Most Expensive States to Charge a Ford F-150 Lightning

#1: Hawaii at $3,108/year. That is 3.8× what the cheapest state pays.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual home charging cost
1Hawaii46.62$3,108/year
2California35.25$2,350/year
3Connecticut32.24$2,149/year
4New York29.45$1,963/year
5Massachusetts29.45$1,963/year
6Maine28.42$1,895/year
7Rhode Island28.30$1,887/year
8Alaska27.35$1,823/year
9New Hampshire27.24$1,816/year
10District of Columbia25.41$1,694/year
11Vermont24.56$1,637/year
12New Jersey23.53$1,569/year
13Maryland22.07$1,471/year
14Pennsylvania21.47$1,431/year
15Michigan21.39$1,426/year
16Illinois20.47$1,365/year
17Ohio19.49$1,299/year
18Wisconsin19.21$1,281/year
19Delaware18.79$1,253/year
20Indiana17.90$1,193/year
21Alabama17.41$1,161/year
22Virginia17.38$1,159/year
23South Carolina17.06$1,137/year
24Texas16.99$1,133/year
25Mississippi16.76$1,117/year
26Colorado16.54$1,103/year
27Minnesota16.39$1,093/year
28North Carolina16.25$1,083/year
29West Virginia16.06$1,071/year
30Oregon15.78$1,052/year
31Kansas15.78$1,052/year
32Arizona15.48$1,032/year
33Florida15.38$1,025/year
34Georgia15.37$1,025/year
35New Mexico15.15$1,010/year
36Kentucky15.02$1,001/year
37Tennessee14.94$996/year
38Wyoming14.68$979/year
39South Dakota14.52$968/year
40Louisiana14.44$963/year
41Washington14.36$957/year
42Nevada14.29$953/year
43Arkansas14.16$944/year
44Missouri14.01$934/year
45Montana13.90$927/year
46Iowa13.86$924/year
47Oklahoma13.31$887/year
48Utah13.29$886/year
49Nebraska13.28$885/year
50Idaho12.70$847/year
51North Dakota12.35$823/year

How we calculated this

For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a Ford F-150 Lightning (131 kWh battery, 2.0 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.