# EIA Retail Sales

The average industrial retail electricity price per state (cents per kWh), from EIA's retail sales data (Forms EIA-861 and EIA-861M).

## Source

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publisher | U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Product | Electric power retail sales and prices by state |
| Source | [https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data.php](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data.php) |
| Category | Utilities |
| Period | Latest complete annual year |
| Refresh cadence | Monthly |
| Geographies | State. Each state's price is given to its counties, and a metro is the population-weighted mean of its counties, so a metro spanning states blends their prices. |
| Availability | Available |
| Cadastre key | `eia` |

## Licence and attribution

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Licence | Public domain (U.S. federal government work) |
| Terms | [https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php](https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php) |
| Register status | Production approved; licence open |
| Allowed uses | `evaluation`, `internal`, `public_display`, `derived_analytics`, `redistribution`, `bulk_export`, `public_geometry`, `api` |

This source requires no credit line beyond naming the publisher. Cite it as **U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric power retail sales and prices by state**.

## Measures

The key is the measure's identifier in Cadastre. A measure stored for the metro itself is read as stored; **Rule from counties** is how a metro is assembled from its counties where it is not (see [Methodology](https://getcadastre.com/docs/methodology)).

| Key | Label | Unit | Rule from counties |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `electricity_industrial_price` | Industrial electricity price | cents per kWh | population-weighted county mean |

## Known gaps and caveats

- A state-level benchmark only: it is not a utility tariff or the rate at any site.

## See also

- [All datasets](https://getcadastre.com/docs/datasets)
- [Rights and attribution](https://getcadastre.com/docs/rights)
- [Data freshness](https://getcadastre.com/docs/freshness)