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[ UNITED STATES · Jul 2026 ]

US electricity prices rose 4.9% in a year. Find out what your utility is asking for next.

12 PENDING RATE CASES · 574 UTILITIES TRACKED

18.31¢
US average, Jul 2026
+4.9%
12-month change
+15.4%
3-year change
+32.4%
5-year change

Biggest pending hikes

UtilityStateAskedDecision
Duke Energy Progress NC +18.5% TBD
Upper Peninsula Power Company MI +15.6% Mar 2027
Duke Energy Carolinas NC +15.0% TBD
Arizona Public Service Co AZ +14.0% Dec 2026
PacifiCorp OR +10.8% Mar 2027
Wisconsin Public Service WI +10.3% Dec 2026
Wisconsin Electric Power Co WI +10.3% Dec 2026
Union Electric Co MO +10.0% May 2027
DTE Electric Company MI +9.7% Feb 2027
Consumers Energy Co MI +9.0% Apr 2027

Decided in the last 90 days

States ranked by 12-month change

State¢/kWh12-mo
Hawaii 48.00¢ +21.9%
New Hampshire 26.60¢ +16.7%
Maine 32.41¢ +15.8%
New York 29.90¢ +14.0%
Maryland 21.41¢ +13.7%
North Carolina 15.16¢ +13.4%
Michigan 23.05¢ +12.2%
Ohio 19.45¢ +11.9%
Idaho 13.73¢ +11.8%
Illinois 19.22¢ +11.6%
Delaware 18.48¢ +11.5%
Pennsylvania 21.72¢ +11.3%
Virginia 17.55¢ +11.2%
District of Columbia 25.21¢ +9.4%
Washington 14.71¢ +9.4%
Arkansas 14.33¢ +8.1%
Rhode Island 28.29¢ +8.1%
Nebraska 13.78¢ +7.3%
Vermont 23.75¢ +7.3%
Mississippi 14.54¢ +7.1%
Colorado 17.00¢ +6.3%
Oklahoma 14.35¢ +6.1%
South Dakota 15.37¢ +5.8%
Alaska 28.83¢ +5.6%
Kansas 15.27¢ +5.6%
South Carolina 15.47¢ +5.2%
Kentucky 13.81¢ +5.2%
Montana 14.99¢ +5.0%
Georgia 16.27¢ +4.6%
Iowa 15.99¢ +4.4%
Wisconsin 19.06¢ +4.4%
Tennessee 13.71¢ +3.8%
Missouri 16.09¢ +3.4%
Indiana 16.73¢ +3.4%
Texas 15.88¢ +3.4%
Minnesota 17.45¢ +3.1%
Nevada 12.77¢ +3.1%
Alabama 16.40¢ +3.0%
California 33.61¢ +2.9%
Oregon 15.97¢ +2.3%
West Virginia 15.78¢ +2.3%
New Mexico 16.09¢ +1.8%
Massachusetts 30.49¢ +1.4%
North Dakota 13.41¢ +0.8%
Arizona 15.38¢ +0.3%
New Jersey 25.19¢ −0.5%
Florida 15.03¢ −0.5%
Wyoming 14.36¢ −1.9%
Utah 13.12¢ −2.5%
Louisiana 12.72¢ −3.0%
Connecticut 24.16¢ −12.5%

How BillHike works

Rates come from the US Energy Information Administration: annual utility revenue and sales (EIA-861) and monthly state averages (EIA-861M). We divide revenue by kilowatt-hours sold to get cents per kWh, so every figure traces back to a public filing.

Rate cases are checked by hand against the public utility commission docket. Each case page links the docket, shows the date we last verified it, and separates what the utility asked for from what regulators approved.

Bill estimates are simple arithmetic: your usage times the current rate, adjusted by the requested or approved increase. Fuel adjustments, riders, taxes and your own usage will move the real number, so treat the result as a guide, not a quote.

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