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Connecticut was not the third, but the fourth state with the highest residential electricity rates in the U.S. as of August 2025, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The average price of electricity in the state was 30.29 cents per kilowatt-hour, behind Hawaii, California and Massachusetts. 

Connecticut draws much of its power from natural gas from power plants connected to a network of pipelines that stretches across several states. That gas is also used to heat homes and power stoves, hot water heaters and local industries, increasing demand and prices.

Customers in Connecticut pay more than $200 per month for electricity, or more than twice as much as customers in states such as New Mexico and Utah.

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Mariana Navarrete Villegas is a Community Engagement Reporter for The Connecticut Mirror, covering Hartford. She recently graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism with a master’s degree in Bilingual Journalism. Previously, she was the Community Engagement and Video Assistant at Epicenter-NYC and a Podcast Intern at The Take, Al Jazeera English’s daily news podcast. As a reporter, she has covered stories from New York to Florida, California, Panama, and Mexico, focusing on labor rights, immigration, and community care. She also hosts 'La Chismesita,' a community radio show in New York that archives oral histories through conversations with women community leaders. Originally from Mexico, Mariana spent her teenage years in Panama. She holds a B.A. in Global Studies with a minor in Psychology from Saint Leo University, where she interned at the International Rescue Committee.