Most Expensive States to Charge a Volkswagen ID.4

#1: Hawaii at $2,143/year. That is 3.8× what the cheapest state pays.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual home charging cost
1Hawaii46.62$2,143/year
2California35.25$1,621/year
3Connecticut32.24$1,482/year
4New York29.45$1,354/year
5Massachusetts29.45$1,354/year
6Maine28.42$1,307/year
7Rhode Island28.30$1,301/year
8Alaska27.35$1,257/year
9New Hampshire27.24$1,252/year
10District of Columbia25.41$1,168/year
11Vermont24.56$1,129/year
12New Jersey23.53$1,082/year
13Maryland22.07$1,015/year
14Pennsylvania21.47$987/year
15Michigan21.39$983/year
16Illinois20.47$941/year
17Ohio19.49$896/year
18Wisconsin19.21$883/year
19Delaware18.79$864/year
20Indiana17.90$823/year
21Alabama17.41$800/year
22Virginia17.38$799/year
23South Carolina17.06$784/year
24Texas16.99$781/year
25Mississippi16.76$771/year
26Colorado16.54$760/year
27Minnesota16.39$754/year
28North Carolina16.25$747/year
29West Virginia16.06$738/year
30Oregon15.78$726/year
31Kansas15.78$726/year
32Arizona15.48$712/year
33Florida15.38$707/year
34Georgia15.37$707/year
35New Mexico15.15$697/year
36Kentucky15.02$691/year
37Tennessee14.94$687/year
38Wyoming14.68$675/year
39South Dakota14.52$668/year
40Louisiana14.44$664/year
41Washington14.36$660/year
42Nevada14.29$657/year
43Arkansas14.16$651/year
44Missouri14.01$644/year
45Montana13.90$639/year
46Iowa13.86$637/year
47Oklahoma13.31$612/year
48Utah13.29$611/year
49Nebraska13.28$611/year
50Idaho12.70$584/year
51North Dakota12.35$568/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 (April 2026). See our methodology for the full formula.