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Average electricity price

Retail price of electricity across all sectors, measured in cents per kilowatt-hour. This data is adjusted for inflation, and given in 2024 dollars.
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Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration — Form 861, Electric Power Annual  ·  Inflation adjustment: FRED CPIAUCSL
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Note: Nominal electricity price data is adjusted for inflation using the All items Consumer Price Index (for Urban Consumers). Base year: .

What this data measures

The average retail price of electricity paid by US consumers, adjusted for inflation. Prices are reported annually by state and by sector — residential, commercial, and industrial — covering all 50 states and Washington D.C.

How this data is constructed

Nominal retail electricity prices are collected annually from electric utilities by the EIA through its Form EIA-861 survey. Average prices are computed by dividing total annual retail revenue by total kilowatt-hours sold, broken down by sector and state.

To adjust for inflation, nominal prices are multiplied by the ratio of the CPI in the base year (2024) to the CPI in each historical year, using the CPIAUCSL series from FRED.

Source
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (Electric Power Annual)
Inflation adjustment
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIAUCSL), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
Date range
1990–2024
Unit
US cents per kilowatt-hour (¢/kWh), inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars
Last updated
Fall 2025
Next update
Annual — expected fall 2026