Electricity Prices
Get retail electricity prices by state and sector
Retrieve US retail electricity prices in cents per kilowatt-hour by state and customer sector. Data sourced from EIA (Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-826/861/861M) with monthly updates. Covers all 50 states plus DC and the US national average.
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get/v1/electricity
Query parameters
statestring required
Example:CA
Two-letter US state code (e.g., CA, TX, NY), DC, or US for the national average
sector'residential' | 'commercial' | 'industrial' | 'all'
Example:residential
Customer sector (default residential)
Response
Retail electricity price data
Example response
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"price": 35.25,
"currency": "USD",
"unit": "cents_per_kwh",
"period": "2026-04",
"state": "CA",
"sector": "residential",
"source": "EIA",
"cached": true
}
}