With the U.S. Department of Energy estimating families could save up to 25% on utilities with energy efficient measures, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2019’s Most & Least Energy-Efficient States as well as accompanying videos.
To gauge the financial impact of doing more with less energy — the average American household spends at least $2,000 per year on utilities and another $2,109 on motor fuel and oil — WalletHub compared the auto- and home-energy efficiency in 48 U.S. states. Due to data limitations, Alaska and Hawaii were excluded from our analysis.
Most Energy-Efficient States
1 New York
2 Rhode Island
3 Utah
4 Massachusetts
5 Vermont
6 California
7 Colorado
8 Minnesota
9 Wisconsin
10 Connecticut
Least Energy-Efficient States
39 Oklahoma
40 Kentucky
41 Texas
42 Georgia
43 Mississippi
44 Arkansas
45 Tennessee
46 Alabama
47 Louisiana
48 South Carolina
To view the full report and your state’s ranking, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/most-and-least-energy-efficient-states/7354/
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