The Public Policy Institute

Table 34

Average Industrial User Cost For Electricity
(Cents per Kilowatt/Hour), 1999

Rank

State

Amt.

 

Rank

State

Amt.

1

New Hampshire

9.36

 

27

Colorado

4.28

2

Hawaii

8.89

 

28

Mississippi

4.25

3

Vermont

8.21

 

29

Washington

4.21

4

Rhode Island

7.89

 

30

Montana

4.19

5

Connecticut

7.71

 

31

Maryland

4.13

6

New Jersey

7.65

 

32

Georgia

4.13

7

Massachusetts

7.50

 

33

Louisiana

4.03

8

Maine

6.80

 

34

Texas

4.02

9

NEW YORK

6.52

 

35

Alabama

3.91

10

Arizona

6.27

 

36

Wisconsin

3.88

11

California

6.15

 

37

Indiana

3.85

12

Illinois

5.21

 

38

South Carolina

3.82

13

Michigan

5.11

 

39

Iowa

3.80

14

Nevada

5.04

 

40

West Virginia

3.80

15

South Dakota

4.71

 

41

Virginia

3.68

16

Florida

4.65

 

42

Tennessee

3.64

17

Ohio

4.62

 

43

Oregon

3.56

18

Missouri

4.58

 

44

Oklahoma

3.55

19

Pennsylvania

4.52

 

45

Kentucky

3.33

20

Minnesota

4.51

 

46

Wyoming

3.21

21

North Carolina

4.51

 

47

Utah

3.16

22

North Dakota

4.50

 

48

Idaho

2.86

23

Kansas

4.47

 

Alaska

NA

24

Arkansas

4.43

 

Nebraska

NA

25

Delaware

4.42

 

U.S. average

4.63

26

New Mexico

4.40

 

N.Y.S. % above avg.

40.8%

Source: Edison Electric Institute
Average industrial rates have declined by 15 percent in New York, and 6 percent nationally, since 1995-96.

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