Decide which question you are asking
An electricity statement may contain several cents-per-kWh figures. A variable energy charge can support a narrow modeled-energy calculation. A whole-bill effective price divides a bill total by total kWh and can include fixed charges, taxes, and other items. Those two inputs can produce different appliance estimates.
If your statement clearly identifies a variable energy charge, you can enter that figure for an energy-only view. If you calculate a whole-bill effective price, label it that way in your own notes and remember that allocating fixed costs across each kWh changes with total household use.
A possible future EIA benchmark
This release does not provide an EIA benchmark. If a later reviewed release adds one, it would be a state residential average revenue per kWh based on aggregate revenue and sales for residential customers. The resulting state value is not your utility rate and is not a tariff quote.
A future benchmark could provide broad context when you do not have a personal price available, but it would be less specific than a figure you understand from your own statement. The initial calculator therefore accepts only a price you enter.
Do not combine unlike figures
Avoid adding a delivery line, generation line, and whole-bill effective price together. Determine what each figure already contains before selecting one input. When in doubt, calculate a range outside this tool or ask the provider how the statement’s price components are defined.