{ "schema": 1, "description": "Single source for the VoltEdge state EV charging-cost pages. Regenerated by scripts/refresh-ev-charging-cost.mjs. Do not hand-edit the rates.", "electricity": { "source_name": "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A", "source_url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a", "workbook_url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/xls/table_5_06_a.xlsx", "table_title": "Table 5.6.A. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State, August 2026 and 2025 (Cents per Kilowatthour)", "period": "August 2026", "comparison_period": "August 2025", "release_note": "EIA labels the 2026 values in this table as preliminary estimates based on a cutoff model sample from Form EIA-861M (formerly EIA-826). Values for 2025 are final. These are state or district-wide residential averages, not a household tariff.", "retrieved_on": "2026-10-24", "unit": "cents_per_kwh", "us_average": { "residential_cents_per_kwh": 18.16, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 17.57 }, "states": [ { "name": "Connecticut", "slug": "connecticut", "census_division": "New England", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 24.51, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 30.17 }, { "name": "Maine", "slug": "maine", "census_division": "New England", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 32.11, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 28.14 }, { "name": "Massachusetts", "slug": "massachusetts", "census_division": "New England", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 30.48, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 30.55 }, { "name": "New Hampshire", "slug": "new-hampshire", "census_division": "New England", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 27.64, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 24.44 }, { "name": "Rhode Island", "slug": "rhode-island", "census_division": "New England", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 28.18, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 26.53 }, { "name": "Vermont", "slug": "vermont", "census_division": "New England", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 23.84, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 22.1 }, { "name": "New Jersey", "slug": "new-jersey", "census_division": "Middle Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 24.61, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 24.7 }, { "name": "New York", "slug": "new-york", "census_division": "Middle Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 28.65, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 26.64 }, { "name": "Pennsylvania", "slug": "pennsylvania", "census_division": "Middle Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 21.77, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 19.93 }, { "name": "Illinois", "slug": "illinois", "census_division": "East North Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 19.32, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 18.03 }, { "name": "Indiana", "slug": "indiana", "census_division": "East North Central", 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"census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 25.98, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 23.18 }, { "name": "Florida", "slug": "florida", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.99, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.33 }, { "name": "Georgia", "slug": "georgia", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.9, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.55 }, { "name": "Maryland", "slug": "maryland", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 21.4, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 19.89 }, { "name": "North Carolina", "slug": "north-carolina", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.95, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.59 }, { "name": "South Carolina", "slug": "south-carolina", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.76, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.16 }, { "name": "Virginia", "slug": "virginia", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 17.64, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.85 }, { "name": "West Virginia", "slug": "west-virginia", "census_division": "South Atlantic", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 16.31, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.62 }, { "name": "Alabama", "slug": "alabama", "census_division": "East South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 16.33, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 16.26 }, { "name": "Kentucky", "slug": "kentucky", "census_division": "East South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.8, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.1 }, { "name": "Mississippi", "slug": "mississippi", "census_division": "East South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.43, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.61 }, { "name": "Tennessee", "slug": "tennessee", "census_division": "East South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.42, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.09 }, { "name": "Arkansas", "slug": "arkansas", "census_division": "West South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.37, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.33 }, { "name": "Louisiana", "slug": "louisiana", "census_division": "West South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 12.87, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 12.55 }, { "name": "Oklahoma", "slug": "oklahoma", "census_division": "West South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.82, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.42 }, { "name": "Texas", "slug": "texas", "census_division": "West South Central", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.91, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.4 }, { "name": "Arizona", "slug": "arizona", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.05, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.09 }, { "name": "Colorado", "slug": "colorado", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 17.17, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 16.21 }, { "name": "Idaho", "slug": "idaho", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.37, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 12.08 }, { "name": "Montana", "slug": "montana", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.57, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.29 }, { "name": "Nevada", "slug": "nevada", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 12.72, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 12.54 }, { "name": "New Mexico", "slug": "new-mexico", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 16.51, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.98 }, { "name": "Utah", "slug": "utah", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.31, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.62 }, { "name": "Wyoming", "slug": "wyoming", "census_division": "Mountain", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.43, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.33 }, { "name": "California", "slug": "california", "census_division": "Pacific Contiguous", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 29.75, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 30.92 }, { "name": "Oregon", "slug": "oregon", "census_division": "Pacific Contiguous", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.92, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 15.85 }, { "name": "Washington", "slug": "washington", "census_division": "Pacific Contiguous", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 14.63, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 13.65 }, { "name": "Alaska", "slug": "alaska", "census_division": "Pacific Noncontiguous", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 29.41, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 27.79 }, { "name": "Hawaii", "slug": "hawaii", "census_division": "Pacific Noncontiguous", "residential_cents_per_kwh": 47.18, "prior_year_residential_cents_per_kwh": 38.53 } ] }, "vehicles": [ { "id": "49744", "year": 2026, "make": "Tesla", "model": "Model Y Long Range AWD", "comb_kwh_per_100_miles": 27.4959, "epa_range_miles": 327, "source_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=49744", "api_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/ws/rest/vehicle/49744" }, { "id": "50251", "year": 2026, "make": "Tesla", "model": "Model 3 Standard RWD", "comb_kwh_per_100_miles": 24.3033, "epa_range_miles": 321, "source_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=50251", "api_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/ws/rest/vehicle/50251" }, { "id": "49953", "year": 2026, "make": "Chevrolet", "model": "Equinox EV FWD", "comb_kwh_per_100_miles": 31.0762, "epa_range_miles": 319, "source_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=49953", "api_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/ws/rest/vehicle/49953" }, { "id": "49960", "year": 2026, "make": "Hyundai", "model": "Ioniq 5 RWD", "comb_kwh_per_100_miles": 30, "epa_range_miles": 318, "source_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=49960", "api_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/ws/rest/vehicle/49960" }, { "id": "50204", "year": 2026, "make": "Ford", "model": "Mustang Mach-E RWD", "comb_kwh_per_100_miles": 31.4375, "epa_range_miles": 260, "source_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=50204", "api_url": "https://www.fueleconomy.gov/ws/rest/vehicle/50204" } ], "public_dc_fast": { "source_name": "Paren", "report_title": "US EV Fast Charging — Q3 2026", "source_url": "https://www.paren.app/reports/us-ev-fast-charging-q3-2026", "period": "Q3 2026", "published": "October 13, 2026", "retrieved_on": "2026-10-24", "national_average_usd_per_kwh": 0.54, "off_peak_tou_usd_per_kwh": 0.438, "peak_tou_usd_per_kwh": 0.637, "fixed_rate_average_usd_per_kwh": 0.538, "tesla_non_member_usd_per_kwh": 0.569, "tesla_member_usd_per_kwh": 0.396, "non_tesla_average_usd_per_kwh": 0.533, "named_state_usd_per_kwh": { "delaware": 0.574, "new-jersey": 0.675, "hawaii": 0.877, "texas": 0.513, "nebraska": 0.424 }, "scope_note": "Figures are Paren’s published national or named-state averages for public DC fast charging. They are not utility tariffs, not membership prices unless labeled, and not a quote from a charger at a specific address. Per-minute stations are excluded from Paren’s fixed and time-of-use shares. State averages appear here only when the Q3 2026 report states them in text." }, "assumptions": { "home_basis": "EPA combined electricity use (kWh/100 miles) is measured from the AC wall, so home charging cost on these pages is that figure times the EIA residential price. No second loss factor is added.", "full_charge_basis": "A full charge is the wall energy implied by EPA combined consumption times the EPA combined range: kWh/100 miles × range ÷ 100. It is the energy to drive that rated range from empty, not a manufacturer usable-battery capacity.", "public_dc_fast_basis": "Public DC fast chargers typically bill energy delivered to the vehicle. These pages show plain EPA wall energy times the Paren price, and a rough estimate of delivered energy equal to that wall figure times 0.894. The 0.894 factor is mean Level 2 (240 V) AC charging efficiency from Sears, Roberts, and Glitman (2014), not a measurement of DC fast charging and not a test of these 2026 vehicles.", "level2_ac_efficiency": 0.894, "level2_source_name": "Justine Sears, David Roberts, and Karen Glitman, “A comparison of electric vehicle Level 1 and Level 2 charging efficiency,” 2014 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech).", "level2_source_url": "https://doi.org/10.1109/sustech.2014.7046253", "level2_finding": "Across 115 usable charges on two Nissan Leafs and two Chevrolet Volts in Vermont (June–November 2013), mean Level 2 efficiency was 89.4% and mean Level 1 efficiency was 83.8%.", "display_rounding": "kWh/100 miles is the EPA combE value rounded to 0.01 before any dollar math, so a reader can multiply the figure printed in the table. Dollars are rounded to the nearest cent at the end." } }