Cheapest States to Charge a Kia EV9
#1: North Dakota at $633/year. The most expensive state costs 3.8× more. For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a Kia EV9 (99 kWh battery, 2.6 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 $633/year 2 Idaho 12.70 $651/year 3 Nebraska 13.28 $681/year 4 Utah 13.29 $682/year 5 Oklahoma 13.31 $683/year 6 Iowa 13.86 $711/year 7 Montana 13.90 $713/year 8 Missouri 14.01 $718/year 9 Arkansas 14.16 $726/year 10 Nevada 14.29 $733/year 11 Washington 14.36 $736/year 12 Louisiana 14.44 $741/year 13 South Dakota 14.52 $745/year 14 Wyoming 14.68 $753/year 15 Tennessee 14.94 $766/year 16 Kentucky 15.02 $770/year 17 New Mexico 15.15 $777/year 18 Georgia 15.37 $788/year 19 Florida 15.38 $789/year 20 Arizona 15.48 $794/year 21 Kansas 15.78 $809/year 22 Oregon 15.78 $809/year 23 West Virginia 16.06 $824/year 24 North Carolina 16.25 $833/year 25 Minnesota 16.39 $841/year 26 Colorado 16.54 $848/year 27 Mississippi 16.76 $859/year 28 Texas 16.99 $871/year 29 South Carolina 17.06 $875/year 30 Virginia 17.38 $891/year 31 Alabama 17.41 $893/year 32 Indiana 17.90 $918/year 33 Delaware 18.79 $964/year 34 Wisconsin 19.21 $985/year 35 Ohio 19.49 $999/year 36 Illinois 20.47 $1,050/year 37 Michigan 21.39 $1,097/year 38 Pennsylvania 21.47 $1,101/year 39 Maryland 22.07 $1,132/year 40 New Jersey 23.53 $1,207/year 41 Vermont 24.56 $1,259/year 42 District of Columbia 25.41 $1,303/year 43 New Hampshire 27.24 $1,397/year 44 Alaska 27.35 $1,403/year 45 Rhode Island 28.30 $1,451/year 46 Maine 28.42 $1,457/year 47 Massachusetts 29.45 $1,510/year 48 New York 29.45 $1,510/year 49 Connecticut 32.24 $1,653/year 50 California 35.25 $1,808/year 51 Hawaii 46.62 $2,391/year How we calculated this