Cheapest States to Charge a Chevrolet Equinox EV
#1: North Dakota at $484/year. The most expensive state costs 3.8× more. For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a Chevrolet Equinox EV (85 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.Rank State Rate (¢/kWh) Annual home charging cost 1 North Dakota 12.35 $484/year 2 Idaho 12.70 $498/year 3 Nebraska 13.28 $521/year 4 Utah 13.29 $521/year 5 Oklahoma 13.31 $522/year 6 Iowa 13.86 $544/year 7 Montana 13.90 $545/year 8 Missouri 14.01 $549/year 9 Arkansas 14.16 $555/year 10 Nevada 14.29 $560/year 11 Washington 14.36 $563/year 12 Louisiana 14.44 $566/year 13 South Dakota 14.52 $569/year 14 Wyoming 14.68 $576/year 15 Tennessee 14.94 $586/year 16 Kentucky 15.02 $589/year 17 New Mexico 15.15 $594/year 18 Georgia 15.37 $603/year 19 Florida 15.38 $603/year 20 Arizona 15.48 $607/year 21 Kansas 15.78 $619/year 22 Oregon 15.78 $619/year 23 West Virginia 16.06 $630/year 24 North Carolina 16.25 $637/year 25 Minnesota 16.39 $643/year 26 Colorado 16.54 $649/year 27 Mississippi 16.76 $657/year 28 Texas 16.99 $666/year 29 South Carolina 17.06 $669/year 30 Virginia 17.38 $682/year 31 Alabama 17.41 $683/year 32 Indiana 17.90 $702/year 33 Delaware 18.79 $737/year 34 Wisconsin 19.21 $753/year 35 Ohio 19.49 $764/year 36 Illinois 20.47 $803/year 37 Michigan 21.39 $839/year 38 Pennsylvania 21.47 $842/year 39 Maryland 22.07 $865/year 40 New Jersey 23.53 $923/year 41 Vermont 24.56 $963/year 42 District of Columbia 25.41 $996/year 43 New Hampshire 27.24 $1,068/year 44 Alaska 27.35 $1,073/year 45 Rhode Island 28.30 $1,110/year 46 Maine 28.42 $1,115/year 47 Massachusetts 29.45 $1,155/year 48 New York 29.45 $1,155/year 49 Connecticut 32.24 $1,264/year 50 California 35.25 $1,382/year 51 Hawaii 46.62 $1,828/year How we calculated this