PoweredUp Electricity Demystified

We can't go back in time here at PoweredUp but we can load up historic electric prices for residential customers. This data won't necessarily help you make present or future decisions related to electricity usage, but we think its worth posting for those who are either just curious or want to do research. As usual the data is available in table, chart and csv format.

How much do you pay for electricity? Since there are over 3,000 retail electric suppliers in the United States answers will vary. As of May 2009 the retail price of electricity to residential consumers varied greatly. People in Hawaii were paying 22.19 cents a kilowattA watt is the standard measure of power consumption for electrical devices used in the home. hour (kWhStands for Kilowatt-Hour. A kilowatt-hour equals 1,000 watts of power delivered for a full hour. Home energy consumption is typically measured in kWh.) while lucky folks in Idaho were paying 7.28 cents per kWh. That's a huge difference! What gives?