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Cleaned Data
Average Retail Price of Electricity to Retail Customers by End-Use Sector, by State
(Cents per kilowatthour)
State
2005
2004
Alabama
8.06
7.65
Alaska
13.13
12.48
Arizona
8.96
8.49
Arkansas
7.95
7.39
California
11.96
12.56
Colorado
9.01
8.45
Connecticut
13.65
11.67
Delaware
9.05
8.81
District of Columbia
9.05
8.03
Florida
9.6
9.02
Georgia
8.72
7.89
Hawaii
20.48
18.13
Idaho
6.31
6.13
Illinois
8.44
8.41
Indiana
7.52
7.33
Iowa
9.43
9
Kansas
8.04
7.77
Kentucky
6.41
6.13
Louisiana
8.95
8.08
Maine
13.32
12.2
Maryland
8.28
7.83
Massachusetts
13.31
11.8
Michigan
8.63
8.36
Minnesota
8.37
7.95
Mississippi
8.75
8.24
Missouri
7.16
7
State
2005
2004
Montana
8.12
7.89
Nebraska
7.2
6.99
Nevada
10.14
9.73
New Hampshire
13.47
12.54
New Jersey
11.81
11.28
New Mexico
9.16
8.7
New York
15.64
14.6
North Carolina
8.79
8.48
North Dakota
7.08
6.82
Ohio
8.57
8.48
Oklahoma
8.12
7.75
Oregon
7.23
7.21
Pennsylvania
9.97
9.61
Rhode Island
12.73
12.24
South Carolina
8.71
8.15
South Dakota
7.83
7.68
Tennessee
6.97
6.92
Texas
10.8
9.77
Utah
7.63
7.24
Vermont
13.07
12.99
Virginia
8.23
8.02
Washington
6.52
6.4
West Virginia
6.24
6.25
Wisconsin
9.65
9.1
Wyoming
7.44
7.24
U.S. Total
9.44
9
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