Cheapest States to Charge a Volkswagen ID.4

#1: Nevada at $603/year. The most expensive state costs 4.0× more.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual home charging cost
1Nevada13.11$603/year
2Nebraska13.25$609/year
3Utah13.37$615/year
4Louisiana13.49$620/year
5Tennessee14.07$647/year
6Arkansas14.12$649/year
7North Dakota14.12$649/year
8Kentucky14.26$656/year
9Oklahoma14.33$659/year
10Idaho14.37$661/year
11North Carolina14.74$678/year
12Mississippi14.88$684/year
13Washington14.91$686/year
14New Mexico15.06$692/year
15Florida15.10$694/year
16Montana15.14$696/year
17Arizona15.18$698/year
18Wyoming15.24$701/year
19South Dakota15.36$706/year
20West Virginia15.45$710/year
21South Carolina15.55$715/year
22Kansas15.71$722/year
23Iowa15.93$732/year
24Texas15.94$733/year
25Missouri16.22$746/year
26Oregon16.32$750/year
27Georgia16.36$752/year
28Alabama16.40$754/year
29Colorado17.13$788/year
30Virginia17.22$792/year
31Indiana17.51$805/year
32Minnesota17.52$806/year
33Ohio19.19$882/year
34Delaware19.29$887/year
35Wisconsin19.56$899/year
36Illinois19.89$914/year
37Pennsylvania21.73$999/year
38Maryland21.84$1,004/year
39Michigan22.99$1,057/year
40Connecticut24.32$1,118/year
41District of Columbia24.39$1,121/year
42Vermont24.44$1,124/year
43New Jersey24.95$1,147/year
44New Hampshire27.01$1,242/year
45Alaska28.21$1,297/year
46Rhode Island29.23$1,344/year
47New York29.49$1,356/year
48Maine29.59$1,360/year
49Massachusetts29.61$1,361/year
50California34.74$1,597/year
51Hawaii52.72$2,424/year

How we calculated this

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 (June 2026). See our methodology for the full formula.