Cheapest States to Charge a Volkswagen ID.4
#1: North Dakota at $568/year. The most expensive state costs 3.8× more. For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a Volkswagen ID.4 (82 kWh battery, 2.9 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 $568/year 2 Idaho 12.70 $584/year 3 Nebraska 13.28 $611/year 4 Utah 13.29 $611/year 5 Oklahoma 13.31 $612/year 6 Iowa 13.86 $637/year 7 Montana 13.90 $639/year 8 Missouri 14.01 $644/year 9 Arkansas 14.16 $651/year 10 Nevada 14.29 $657/year 11 Washington 14.36 $660/year 12 Louisiana 14.44 $664/year 13 South Dakota 14.52 $668/year 14 Wyoming 14.68 $675/year 15 Tennessee 14.94 $687/year 16 Kentucky 15.02 $691/year 17 New Mexico 15.15 $697/year 18 Georgia 15.37 $707/year 19 Florida 15.38 $707/year 20 Arizona 15.48 $712/year 21 Kansas 15.78 $726/year 22 Oregon 15.78 $726/year 23 West Virginia 16.06 $738/year 24 North Carolina 16.25 $747/year 25 Minnesota 16.39 $754/year 26 Colorado 16.54 $760/year 27 Mississippi 16.76 $771/year 28 Texas 16.99 $781/year 29 South Carolina 17.06 $784/year 30 Virginia 17.38 $799/year 31 Alabama 17.41 $800/year 32 Indiana 17.90 $823/year 33 Delaware 18.79 $864/year 34 Wisconsin 19.21 $883/year 35 Ohio 19.49 $896/year 36 Illinois 20.47 $941/year 37 Michigan 21.39 $983/year 38 Pennsylvania 21.47 $987/year 39 Maryland 22.07 $1,015/year 40 New Jersey 23.53 $1,082/year 41 Vermont 24.56 $1,129/year 42 District of Columbia 25.41 $1,168/year 43 New Hampshire 27.24 $1,252/year 44 Alaska 27.35 $1,257/year 45 Rhode Island 28.30 $1,301/year 46 Maine 28.42 $1,307/year 47 Massachusetts 29.45 $1,354/year 48 New York 29.45 $1,354/year 49 Connecticut 32.24 $1,482/year 50 California 35.25 $1,621/year 51 Hawaii 46.62 $2,143/year How we calculated this