Electricity Monthly Update
End Use: April 2025
Retail rates/prices and consumption
In this section, we look at what electricity costs and how much is purchased. Charges for retail electric service are based primarily on rates approved by state regulators. However, a number of states have allowed retail marketers to compete to serve customers and these competitive retail suppliers offer electricity at a market-based price.
EIA does not directly collect retail electricity rates or prices. However, using data collected on retail sales revenues and volumes, we calculate average retail revenues per kWh as a proxy for retail rates and prices. Retail sales volumes are presented as a proxy for end-use electricity consumption.
Average revenue per kWh by state
Forty-three states and the District of Columbia saw increased revenue per kilowatt-hour (kWh) compared to last April, while average revenue per kWh increased by 4.2% on a national basis. The largest percent increase was in Maine, up 26.0%, followed by Utah, up 15.9%, and Rhode Island, up 13.4%. Average revenue per kWh figures decreased in seven states compared to last year. The largest percent decrease was in Nevada, down 14.9%, followed by Hawaii, down 8.4%, and Minnesota, down 4.1%. In the contiguous US, Hawaii, Connecticut, and Rhode Island had the highest average revenues at 36.83, 27.33, and 25.61 cents per kWh, respectively. North Dakota, Iowa, and Oklahoma had the lowest average revenues at 7.95, 8.48, and 8.53 cents per kWh, respectively.
| Average Revenues/Sales (¢/kWh) | Retail Sales (thousand MWh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| End-use sector | April 2025 | Change fromApril 2024 | April 2025 | Change fromApril 2024 | Year to Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential | 17.45 | 3.5% | 97,468 | 2.5% | 487,089 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | 13.09 | 4.8% | 111,465 | 3.8% | 460,025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Industrial | 8.21 | 5.4% | 84,348 | 2.7% | 331,824 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transportation | 13.52 | 8.9% | 569 | 5.8% | 2,428 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 13.13 | 4.2% | 293,849 | 3.1% | 1,281,367 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total average revenues per kilowatt-hour (kWh) increased by 4.2% from last April, to 13.13 cents/kWh in April 2025. All four sectors saw increases in average revenues per kWh compared to last April. The Transportation sector saw the highest increase, up 8.9%, then the Industrial sector, up 5.4%, the Commercial sector, up 4.8%, and finally the Residential sector, up 3.5%. On a nationwide basis, retail sales increased by 3.1% in April 2025 compared to last April, with all four sectors seeing increases. The Transportation sector saw the largest increase in retail sales from last April, up 5.8%, followed by the Commercial sector, up 3.8%, then the Industrial sector, up 2.7%, and finally the Residential sector, up 2.5%.
Retail sales
Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia saw an increase in retail sales volume in April 2025 compared to last April. Arkansas had the highest percent year over year increase in retail sales, up 9.8%, followed by New Mexico, up 8.1%, and Tennessee, up 7.2%. Thirteen states saw a decrease in retail sales volume compared to last year. Montana had the highest percent year over year decrease, down 6.3%, followed by Rhode Island, down 5.9%, and then Maine, down 4.2%.
Twenty-two states saw an increase in HDDs compared to last April. Ohio had the highest percent year over year increase, up 19%, followed by Michigan, up 18%, and Oklahoma, up 16%. Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia saw a decrease in HDDs from last April. Florida had the highest percent year over year decrease, down 46%, followed by South Carolina, down 27%, and Georgia, down 25%.