average cost per kilowatt hour
The average price people in the U.S. pay for electricity is about 12 cents per kilowatt-hour. (Context: A typical U.S. household uses about 908 kWh a month of electricity.) But there's huge variation from state to state. Here's a map of residential electricity prices, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Los Angeles area households paid an average of 18.4 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in February 2017, less than the 21.3 cents per kWh paid in February 2016. The average cost of utility (piped) gas at $1.182 per therm in February was more than the $1.152 per therm spent last year.