Most Expensive States to Charge a Kia EV9

#1: Hawaii at $2,704/year. That is 4.0× what the cheapest state pays.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual home charging cost
1Hawaii52.72$2,704/year
2California34.74$1,782/year
3Massachusetts29.61$1,518/year
4Maine29.59$1,517/year
5New York29.49$1,512/year
6Rhode Island29.23$1,499/year
7Alaska28.21$1,447/year
8New Hampshire27.01$1,385/year
9New Jersey24.95$1,279/year
10Vermont24.44$1,253/year
11District of Columbia24.39$1,251/year
12Connecticut24.32$1,247/year
13Michigan22.99$1,179/year
14Maryland21.84$1,120/year
15Pennsylvania21.73$1,114/year
16Illinois19.89$1,020/year
17Wisconsin19.56$1,003/year
18Delaware19.29$989/year
19Ohio19.19$984/year
20Minnesota17.52$898/year
21Indiana17.51$898/year
22Virginia17.22$883/year
23Colorado17.13$878/year
24Alabama16.40$841/year
25Georgia16.36$839/year
26Oregon16.32$837/year
27Missouri16.22$832/year
28Texas15.94$817/year
29Iowa15.93$817/year
30Kansas15.71$806/year
31South Carolina15.55$797/year
32West Virginia15.45$792/year
33South Dakota15.36$788/year
34Wyoming15.24$782/year
35Arizona15.18$778/year
36Montana15.14$776/year
37Florida15.10$774/year
38New Mexico15.06$772/year
39Washington14.91$765/year
40Mississippi14.88$763/year
41North Carolina14.74$756/year
42Idaho14.37$737/year
43Oklahoma14.33$735/year
44Kentucky14.26$731/year
45North Dakota14.12$724/year
46Arkansas14.12$724/year
47Tennessee14.07$722/year
48Louisiana13.49$692/year
49Utah13.37$686/year
50Nebraska13.25$679/year
51Nevada13.11$672/year

How we calculated this

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