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 "version": 1,
 "publisher": "Heat & Timber",
 "license": "https://heatandtimber.com/license.xml",
 "terms": "https://heatandtimber.com/ai",
 "attribution": "Source: Heat & Timber, https://heatandtimber.com/us/running-cost-calculator",
 "disclosure": "Heat & Timber earns a commission from some of the shops it lists and, on its US finders, from Amazon, at no extra cost to the buyer.",
 "license_scope": "This licence covers Heat & Timber's own work: the compilation, classifications, computed values and texts. Excerpts from shops (evidence), shop, brand and product names, product photos and the texts of legislation and model codes belong to their owners and are not covered.",
 "notes": {
  "content": "Residential electricity prices of the U.S. Energy Information Administration in cents per kWh: the annual average of the last full year and the latest month, for the US and for each state. Product pages and finders use us_average_cents_per_kwh for the cost of one hour; the calculator uses the price of the chosen state.",
  "updates": "Files are rebuilt after each data run, several times a day."
 },
 "source": "U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), API v2 electricity/retail-sales, residential sector",
 "source_url": "https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/electricity/retail-sales",
 "source_licence": "US government data, public domain",
 "checked_on": "2026-10-05",
 "annual_year": "2025",
 "latest_month": "2026-07",
 "us_average_cents_per_kwh": 17.3,
 "states": [
  {
   "id": "AL",
   "name": "Alabama",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 16.1,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 16.4
  },
  {
   "id": "AK",
   "name": "Alaska",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 26.09,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 28.83
  },
  {
   "id": "AZ",
   "name": "Arizona",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.32,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.38
  },
  {
   "id": "AR",
   "name": "Arkansas",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 12.84,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 14.33
  },
  {
   "id": "CA",
   "name": "California",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 32.54,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 33.61
  },
  {
   "id": "CO",
   "name": "Colorado",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.85,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 17
  },
  {
   "id": "CT",
   "name": "Connecticut",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 29.38,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 24.16
  },
  {
   "id": "DE",
   "name": "Delaware",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 17.13,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 18.48
  },
  {
   "id": "DC",
   "name": "District of Columbia",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 21.94,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 25.21
  },
  {
   "id": "FL",
   "name": "Florida",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.24,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.03
  },
  {
   "id": "GA",
   "name": "Georgia",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 14.73,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 16.27
  },
  {
   "id": "HI",
   "name": "Hawaii",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 40.59,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 48
  },
  {
   "id": "ID",
   "name": "Idaho",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 11.82,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 13.73
  },
  {
   "id": "IL",
   "name": "Illinois",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 17.69,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 19.22
  },
  {
   "id": "IN",
   "name": "Indiana",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 16.23,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 16.73
  },
  {
   "id": "IA",
   "name": "Iowa",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.72,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.99
  },
  {
   "id": "KS",
   "name": "Kansas",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 14.56,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.27
  },
  {
   "id": "KY",
   "name": "Kentucky",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.24,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 13.81
  },
  {
   "id": "LA",
   "name": "Louisiana",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 12.57,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 12.72
  },
  {
   "id": "ME",
   "name": "Maine",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 27.78,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 32.41
  },
  {
   "id": "MD",
   "name": "Maryland",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 19.48,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 21.41
  },
  {
   "id": "MA",
   "name": "Massachusetts",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 30.48,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 30.49
  },
  {
   "id": "MI",
   "name": "Michigan",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 20.01,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 23.05
  },
  {
   "id": "MN",
   "name": "Minnesota",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.82,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 17.45
  },
  {
   "id": "MS",
   "name": "Mississippi",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 14.03,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 14.54
  },
  {
   "id": "MO",
   "name": "Missouri",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.49,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 16.09
  },
  {
   "id": "MT",
   "name": "Montana",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 12.98,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 14.99
  },
  {
   "id": "NE",
   "name": "Nebraska",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 12.34,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 13.78
  },
  {
   "id": "NV",
   "name": "Nevada",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.15,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 12.77
  },
  {
   "id": "NH",
   "name": "New Hampshire",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 24.56,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 26.6
  },
  {
   "id": "NJ",
   "name": "New Jersey",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 22.63,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 25.19
  },
  {
   "id": "NM",
   "name": "New Mexico",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.08,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 16.09
  },
  {
   "id": "NY",
   "name": "New York",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 26.39,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 29.9
  },
  {
   "id": "NC",
   "name": "North Carolina",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 14.02,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.16
  },
  {
   "id": "ND",
   "name": "North Dakota",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 11.81,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 13.41
  },
  {
   "id": "OH",
   "name": "Ohio",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 16.96,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 19.45
  },
  {
   "id": "OK",
   "name": "Oklahoma",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.12,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 14.35
  },
  {
   "id": "OR",
   "name": "Oregon",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.37,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.97
  },
  {
   "id": "PA",
   "name": "Pennsylvania",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 19.3,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 21.72
  },
  {
   "id": "RI",
   "name": "Rhode Island",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 29.46,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 28.29
  },
  {
   "id": "SC",
   "name": "South Carolina",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 14.96,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.47
  },
  {
   "id": "SD",
   "name": "South Dakota",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.38,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.37
  },
  {
   "id": "TN",
   "name": "Tennessee",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.18,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 13.71
  },
  {
   "id": "TX",
   "name": "Texas",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.47,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.88
  },
  {
   "id": "UT",
   "name": "Utah",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.07,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 13.12
  },
  {
   "id": "VT",
   "name": "Vermont",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 22.92,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 23.75
  },
  {
   "id": "VA",
   "name": "Virginia",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.28,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 17.55
  },
  {
   "id": "WA",
   "name": "Washington",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.11,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 14.71
  },
  {
   "id": "WV",
   "name": "West Virginia",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 15.41,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 15.78
  },
  {
   "id": "WI",
   "name": "Wisconsin",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 18.16,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 19.06
  },
  {
   "id": "WY",
   "name": "Wyoming",
   "cents_per_kwh_annual": 13.38,
   "cents_per_kwh_latest_month": 14.36
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 ],
 "formula": "cost per hour = power in kW x price per kWh",
 "card_rate": "us_average_cents_per_kwh",
 "default_usage": {
  "hours_per_session": 1.5,
  "sessions_per_week": 3,
  "share_at_full_power_percent": 100
 },
 "calculator": "https://heatandtimber.com/us/running-cost-calculator"
}