The average U.S. Household pays about 8 1/2 cents per KWH and uses 10,000 KWH per year. Below is a table of average prices for residential electricity on regional basis in the United States for 2000.

Average Residential Electricity Prices (cents Per KWH)

New England	Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont	11.5
Middle Atlantic	New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania	11.8
Eastern Mid-West	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin	8.6
Mid-West	Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota	7.5
South Atlantic	Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Virginia, W. Virginia	8.0
Central South	Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee	6.5
Western South	Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahama, Texas	8.4
Mountain	Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming	7.7
Pacific	California, Oregon, Washington	8.9
Pacific Noncontiguous	Alaska, Hawaii	14.8
U.S. Average	All States	8.5

Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy

January 2001 price per KWH charged by Pacific Gas & Electric in San Francisco:

33.3 cents

What they pay

Those power producers who generate electricity using fossil fuels must of course pay for those fossil fuels. Below is a table of delivered fuel costs by region in the U.S., converted to cost per KWH.

Cost by Fuel Type (cents Per KWH)

Region	Coal	Oil	Natural Gas
New England	0.57	0.69	0.97
Middle Atlantic	0.47	0.72	0.86
Eastern Mid-West	0.44	0.98	0.78
Mid-West	0.30	1.00	0.76
South Atlantic	0.49	0.71	0.95
Central South	0.43	0.70	0.70
Western South	0.42	0.85	0.77
Mountain	0.37	1.45	0.79
Pacific	0.47	1.00	0.89
Pacific Noncontiguous	n/a	0.89	0.61
U.S. Average	0.43	0.73	0.81

Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy

January 2, 2001 spot price per KWH for Natural Gas paid by power producers:

3.58 cents

January 2001 price per KWH for Natural Gas charged to customers by Pacific Gas & Electric: ($1.78 per Therm)

6.07 cents

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