgia	14.73¢
21	South Carolina	14.96¢
22	New Mexico	15.08¢
23	Florida	15.24¢
24	Virginia	15.28¢
25	Arizona	15.32¢
26	Oregon	15.37¢
27	West Virginia	15.41¢
28	Texas	15.47¢
29	Minnesota	15.82¢
30	Colorado	15.85¢
31	Alabama	16.1¢
32	Indiana	16.23¢
33	Ohio	16.96¢
34	Delaware	17.13¢
35	Illinois	17.69¢
36	Wisconsin	18.16¢
37	Pennsylvania	19.3¢
38	Maryland	19.48¢
39	Michigan	20.01¢
40	District of Columbia	21.94¢
41	New Jersey	22.63¢
42	Vermont	22.92¢
43	New Hampshire	24.56¢
44	Alaska	26.09¢
45	New York	26.39¢
46	Maine	27.78¢
47	Connecticut	29.38¢
48	Rhode Island	29.46¢
49	Massachusetts	30.48¢
50	California	32.54¢
51	Hawaii	40.59¢

Highest residential price

#	State	¢/kWh
1	Hawaii	40.59¢
2	California	32.54¢
3	Massachusetts	30.48¢
4	Rhode Island	29.46¢
5	Connecticut	29.38¢
6	Maine	27.78¢
7	New York	26.39¢
8	Alaska	26.09¢
9	New Hampshire	24.56¢
10	Vermont	22.92¢
11	New Jersey	22.63¢
12	District of Columbia	21.94¢
13	Michigan	20.01¢
14	Maryland	19.48¢
15	Pennsylvania	19.3¢
16	Wisconsin	18.16¢
17	Illinois	17.69¢
18	Delaware	17.13¢
19	Ohio	16.96¢
20	Indiana	16.23¢
21	Alabama	16.1¢
22	Colorado	15.85¢
23	Minnesota	15.82¢
24	Texas	15.47¢
25	West Virginia	15.41¢
26	Oregon	15.37¢
27	Arizona	15.32¢
28	Virginia	15.28¢
29	Florida	15.24¢
30	New Mexico	15.08¢
31	South Carolina	14.96¢
32	Georgia	14.73¢
33	Kansas	14.56¢
34	Mississippi	14.03¢
35	North Carolina	14.02¢
36	Iowa	13.72¢
37	Missouri	13.49¢
38	South Dakota	13.38¢
39	Wyoming	13.38¢
40	Kentucky	13.24¢
41	Tennessee	13.18¢
42	Nevada	13.15¢
43	Oklahoma	13.12¢
44	Washington	13.11¢
45	Utah	13.07¢
46	Montana	12.98¢
47	Arkansas	12.84¢
48	Louisiana	12.57¢
49	Nebraska	12.34¢
50	Idaho	11.82¢
51	North Dakota	11.81¢

Lowest average monthly bill

#	State	Bill
1	New Mexico	$98.07
2	Utah	$100.58
3	Colorado	$106.7
4	Idaho	$109.04
5	Montana	$109.87
6	Wyoming	$113.1
7	Nevada	$113.16
8	Iowa	$116.75
9	Minnesota	$116.86
10	Nebraska	$118.99
11	Wisconsin	$119.9
12	Washington	$124.24
13	North Dakota	$126.36
14	Michigan	$126.53
15	Illinois	$126.83
16	Kansas	$127.6
17	Oregon	$133.32
18	South Dakota	$133.58
19	Vermont	$135
20	Arkansas	$137.09
21	District of Columbia	$139.58
22	Oklahoma	$139.84
23	Missouri	$142.19
24	North Carolina	$145.02
25	Alaska	$145.86
26	Maine	$146.5
27	New Jersey	$148.47
28	Kentucky	$148.56
29	Ohio	$149.08
30	California	$150.84
31	Louisiana	$153.72
32	New York	$154.09
33	Indiana	$154.22
34	New Hampshire	$155.79
35	Arizona	$156.19
36	Tennessee	$158.81
37	Delaware	$159.08
38	South Carolina	$159.37
39	Georgia	$159.4
40	Virginia	$162.16
41	Pennsylvania	$163.24
42	Rhode Island	$164.65
43	West Virginia	$164.96
44	Mississippi	$165.15
45	Florida	$166.05
46	Texas	$170.9
47	Massachusetts	$174.91
48	Maryland	$184.04
49	Alabama	$184.07
50	Connecticut	$204.07
51	Hawaii	$206.73

Shortest simple solar payback

#	State	Payback
1	Hawaii	4.7 yrs
2	California	5.7 yrs
3	Connecticut	8.3 yrs
4	Massachusetts	8.4 yrs
5	Maine	9 yrs
6	Rhode Island	9.1 yrs
7	New York	9.9 yrs
8	New Hampshire	10.4 yrs
9	District of Columbia	11 yrs
10	Arizona	11.3 yrs
11	New Jersey	11.8 yrs
12	Vermont	12.3 yrs
13	Michigan	12.6 yrs
14	Colorado	12.7 yrs
15	Pennsylvania	13 yrs
16	Maryland	13.1 yrs
17	Illinois	13.5 yrs
18	Florida	14 yrs
19	Nevada	14.4 yrs
20	New Mexico	14.6 yrs
21	Delaware	14.7 yrs
22	Ohio	14.8 yrs
23	Wisconsin	14.8 yrs
24	Wyoming	14.8 yrs
25	Virginia	14.9 yrs
26	Alaska	15 yrs
27	Kansas	15.3 yrs
28	South Carolina	15.3 yrs
29	Indiana	15.6 yrs
30	Alabama	15.8 yrs
31	Utah	15.8 yrs
32	Minnesota	16.4 yrs
33	Montana	16.8 yrs
34	Georgia	17 yrs
35	Mississippi	17 yrs
36	Oklahoma	17.1 yrs
37	South Dakota	17.2 yrs
38	Idaho	17.6 yrs
39	West Virginia	17.7 yrs
40	Iowa	17.8 yrs
41	Oregon	17.8 yrs
42	Missouri	18 yrs
43	Texas	18.2 yrs
44	Louisiana	18.8 yrs
45	Nebraska	18.8 yrs
46	Arkansas	19 yrs
47	Washington	19.1 yrs
48	Kentucky	19.2 yrs
49	Tennessee	19.4 yrs
50	North Carolina	19.5 yrs
51	North Dakota	21.1 yrs

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration; Berkeley Lab Tracking the Sun (systems installed in 2025, 2025 dollars); EU JRC PVGIS. Data sources.