Electricity rates in Hawaii

Households in Hawaii pay an average of 52.72¢ per kilowatt-hour, above the national average of 18.34¢. That is up 28.7% from 40.96¢ in the same month a year earlier.

What that price means in practice

A price per kilowatt-hour is hard to feel. Here is the same number expressed as money. The most expensive item in the table below is electric furnace, which at 52.72¢ costs about $8,659 a year in Hawaii against $3,012 at the national average — an extra $5,647 a year for the identical appliance used in the identical way.

Widen that to the five heaviest users in a typical home and the gap compounds: about $21,524 a year in Hawaii versus $7,488 nationally. None of that is a difference in how much electricity you use. It is the same consumption at a different price.

Prices here rose 28.7% over the year to June 2026, against +5.0% nationally. On the five-appliance basket above that shift is worth roughly $4,801 a year by itself.

What appliances cost to run in Hawaii

Estimated annual cost at 52.72¢ per kilowatt-hour, using typical wattage and usage. Open any appliance to adjust both.

Prices here moved +28.7% over the past year. See whether Hawaii rose more than the rest of the country.

A statewide average is not what any single household pays. Find the rate on your own bill to see how far Hawaii’s average sits from yours, or read why the spread between states is this wide.

Business electricity rates in Hawaii

Businesses do not pay the residential rate. EIA publishes commercial and industrial averages separately, and the gap between them is one of the larger and less discussed differences in US electricity pricing.

Residential

52.72¢

homes

Commercial

48.05¢

shops, offices, restaurants

Industrial

43.37¢

manufacturing, large plant

A small business in Hawaii paying the commercial average of 48.05¢ pays about 9% less per kilowatt-hour than a household here. On a commercial refrigeration or HVAC load running most of the day, that difference compounds into real money — a single 3 kW load running 12 hours a day comes to roughly $6,314 a year at the commercial rate.

Commercial and industrial customers are usually billed on demand charges and time-of-use tariffs as well as per kilowatt-hour, so a real bill will not match a flat average. Treat these as a baseline for comparing states, not as a quote.

Statewide average across all residential customers in Hawaii for June 2026. Your own utility’s price may differ, and the figure excludes fixed charges and taxes. Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A.