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 today released its report on 2018’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 $1,968 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 | Least Energy-Efficient States | |||
| 1 | New York | 39 | Wyoming | |
| 2 | Vermont | 40 | Oklahoma | |
| 3 | Utah | 41 | Kentucky | |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 42 | Texas | |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 43 | Mississippi | |
| 6 | Colorado | 44 | Arkansas | |
| 7 | Minnesota | 45 | Tennessee | |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 46 | Alabama | |
| 9 | California | 47 | Louisiana | |
| 10 | Connecticut | 48 | South Carolina | |
To view the full report and your state’s ranking, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/