Electricity Monthly Update
End Use: September 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-four states and the District of Columbia saw increased revenue per kilowatt-hour (kWh) compared to last September, while average revenue per kWh increased by 6.7% on a national basis. The largest percent increase was in the District of Columbia, up 20.8%, followed by New Jersey, up 18.2%, and Illinois, up 17.2%. Average revenue per kWh figures decreased in six states compared to last year. The largest percent decrease was in Nevada, down 7.4%, followed by Connecticut, down 6.7%, and Hawaii, down 4.5%. In the contiguous US, California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts had the highest average revenues at 30.16, 25.19, and 24.76 cents per kWh, respectively. North Dakota, Louisianna, and Wyoming had the lowest average revenues at 8.54, 9.37, and 9.88 cents per kWh, respectively.
| Average Revenues/Sales (¢/kWh) | Retail Sales (thousand MWh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| End-use sector | September 2025 | Change fromSeptember 2024 | September 2025 | Change fromSeptember 2024 | Year to Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential | 18.07 | 7.4% | 126,556 | -0.6% | 1,179,619 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | 14.06 | 6.3% | 128,743 | 1.2% | 1,123,489 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Industrial | 9.02 | 6.7% | 89,069 | 1.3% | 791,649 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transportation | 15.26 | 16.6% | 592 | 5.3% | 5,545 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 14.23 | 6.7% | 344,961 | 0.6% | 3,100,301 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total average revenues per kilowatt-hour (kWh) increased by 6.7% from last September, to 14.23 cents/kWh in September 2025. All four sectors saw increases in average revenues per kWh compared to last September. The Transportation sector saw the highest increase, up 16.6%, then the Residential sector, up 7.4%, the Industrial sector, up 6.7%, and finally the Commercial sector, up 6.3%. On a nationwide basis, retail sales increased by 0.6% in September 2025 compared to last September, with three sectors seeing increases. The Transportation sector saw the largest increase in retail sales from last September, up 5.3%, followed by the Industrial sector, up 1.3%, and the Commercial sector, up 1.2%. The Residential sector was down 0.6%.
Retail sales
Twenty-seven states saw an increase in retail sales volume in September 2025 compared to last September. Massachusetts had the highest year over year percent increase in retail sales, up 6.3%, followed by Iowa, up 5.8%, and Georgia, up 5.1%. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia saw a decrease in retail sales volume compared to last year. Rhode Island had the highest year over year percent decrease, down 8.8%, followed by Maine, down 7.4%, and Nevada, down 5.7%.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia saw a decrease in CDDs compared to last September. Maine had the largest year over year percent decrease, down 69%, followed by Wyoming, down 43%. Twenty states saw an increase in CDDs from last September. Rhode Island had the highest percentage year over year increase, up 54%, followed by New Jersey, up 50%.