Commercial electricity rates in Hawaii

What businesses in Hawaii actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 34.93¢ to 48.05¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Hawaii by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Hawaii.

Commercial customers in Hawaii pay 8% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is narrower than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Hawaii used 4,203 kWh in August 2026. At 43.55¢ per kWh that is about $1,831 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Hawaii's commercial price rose 18.1%, from 36.89¢ in September 2023 to 43.55¢. The high point was 48.05¢ in June 2026 and the low 34.93¢ in August 2025 — a spread of 38% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was June (40.47¢) and the cheapest September (36.15¢), a seasonal swing of 12%.

Hawaii against its region

Hawaii is in EIA's Pacific Noncontiguous division, where the commercial average was 34.46¢ in August 2026. Hawaii is 26% above that, and 2 of 2 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Alaska.

States priced near Hawaii

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states