U.S. Residential Electricity Prices Rise 5% Year Over Year to Record 17.3 Cents
The source says average U.S. household power prices reached a record in 2025, with at least 11 states posting increases of 30% or more since January 2020.
Fact Check
The claim is likely true based on convergence between the @KobeissiLetter post and official EIA references. The X post explicitly states the full claim. Search results for the official EIA outlook page indicate that U.S. residential electricity prices averaged 17.3 cents per kWh in 2025, matching the core numeric claim. Search results also identify EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A as the official state-level residential electricity price table needed to evaluate the January 2020-to-2025 increases by state. However, because the exact table values were not retrievable in this run, the subclaim that at least 11 states posted increases of 30% or more since January 2020 is not directly verified from fetched primary table contents here, so confidence is medium rather than high.
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Terms & Concepts
- kilowatt-hour: A standard unit of electricity use that measures how much power is consumed over time and is commonly used in household utility billing.
- Year over year: A comparison of a metric with the same period a year earlier, often used to track price or demand trends.