---
title: "Download and Reuse the Data | Electricity Cost by State"
description: "Monthly EIA residential rates by state, average bills and charts as CSV and SVG, plus a free JSON API, with dates and a credit line."
url: https://electricitycostbystate.com/data/
updated: 2026-09-28
site: "Electricity Cost by State"
language: en-US
---

# Download and reuse the data

The rates, bills and charts behind this site as files, a JSON API and an embeddable widget, with the dates and credit line to use.

Current rate month: **July 2026**, released by the EIA on September 24, 2026. The next EIA month is scheduled for October 23, 2026. [Data status and refresh checks](https://electricitycostbystate.com/sources/#data-status).

## Files

**Every file is generated from the same data as the pages and carries its source and retrieval date.**

| Dataset | What it holds | Get it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly residential rates | 52 series (50 states, DC and the US), August 2024 to July 2026, cents per kWh from the EIA API. One row per state and month. | [CSV, all states](https://electricitycostbystate.com/data/rates.csv) |
| One state's history | The same 24 months for one state. Replace `TX` with any two-letter code. | [CSV for Texas](https://electricitycostbystate.com/data/rates.csv?state=TX) |
| Rate chart | A standalone SVG of the 24-month US line, or one state's line against the US. | [US chart](https://electricitycostbystate.com/data/rates.svg) [Texas chart](https://electricitycostbystate.com/data/rates.svg?state=TX) |
| Average residential bills | Customers, sales, revenue, average monthly kWh and bill by state for 2024, from EIA's annual tables released October 7, 2025. | [CSV](https://electricitycostbystate.com/data/annual-bills.csv) |

## JSON API and widget

The [API](https://electricitycostbystate.com/api/) returns the same numbers as the pages without a key: rates with history at `/api/v1/rates` and appliance running costs at `/api/v1/cost`. The rates response includes a `freshness` block with the data month and the last source checks. The [OpenAPI description](https://electricitycostbystate.com/openapi.json) lists every appliance and state it accepts. For a live figure on your own page, use the [running-cost widget](https://electricitycostbystate.com/embed/).

## What you may reuse

The electricity rates are U.S. government data. The EIA states on its [copyright and reuse page](https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php) that its data are in the public domain, and asks for an acknowledgment that includes the publication date. Our calculations, charts and text can be quoted and linked with credit; reproducing the site or large parts of it needs written permission, as the [terms](https://electricitycostbystate.com/terms/) explain.

## How to credit

Credit line for figures, charts and the API:

Electricity Cost by State, using EIA data (https://electricitycostbystate.com/), July 2026 EIA residential rates, released September 24, 2026.

Link to the page the figure comes from, for example the state's [rate page](https://electricitycostbystate.com/electricity-rates/texas/). For the EIA series itself, cite Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A or the EIA Open Data API with its release date.

## What changed this month

The [rates page](https://electricitycostbystate.com/electricity-rates/#monthly-analysis) describes the latest month against the previous month and the same month a year earlier, from the loaded observations only. Each state page has the same analysis for that state. Figures change when the EIA publishes; the [changelog](https://electricitycostbystate.com/changelog/) records each refresh.

## Limits to keep with the numbers

- EIA state rates are averages: total residential revenue divided by kWh sold. Fixed charges are already spread into them, and one household's plan can differ a lot.
- The newest EIA months can be revised; the files hold the values as retrieved on the date in each row.
- Appliance and car costs are estimates for the stated usage, not measurements of a particular home.