Table 35
Average Commercial user Cost For Electricity (Cents per Kilowatt/Hour), 1999
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Hawaii	11.87		27	Florida	6.40
2	NEW YORK	11.42		28	North Dakota	6.32
3	New Hampshire	11.24		29	Mississippi	6.13
4	Vermont	11.24		30	South Carolina	6.12
5	Maine	10.59		31	Montana	6.01
6	Connecticut	9.90		32	North Carolina	5.98
7	New Jersey	9.79		33	Missouri	5.91
8	California	9.66		34	Wisconsin	5.90
9	Rhode Island	9.17		35	Kansas	5.89
10	Massachusetts	8.72		36	Washington	5.86
11	Arizona	7.94		37	Arkansas	5.67
12	Michigan	7.90		38	West Virginia	5.53
13	Iowa	7.72		39	Indiana	5.52
14	Ohio	7.70		40	Colorado	5.44
15	Illinois	7.62		41	Oklahoma	5.37
16	New Mexico	7.52		42	Utah	5.12
17	Delaware	6.84		43	Oregon	5.05
18	Maryland	6.84		44	Tennessee	5.03
19	South Dakota	6.73		45	Wyoming	4.97
20	Pennsylvania	6.68		46	Virginia	4.94
21	Nevada	6.67		47	Kentucky	4.69
22	Georgia	6.62		48	Idaho	4.21
23	Minnesota	6.56			Alaska	NA
24	Alabama	6.48			Nebraska	NA
25	Texas	6.44		U.S. average		7.41
26	Louisiana	6.43		N.Y.S. % above avg.		54%
Source: Edison Electric Institute
Businesses in every area of the state typically cite energy costs as one of the major competitive problems facing New York