Cheapest States to Charge a BMW i4 eDrive40

#1: North Dakota at $484/year. The most expensive state costs 3.8× more.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual home charging cost
1North Dakota12.35$484/year
2Idaho12.70$498/year
3Nebraska13.28$521/year
4Utah13.29$521/year
5Oklahoma13.31$522/year
6Iowa13.86$544/year
7Montana13.90$545/year
8Missouri14.01$549/year
9Arkansas14.16$555/year
10Nevada14.29$560/year
11Washington14.36$563/year
12Louisiana14.44$566/year
13South Dakota14.52$569/year
14Wyoming14.68$576/year
15Tennessee14.94$586/year
16Kentucky15.02$589/year
17New Mexico15.15$594/year
18Georgia15.37$603/year
19Florida15.38$603/year
20Arizona15.48$607/year
21Kansas15.78$619/year
22Oregon15.78$619/year
23West Virginia16.06$630/year
24North Carolina16.25$637/year
25Minnesota16.39$643/year
26Colorado16.54$649/year
27Mississippi16.76$657/year
28Texas16.99$666/year
29South Carolina17.06$669/year
30Virginia17.38$682/year
31Alabama17.41$683/year
32Indiana17.90$702/year
33Delaware18.79$737/year
34Wisconsin19.21$753/year
35Ohio19.49$764/year
36Illinois20.47$803/year
37Michigan21.39$839/year
38Pennsylvania21.47$842/year
39Maryland22.07$865/year
40New Jersey23.53$923/year
41Vermont24.56$963/year
42District of Columbia25.41$996/year
43New Hampshire27.24$1,068/year
44Alaska27.35$1,073/year
45Rhode Island28.30$1,110/year
46Maine28.42$1,115/year
47Massachusetts29.45$1,155/year
48New York29.45$1,155/year
49Connecticut32.24$1,264/year
50California35.25$1,382/year
51Hawaii46.62$1,828/year

How we calculated this

For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a BMW i4 eDrive40 (81 kWh battery, 3.4 mi/kWh EPA efficiency) driving 12,000 miles per year, at the state's average residential rate. Charging losses of ~10% are accounted for.

State electricity prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A (April 2026). See our methodology for the full formula.