Berkeley Lab’s "Retail Electricity Price and Cost Trends" summarizes recent trends in retail electricity price levels and price drivers in the United States. This report is intended to serve as a reference document for the diverse set of decision-makers impacted by changes in retail electricity prices and to provide a factual basis for assessing recent changes in retail electricity prices and key underlying drivers. National, regional, and state trends are reported for 2019 through 2023 using publicly-available data for:
-Average retail electricity prices, retail sales, and utility revenues
-Utility capital expenditures, operations and maintenance costs, and fuel and purchased power costs
-Retail electricity sales impacts from behind-the-meter resources
The report also includes qualitative case studies highlighting recent and/or regionally-specific issues contributing significantly to retail electricity price trends