Energy prices
Commercial Electricity Price
As of May 2026, commercial electricity price stands at 13.5¢ /kWh (EIA Electricity Data Browser, retail sales, commercial sector), falling over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Commercial Electricity Price is a direct operating cost for any energy-intensive process: melting, heat treating, drying, compressed air, and machining all scale with it. Watching the trend helps plants time efficiency projects and price energy-heavy work correctly rather than quoting off a stale rate.
- The figure comes from EIA Electricity Data Browser, retail sales, commercial sector and is reported in cents/kWh. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: 13.5¢ /kWh for May 2026.
- Prior period: 13.5¢ (Apr 2026), a rise of 0.03.
- Compared with a year earlier, commercial electricity price is up 4.7%.
- Across the archived window the high was 14.4¢ in Feb 2026 and the low was 12.9¢ in Apr 2025.
- The series has moved up for 1 consecutive periods.
- 14 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time EIA Electricity Data Browser, retail sales, commercial sector publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- May 2026: 13.5¢ /kWh
- Apr 2026: 13.5¢ /kWh
- Mar 2026: 13.9¢ /kWh
- Feb 2026: 14.4¢ /kWh
- Jan 2026: 13.6¢ /kWh
- Dec 2025: 13.6¢ /kWh
- Nov 2025: 13.2¢ /kWh
- Oct 2025: 13.5¢ /kWh
- Sep 2025: 14.0¢ /kWh
- Aug 2025: 13.9¢ /kWh
- Jul 2025: 14.1¢ /kWh
- Jun 2025: 13.5¢ /kWh
- May 2025: 12.9¢ /kWh
- Apr 2025: 12.9¢ /kWh
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.