Electricity Price Increases

Electricity costs have increased significantly for families across the country. Rising rates are driving 14 million Americans into debt, causing up to 4 million families to have their power shut off this year, and forcing people to choose between heating their homes and other necessities.

Co-Equal has developed estimates for each congressional district of the change in residential electricity rates and the impact of those changes on household costs. In the average congressional district:

• Residential electricity rates increased by 8.2% between September 2024 and September 2025.
• A family using the average amount of electricity will spend approximately $130 more this year than last year.
• This increase is more than two and a half times the rate of inflation over the same period.

Across the 423 districts with available data, residential electricity rates have increased in 83% of districts since September 2024. Nearly 40% of districts saw rates increase by more than 10%, and over one in five districts saw increases above 15%.

Note: estimates were released on December 11, 2025.

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