Investor-owned utilities charge 23% more for electricity than public providers

In 2025, homes paid 17.8¢ a kilowatt-hour at investor-owned utilities, 14.5¢ at public utilities and 14.1¢ at co-ops. Since 2020, investor-owned prices rose 34% and public ones 19%, against 24% inflation.

2025年，家庭在投资者所有的公用事业公司支付每千瓦时17.8美分，在公共事业公司支付14.5美分，在合作社支付14.1美分。自2020年以来，投资者所有的公用事业价格上涨了34%，公共事业价格上涨了19%，而通货膨胀率为24%。

Change since 2020 against inflation, or cents per kilowatt-hour since 2015.

自2020年以来相对于通货膨胀的变化，或自2015年以来的每千瓦时美分价格。

Every year since 2015: home revenue, kWh sold, homes, price and bill by utility owner, for the US and each state, as a gzipped CSV.

自2015年以来的每一年：按公用事业所有者划分的家庭收入、售出千瓦时、家庭数量、价格和账单，涵盖美国及各州，以压缩CSV格式提供。

Source: EIA annual survey of utilities (Form 861), homes buying supply and delivery from their utility; BLS CPI.

来源：美国能源信息署（EIA）公用事业年度调查（861表格），从其公用事业公司购买供应和输送服务的家庭；美国劳工统计局（BLS）消费者价格指数（CPI）。

Share of homes by their utility’s average price per kilowatt-hour, in 2-cent bands.

按公用事业公司每千瓦时平均价格划分的家庭份额，以2美分为区间。

Source: EIA annual survey of utilities (Form 861), homes buying supply and delivery from their utility.

来源：美国能源信息署（EIA）公用事业年度调查（861表格），从其公用事业公司购买供应和输送服务的家庭。

States sorted by how far investor-owned prices pulled ahead of nonprofit (public and co-op) prices. The gap is widest at the top.

各州按投资者所有的公用事业价格领先于非营利性（公共和合作社）价格的幅度进行排序。差距最大的排在最前面。

Source: EIA annual survey of utilities (Form 861), homes buying supply and delivery from their utility.

来源：美国能源信息署（EIA）公用事业年度调查（861表格），从其公用事业公司购买供应和输送服务的家庭。

Average home price per kilowatt-hour in 2025. Hydro states get the most power from dams: WA, VT, ID, OR, MT, AK and SD.

2025年平均家庭每千瓦时价格。水电州从大坝获得大部分电力：华盛顿州、佛蒙特州、爱达荷州、俄勒冈州、蒙大拿州、阿拉斯加州和南达科他州。

Source: EIA annual survey of utilities (Form 861), homes buying supply and delivery from their utility.

来源：美国能源信息署（EIA）公用事业年度调查（861表格），从其公用事业公司购买供应和输送服务的家庭。

Change in the average home price at utilities with 250,000 or more homes: investor-owned, public and co-op.

拥有25万户或以上家庭的公用事业公司的平均家庭价格变化：投资者所有、公共和合作社。

Source: EIA annual survey of utilities (Form 861), homes buying supply and delivery from their utility; BLS CPI.

来源：美国能源信息署（EIA）公用事业年度调查（861表格），从其公用事业公司购买供应和输送服务的家庭；美国劳工统计局（BLS）消费者价格指数（CPI）。

Minutes without power for the average home, not counting major storms.

普通家庭断电的分钟数，不计入重大风暴影响。

Source: EIA annual survey of utilities (Form 861), reliability.

来源：美国能源信息署（EIA）公用事业年度调查（861表格），可靠性数据。