Does Connecticut have the third-highest residential electricity rates in the U.S.?

Connecticut was not the third, but the fourth state with the highest residential electricity rates in the U.S. as of August 2025, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The average price of electricity in the state was 30.29 cents per kilowatt-hour, behind Hawaii, California and Massachusetts. 

Connecticut draws much of its power from natural gas from power plants connected to a network of pipelines that stretches across several states. That gas is also used to heat homes and power stoves, hot water heaters and local industries, increasing demand and prices.

Customers in Connecticut pay more than $200 per month for electricity, or more than twice as much as customers in states such as New Mexico and Utah.