Energy prices and power for every state
Gas prices, electricity rates, utilities, power plants, solar and wind, heating costs and public EV chargers, from official U.S. government data.
- Regular gas, U.S. average
- $4.28/gal
- Week of 10/19/2026
- Home electricity, U.S. average
- 18.31¢/kWh
- July 2026
- Public EV charging stations
- 85,316
- 268,150 charging ports
- Operating power capacity
- 1,411.5 GW
- Utility-scale plants
Gas prices this week
Regular gasoline, dollars per gallon, week of 10/19/2026
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| Area | Price | Last week | A year ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $4.28 | $4.33 | Not reported |
| New England (PADD 1A) | $4.25 | $4.29 | Not reported |
| Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | $4.31 | $4.35 | Not reported |
| Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | $3.86 | $3.93 | Not reported |
| Midwest (PADD 2) | $4.15 | $4.15 | Not reported |
| Gulf Coast (PADD 3) | $3.78 | $3.85 | Not reported |
| Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) | $4.47 | $4.44 | Not reported |
| West Coast (PADD 5) | $5.56 | $5.64 | Not reported |
Diesel, U.S. average: $6.28/gal
Home electricity rates by state
Average residential price, July 2026. U.S. average 18.31¢/kWh
Lowest
- Louisiana12.72¢/kWh
- Nevada12.77¢/kWh
- Utah13.12¢/kWh
- North Dakota13.41¢/kWh
- Tennessee13.71¢/kWh
Highest
- Hawaii48.00¢/kWh
- California33.61¢/kWh
- Maine32.41¢/kWh
- Massachusetts30.49¢/kWh
- New York29.90¢/kWh
What powers the U.S. grid
Operating nameplate capacity of utility-scale plants (1 MW and larger) by fuel
- Natural gas581.4 GW 41.2%
- Coal181.6 GW 12.9%
- Solar169.0 GW 12.0%
- Wind166.7 GW 11.8%
- Nuclear103.7 GW 7.3%
- Hydroelectric80.1 GW 5.7%
- Battery storage54.5 GW 3.9%
- Petroleum32.0 GW 2.3%
- Pumped storage hydro22.2 GW 1.6%
- Biomass12.5 GW 0.9%
- Geothermal4.0 GW 0.3%
- Other3.7 GW 0.3%
Planned to start by the end of 2027: 137.2 GW, mostly solar, batteries, natural gas. Solar, wind and batteries
Home heating fuel prices
U.S. average residential prices
- Heating oil
- $6.19/gal
- Week of 10/19/2026
- Propane
- $2.69/gal
- Week of 10/19/2026
- Natural gas (residential)
- $26.45/Mcf
- July 2026
Most public EV charging stations
85,316 stations with 268,150 ports, 80,565 of them DC fast
| # | State | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 20,714 |
| 2 | New York | 5,885 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 4,664 |
| 4 | Florida | 4,552 |
| 5 | Texas | 3,928 |
| 6 | Washington | 3,273 |
| 7 | Colorado | 2,976 |
| 8 | Georgia | 2,436 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 2,183 |
| 10 | Michigan | 2,126 |
Energy by state
Gas, electricity, utilities, power plants and EV chargers in each state
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming