Electricity affordability has shifted from a customer-service issue to a management issue. The numbers are no longer easy to dismiss as a short-term fuel-price problem. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that average electricity revenue per kilowatt-hour across all sectors rose 6.0 percent in April 2026, year over year. Residential revenue per kilowatt-hour rose 7.3 percent. In February, the year-over-year increase across all sectors had reached 9.0 percent. Regulators and lawmakers are responding quickly: a July 2026 review reported more than 350 state actions on energy affordability during the first half of the year.