What does it cost to run?
The monthly cost of the things you plug in, worked out from the wattage on the label and the price you actually pay per kWh. Prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and are updated every month.
Electronics
Heating
- Electric baseboard heater$65.38 a month at 8 h a day
- Electric blanket$4.36 a month at 8 h a day
- Electric furnace$336 a month at 4 h a day
- Electric radiant floor heating$10.46 a month at 4 h a day
- Heat pump$126 a month at 8 h a day
- Oil-filled radiator$65.38 a month at 8 h a day
- Space heater$65.38 a month at 8 h a day
Kitchen
Laundry
Seasonal
Water heating
Space heater cost in each state
Ranked table1,500 W heater, 8 hours a day, 30 days, at each state's average residential price (August 2026). The same table fits on one printable page: free PDF.
- Alabama$58.79
- Alaska$106
- Arizona$54.18
- Arkansas$51.73
- California$107
- Colorado$61.81
- Connecticut$88.24
- Delaware$67.32
- District of Columbia$93.53
- Florida$53.96
- Georgia$57.24
- Hawaii$170
- Idaho$48.13
- Illinois$69.55
- Indiana$61.27
- Iowa$61.42
- Kansas$55.69
- Kentucky$49.68
- Louisiana$46.33
- Maine$116
- Maryland$77.04
- Massachusetts$110
- Michigan$82.76
- Minnesota$61.92
- Mississippi$51.95
- Missouri$57.67
- Montana$56.05
- Nebraska$48.74
- Nevada$45.79
- New Hampshire$99.50
- New Jersey$88.60
- New Mexico$59.44
- New York$103
- North Carolina$53.82
- North Dakota$47.92
- Ohio$69.77
- Oklahoma$53.35
- Oregon$57.31
- Pennsylvania$78.37
- Rhode Island$101
- South Carolina$56.74
- South Dakota$54.54
- Tennessee$48.31
- Texas$57.28
- Utah$47.92
- Vermont$85.82
- Virginia$63.50
- Washington$52.67
- West Virginia$58.72
- Wisconsin$69.88
- Wyoming$51.95
Nothing matches yet. You can still work it out: watts × hours ÷ 1,000 × price per kWh.
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Data and tools
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Open dataset
The same state table on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0, refreshed after each EIA release.