(Sept. 11, 2020)

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Many Americans are shocked each month when they open that monthly letter from their utility hoping to see cheap electricity rates – and bills. But for a select few, it doesn’t happen.
According to the ChooseEnergy.com September Rate Report, the average residential electricity rate in the U.S. is 13.28 cents per kilowatt hour (more on what a kilowatt hour is later). Average monthly residential usage is 914 kilowatt hours (kWh). That puts the average U.S. electricity bill at $121.38.
Those numbers, of course, are all based on national averages, not taking into account location, climate, seasonality, and other factors that can affect bills at the state level. (All rate and usage information is the latest released by the Energy Information Administration.)