Vermont had the third highest residential electric rates in the nation in February at 18.41 cents per kilowatt hour and the seventh highest for all sectors at 14.57 cents/KWH, according to the federal government. Vermont was 2.58 cents higher than the average New England residential rate and 0.2 cents lower overall. The US average was 11.61 and 9.77 respectively. Both the Vermont and US rates were higher than for February 2012. For residential, New York and Hawaii were higher. Overall, in addition to New York and Hawaii, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Alaska were higher.
Meanwhile, coal continues to generate more than a third of the nation's electric supply in February, and growing. Natural gas is second and nuclear is third, both sources fell from the same time last year as the total US was down slightly. Solar is the fastest growing sector. See table below.
SEE US ENERGY INFORMATION
by State, February 2013 and 2012 (Cents per Kilowatt hour)
Residential All Sectors
February 2013 2012 February 2013 2012
New England
15.83
16.01
14.77
14.32
Connecticut
16.97
17.12
15.81
15.60
Maine
14.71
15.26
13.02
12.42
Massachusetts
14.83
15.43
14.49
14.07
New Hampshire
16.36
16.13
14.64
14.33
Rhode Island
16.51
14.94
15.55
13.77
Vermont
18.41
17.30
14.57
14.40
Middle Atlantic
15.24
14.86
12.76
12.44
New Jersey
15.26
16.22
12.98
13.61
New York
18.89
16.56
15.88
14.41
Pennsylvania
12.32
12.87
9.80
10.08
East North Central
11.51
11.59
9.13
9.12
Illinois
10.51
11.45
8.05
8.63
Indiana
10.20
10.05
8.41
8.17
Michigan
13.84
13.50
10.84
10.56
Ohio
11.02
10.95
8.85
8.75
Wisconsin
13.34
12.97
10.58
10.23
West North Central
10.04
9.55
8.47
7.92
Iowa
10.18
9.80
7.70
7.08
Kansas
11.30
10.62
9.44
8.83
Minnesota
11.29
10.72
9.23
8.61
Missouri
9.37
8.81
8.10
7.53
Nebraska
9.28
8.83
8.23
7.78
North Dakota
8.25
8.12
7.74
7.52
South Dakota
9.48
9.17
8.47
8.12
South Atlantic
10.95
11.14
9.56
9.60
Delaware
12.69
13.15
10.96
10.81
District of Columbia
11.97
12.20
11.73
11.97
Florida
11.40
11.46
10.38
10.54
Georgia
10.41
10.43
9.09
8.80
Maryland
12.50
12.57
11.27
11.36
North Carolina
10.46
10.67
8.98
8.97
South Carolina
11.44
11.47
8.96
8.81
Virginia
10.30
10.93
8.83
9.19
West Virginia
9.43
9.67
8.23
8.21
East South Central
10.03
9.94
8.40
8.26
Alabama
10.92
11.12
8.79
8.81
Kentucky
9.42
8.98
7.30
6.97
Mississippi
10.38
10.36
8.78
8.55
Tennessee
9.66
9.61
8.91
8.88
West South Central
10.33
10.28
8.16
8.15
Arkansas
9.01
8.67
7.55
7.13
Louisiana
9.03
8.38
7.76
6.94
Oklahoma
9.15
9.40
7.20
7.49
Texas
11.07
11.12
8.51
8.71
Mountain
10.51
10.15
8.59
8.20
Arizona
10.70
10.21
9.30
8.70
Colorado
11.28
10.70
9.43
8.81
Idaho
8.52
7.92
7.05
6.61
Montana
9.86
9.59
8.28
8.12
Nevada
11.59
12.54
8.17
8.63
New Mexico
11.21
10.64
8.90
8.50
Utah
9.73
9.34
7.64
7.31
Wyoming
9.57
9.17
7.61
7.15
Pacific Contiguous
12.45
12.04
10.85
10.60
California
15.40
14.85
13.02
12.69
Oregon
9.73
9.66
8.39
8.30
Washington
8.50
8.28
7.20
7.07
Pacific Noncontiguous
27.23
27.03
25.81
25.78
Alaska
17.57
17.41
16.09
15.85
Hawaii
36.58
36.80
33.27
33.61
U.S. Total
11.61
11.52
9.77
9.60
See Technical notes for additional information on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors.
Notes: - See Glossary for definitions. - Values are preliminary estimates based on a cutoff model sample.
See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-826.
Utilities and energy service providers may classify commercial and industrial customers based on either NAICS codes or demands or usage falling within specified limits by rate schedule.
Changes from year to year in consumer counts, sales and revenues, particularly involving the commercial and industrial consumer sectors, may result from respondent implementation of changes in the definitions of consumers, and reclassifications.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-826, Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue Report with State Distributions Report.
NET GENERATION OF FUELS IN US February 2013 SEE FULL REPORT