The five states with the most expensive cost per kilowatt-hour for commercial users (including schools), as of February 1997: | |
Vermont | 12.8 cents |
Maine | 11.8 |
New York | 11.4 |
New Hampshire | 10.9 |
Rhode Island | 10.7 |
States with the least expensive rates: | |
Idaho | 4.4 |
Oklahoma | 4.8 |
Oregon | 5.0 |
Nebraska (tie) | 5.0 |
Missouri | 5.1 |
Kentucky (tie) | 5.1 |
U.S. average | 7.37 cents |
SOURCE: U.S. National Energy Information Center.