Most Expensive States to Charge a Mercedes-Benz EQE
#1: Hawaii at $1,942/year. That is 3.8× what the cheapest state pays. For each state we compute the home Level 2 charging cost for a Mercedes-Benz EQE (91 kWh battery, 3.2 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 Hawaii 46.62 $1,942/year 2 California 35.25 $1,469/year 3 Connecticut 32.24 $1,343/year 4 New York 29.45 $1,227/year 5 Massachusetts 29.45 $1,227/year 6 Maine 28.42 $1,184/year 7 Rhode Island 28.30 $1,179/year 8 Alaska 27.35 $1,140/year 9 New Hampshire 27.24 $1,135/year 10 District of Columbia 25.41 $1,059/year 11 Vermont 24.56 $1,023/year 12 New Jersey 23.53 $980/year 13 Maryland 22.07 $920/year 14 Pennsylvania 21.47 $895/year 15 Michigan 21.39 $891/year 16 Illinois 20.47 $853/year 17 Ohio 19.49 $812/year 18 Wisconsin 19.21 $800/year 19 Delaware 18.79 $783/year 20 Indiana 17.90 $746/year 21 Alabama 17.41 $725/year 22 Virginia 17.38 $724/year 23 South Carolina 17.06 $711/year 24 Texas 16.99 $708/year 25 Mississippi 16.76 $698/year 26 Colorado 16.54 $689/year 27 Minnesota 16.39 $683/year 28 North Carolina 16.25 $677/year 29 West Virginia 16.06 $669/year 30 Oregon 15.78 $658/year 31 Kansas 15.78 $658/year 32 Arizona 15.48 $645/year 33 Florida 15.38 $641/year 34 Georgia 15.37 $640/year 35 New Mexico 15.15 $631/year 36 Kentucky 15.02 $626/year 37 Tennessee 14.94 $622/year 38 Wyoming 14.68 $612/year 39 South Dakota 14.52 $605/year 40 Louisiana 14.44 $602/year 41 Washington 14.36 $598/year 42 Nevada 14.29 $595/year 43 Arkansas 14.16 $590/year 44 Missouri 14.01 $584/year 45 Montana 13.90 $579/year 46 Iowa 13.86 $578/year 47 Oklahoma 13.31 $555/year 48 Utah 13.29 $554/year 49 Nebraska 13.28 $553/year 50 Idaho 12.70 $529/year 51 North Dakota 12.35 $515/year How we calculated this