Electric bill after a move calculator
Electricity costs very different amounts from one state to the next. Choose the state you are leaving and the one you are moving to, and see what the same home would pay each month in both.
Moving?
What your electric bill could be after a move
Pick where you live now and where you are headed. The calculator prices the same monthly use at each state's average residential rate for July 2026, so you can see the change before you sign a lease.
Typical for the U.S.: 870 kWh
Bill in a U.S.-average state
$159a month
18.3¢ per kWh
Bill in Florida
$131a month
15.0¢ per kWh, 14th lowest of 51
Difference after the move
−$28a month
−18.0% on the rate, $336 a year less
Moving from a state at the U.S. average to Florida, a home using 870 kWh a month would pay about $131 instead of $159, $28 less, at July 2026 average rates.
Statewide average residential rates, EIA, July 2026; actual bills depend on your utility, rate plan, taxes and fees.
How it is computed
Each bill is the state's average residential rate times your monthly use: rate in cents per kWh, times kWh, divided by 100. The rates are the U.S. Energy Information Administration's statewide averages for residential customers in July 2026, rounded to the tenth of a cent shown on the page.
The monthly use starts at the average for the state you are leaving, over the last twelve months of EIA data. Change it to match your own bill, which lists your kWh each month.
The difference is the destination bill minus the origin bill, both rounded to whole dollars. A state average blends every utility in the state, so your own bill can differ with your utility, your rate plan, taxes and fees. In states with retail choice you may also be able to pick a cheaper supplier.