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Cheapest States to Charge a Tesla Model S

#1: North Dakota at $470/year. The most expensive state costs 3.8× more.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual home charging cost
1North Dakota12.35$470/year
2Idaho12.70$484/year
3Nebraska13.28$506/year
4Utah13.29$506/year
5Oklahoma13.31$507/year
6Iowa13.86$528/year
7Montana13.90$530/year
8Missouri14.01$534/year
9Arkansas14.16$539/year
10Nevada14.29$544/year
11Washington14.36$547/year
12Louisiana14.44$550/year
13South Dakota14.52$553/year
14Wyoming14.68$559/year
15Tennessee14.94$569/year
16Kentucky15.02$572/year
17New Mexico15.15$577/year
18Georgia15.37$586/year
19Florida15.38$586/year
20Arizona15.48$590/year
21Kansas15.78$601/year
22Oregon15.78$601/year
23West Virginia16.06$612/year
24North Carolina16.25$619/year
25Minnesota16.39$624/year
26Colorado16.54$630/year
27Mississippi16.76$638/year
28Texas16.99$647/year
29South Carolina17.06$650/year
30Virginia17.38$662/year
31Alabama17.41$663/year
32Indiana17.90$682/year
33Delaware18.79$716/year
34Wisconsin19.21$732/year
35Ohio19.49$742/year
36Illinois20.47$780/year
37Michigan21.39$815/year
38Pennsylvania21.47$818/year
39Maryland22.07$841/year
40New Jersey23.53$896/year
41Vermont24.56$936/year
42District of Columbia25.41$968/year
43New Hampshire27.24$1,038/year
44Alaska27.35$1,042/year
45Rhode Island28.30$1,078/year
46Maine28.42$1,083/year
47Massachusetts29.45$1,122/year
48New York29.45$1,122/year
49Connecticut32.24$1,228/year
50California35.25$1,343/year
51Hawaii46.62$1,776/year

How we calculated this

For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a Tesla Model S (100 kWh battery, 3.5 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.

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