Skip to main content
Energy Profile

Washington

vs

Wyoming

Side-by-side comparison of electricity costs, generation mix, and renewable energy data.

WashingtonMetricWyoming
13.11¢/kWhResidential13.38¢/kWh
10.95¢/kWhCommercial9.54¢/kWh
6.88¢/kWhIndustrial8.66¢/kWh
#8Price Rank#14
69.5%Renewable %25.6%

Generation Mix

Washington

Coal
2.8%
Gas
17.7%
Nuclear
9.7%
Hydro
59.3%
Wind
8.7%
Solar
0.4%

Wyoming

Coal
59.9%
Gas
13.3%
Hydro
2.5%
Wind
22.1%
Solar
1.0%

Frequently Asked Questions

Washington has cheaper residential electricity at 13.11¢/kWh. The difference is 0.27¢/kWh between the two states. Washington ranks #8 and Wyoming ranks #14 cheapest among all states.

Washington gets 69.5% of electricity from renewables, while Wyoming gets 25.6%. Washington leads in renewable energy adoption.

Electricity rates from EIA retail sales data. Generation mix from EIA electric power operational data.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2026.

The side-by-side above pulls the the EIA Open Data API and State Electricity Profiles data for both entity A and entity B. What follows is the interpretation — which specific axes carry the most weight for entity A versus entity B, and which differences are large enough to influence a real decision.

Practical use of the comparison: read the data above, then drill into the individual entity A and entity B detail pages for the underlying breakdown. A pairwise comparison answers the relative question; the per-entity pages answer the absolute question.