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About the Midwest: Business Climate

Industrial Electric Power: Average Cents per kWh

Alliant Energy provides reliable electric and natural gas services to 1.4 million customers in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota at a competitive price. We encourage our customers to take advantage of Alliant Energy's energy efficiency programs to invest in high-efficiency products and lower their energy use.

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National average: 5.11

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Average
cents
per kWh

12

Iowa

4.32

19

Minnesota

4.62

 

Alliant Energy-Interstate Power & Light
(Iowa)1

4.78

27

Wisconsin

4.92

 

Alliant Energy-Wisconsin Power & Light
(Wis.)1

6.01

 

Alliant Energy-Interstate Power & Light
(Minn.)1

6.52

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State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Average
cents
per kWh

1

Kentucky

3.33

2

West Virginia

3.82

3

Wyoming

3.90

4

Idaho

3.91

5

Utah

4.00

6

South Carolina

4.11

7

Indiana

4.12

7

North Dakota

4.12

9

Montana

4.14

10

Virginia

4.26

11

Washington

4.27

12

Iowa

4.32

13

Oregon

4.41

14

Tennessee

4.45

15

Alabama

4.52

16

South Dakota

4.58

17

Illinois

4.61

17

Missouri

4.61

19

Minnesota

4.62

20

Kansas

4.68

21

Arkansas

4.74

21

Oklahoma

4.74

23

Mississippi

4.82

24

North Carolina

4.86

25

Ohio

4.88

26

Michigan

4.91

27

Wisconsin

4.92

28

New Mexico

5.21

29

Georgia

5.28

30

Colorado

5.74

31

Louisiana

5.80

32

Arizona

5.85

33

Pennsylvania

5.86

34

Maryland

5.97

35

Delaware

6.21

36

Florida

6.46

37

Maine

6.55

38

Texas

6.60

39

New York

7.02

40

Nevada

7.22

41

Vermont

7.94

42

Massachusetts

8.46

43

New Jersey

9.00

44

Rhode Island

9.35

45

Connecticut

9.40

46

California

9.55

47

New Hampshire

9.99

48

Hawaii

15.79

1 Alliant Energy utility subsidiaries

NOTE: No data was available for Alaska or Nebraska. Figures are based on bundled rates of all utilities that provide electric service in each respective state for 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2005.

Source: Typical Bills and Average Rates Report, Winter 2007, Reprinted with the permission of the Edison Electric Institute.

 

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