Electricity prices and usage varies from state to state, and in most states, public power customers have the lowest rates and the smallest average bills compared with customers of other utility types.
Here's a look at how much public power customers pay - and save - in each state.
Note: The average monthly bill is the bundled rate for average usage in the state. Comparative savings only apply to average bills for residential customers buying electricity from their utility and do not include retail choice customers.
Average monthly residential bill
Public power: $109
Co-operative: $136
Investor-owned utility: $114
| State | Average monthly bill | Public power savings | Lowest average bill? |
| Alabama | $131 | 18% | Yes |
| Alaska | $109 | 17% | Yes |
| Arizona | $128 | n/a | |
| Arkansas | $93 | 24% | Yes |
| California | $99 | 30% | Yes |
| Colorado | $77 | 33% | |
| Connecticut | $113 | 24% | Yes |
| Delaware | $113 | 14% | Yes |
| Florida | $120 | 12% | Yes |
| Georgia | $119 | 15% | Yes |
| Idaho | $77 | 35% | Yes |
| Illinois | $103 | 35% | |
| Indiana | $92 | 40% | Yes |
| Iowa | $87 | 47% | Yes |
| Kansas | $100 | 22% | Yes |
| Kentucky | $110 | 15% | Yes |
| Louisiana | $111 | 16% | Yes |
| Maine | $87 | 12% | |
| Maryland | $89 | 42% | Yes |
| Massachusetts | $101 | 22% | Yes |
| Michigan | $77 | 25% | Yes |
| Minnesota | $87 | 33% | |
| Mississippi | $116 | 18% | Yes |
| Missouri | $103 | 25% | Yes |
| Montana | $81 | 29% | Yes |
| Nebraska | $108 | 16% | Yes |
| Nevada | $109 | 21% | |
| New Hampshire | $83 | 29% | Yes |
| New Jersey | $122 | n/a | |
| New Mexico | $70 | 22% | Yes |
| New York | $142 | n/a | |
| North Carolina | $121 | 13% | |
| North Dakota | $112 | 22% | |
| Ohio | $91 | 41% | Yes |
| Oklahoma | $106 | 23% | |
| Oregon | $96 | 18% | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | $100 | 14% | Yes |
| Rhode Island | $90 | 26% | Yes |
| South Carolina | $116 | 27% | Yes |
| South Dakota | $98 | 39% | Yes |
| Tennessee | $128 | 11% | |
| Texas | $112 | 16% | |
| Utah | $71 | 21% | Yes |
| Vermont | $78 | 24% | Yes |
| Virginia | $126 | 18% | Yes |
| Washington | $93 | 23% | Yes |
| West Virginia | $84 | 40% | Yes |
| Wisconsin | $73 | 45% | Yes |
| Wyoming | $84 | 34% | Yes |
