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Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025

Have Oklahoma electric bills increased at a proportionally higher rate since 2020 than neighboring states?

Matthew Yim, Oklahoma Watch
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Oklahoma residential electricity costs have increased by 33.6% since 2020, the highest percentage increase among neighboring states and above both the 30.9% and 31.7% average increases for the West South Central states and the U.S., respectively.

The neighboring states with the next highest percentage increases since 2020 are Texas, Colorado, and Arkansas with increases of 29.9%, 25.3%, and 23.2%, respectively.

In terms of annual percentage changes, Oklahoma ranks in the middle of its neighboring states at a 5.8% increase since 2024, with Texas having the highest increase of 8.9%, more than double Kansas’s 3.9% change, which was a decrease.

Oklahoma’s residential energy costs are the second lowest among its neighbors at 13.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, 8% lower than the West South Central average of 14.7 cents and 22.6% lower than the national average of 17.5 cents.

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