Table 32
Average Commercial User Cost for Electricity (Cents per Kilowatt/Hour), 1995-96
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	12.26		27	South Dakota	6.61
2	Hawaii	12.15		28	Texas	6.53
3	Connecticut	11.53		29	Alabama	6.47
4	New Hampshire	11.38		30	Kansas	6.42
5	California	10.45		31	South Carolina	6.26
6	Maine	10.37		32	Florida	6.23
7	New Jersey	10.25		33	Minnesota	6.23
8	Rhode Island	10.23		34	North Dakota	6.21
9	Massachusetts	9.98		35	Missouri	6.20
10	Vermont	9.93		36	North Carolina	6.03
11	Arizona	8.85		37	Virginia	5.93
12	Pennsylvania	8.39		38	Indiana	5.88
13	Colorado	8.35		39	Utah	5.78
14	Michigan	8.26		40	Wisconsin	5.76
15	Illinois	8.01		41	West Virginia	5.74
16	New Mexico	7.84		42	Oklahoma	5.41
17	Ohio	7.72		43	Montana	5.24
18	Georgia	7.27		44	Oregon	5.22
19	Arkansas	7.08		45	Tennessee	4.99
20	Mississippi	7.07		46	Wyoming	4.78
21	Iowa	6.99		47	Kentucky	4.60
22	Maryland	6.87		48	Idaho	4.32
23	Delaware	6.78		49	Alaska	NA
24	Nevada	6.70		50	Nebraska	NA
25	Washington	6.65		U.S. Average		7.86
26	Louisiana	6.62		N.Y.S. % above avg.		56.0%
Source: Edison Electric Institute