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.