NATIONAL RANKINGS OF STATES FOR ELECTRICITY RESIDENTIAL PRICES

Again, the source for this information is the EIA.  Data is for August, 2010.  Click here to review the full report.

Texas ranked number 19 with a price of 11.95 cents per kWh.  The national average was shown to be 12.02.  The highest price is paid by the consumers in Hawaii at 28.59.  Second highest was New York state at 19.03.  Washington state had the lowest cost at 8.32. 

Among the 15 deregulated states, only 3 had rates lower than Texas (IL, OH and OR).  Of the 19 top rankings, 12 were deregulated states.  Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont, District of Columbia, and Wisconsin are the regulated states reporting higher costs than Texas.  California and Nevada are the suspended states who were higher.  The higher costs are clearly shown to exist in the deregulated states.