The average electric bill in District of Columbia
District of Columbia households paid $140.05 a month for electricity in 2025, at 21.92¢ per kilowatt-hour for 639 kWh a month. That is 5% below the national median, and ranks #30 of 51 states, most expensive first.
- Monthly bill
- $140.05
- US median $147.18
- Price
- 21.92¢
- per kWh · US 15.39¢
- Usage
- 639
- kWh per month
- Households
- 324,763
- residential accounts
Too few District of Columbia utilities file bundled residential sales to rank them individually, so this page shows the state average only. The figure above is EIA’s own published number and is not affected.
Other states
- Hawaii$207.89
- Connecticut$206.46
- Maryland$184.42
- Alabama$184.31
- Massachusetts$181.08
- Texas$170.95
- Florida$167.86
- Mississippi$166.05
- Rhode Island$165.62
- West Virginia$165.13
- Virginia$163.05
- Pennsylvania$161.90
- South Carolina$161.21
- Georgia$158.70
- Delaware$157.80
- Arizona$157.15
- New Hampshire$156.94
- Tennessee$156.03
- New York$154.75
- California$154.73
- Louisiana$153.32
- New Jersey$150.59
- Indiana$149.72
- Ohio$147.74