Refrigerator Cost by State

A full-size Energy Star refrigerator. The compressor cycles on/off, so effective draw is around 35% of nameplate watts. Running one costs about $87/year at the U.S. average residential rate (18.83¢/kWh) — but the range across states is significant: from $57/year in North Dakota (12.35¢/kWh) to $214/year in Hawaii (46.62¢/kWh).

Full ranking — Refrigerator running cost in all 51 states

RankStateRateCost/monthCost/year
1North Dakota12.35¢/kWh$4.74$57
2Idaho12.70¢/kWh$4.87$58
3Nebraska13.28¢/kWh$5.09$61
4Utah13.29¢/kWh$5.10$61
5Oklahoma13.31¢/kWh$5.10$61
6Iowa13.86¢/kWh$5.32$64
7Montana13.90¢/kWh$5.33$64
8Missouri14.01¢/kWh$5.37$64
9Arkansas14.16¢/kWh$5.43$65
10Nevada14.29¢/kWh$5.48$66
11Washington14.36¢/kWh$5.51$66
12Louisiana14.44¢/kWh$5.54$66
13South Dakota14.52¢/kWh$5.57$67
14Wyoming14.68¢/kWh$5.63$68
15Tennessee14.94¢/kWh$5.73$69
16Kentucky15.02¢/kWh$5.76$69
17New Mexico15.15¢/kWh$5.81$70
18Georgia15.37¢/kWh$5.89$71
19Florida15.38¢/kWh$5.90$71
20Arizona15.48¢/kWh$5.94$71
21Kansas15.78¢/kWh$6.05$73
22Oregon15.78¢/kWh$6.05$73
23West Virginia16.06¢/kWh$6.16$74
24North Carolina16.25¢/kWh$6.23$75
25Minnesota16.39¢/kWh$6.29$75
26Colorado16.54¢/kWh$6.34$76
27Mississippi16.76¢/kWh$6.43$77
28Texas16.99¢/kWh$6.52$78
29South Carolina17.06¢/kWh$6.54$78
30Virginia17.38¢/kWh$6.67$80
31Alabama17.41¢/kWh$6.68$80
32Indiana17.90¢/kWh$6.86$82
33Delaware18.79¢/kWh$7.21$86
34Wisconsin19.21¢/kWh$7.37$88
35Ohio19.49¢/kWh$7.47$90
36Illinois20.47¢/kWh$7.85$94
37Michigan21.39¢/kWh$8.20$98
38Pennsylvania21.47¢/kWh$8.23$99
39Maryland22.07¢/kWh$8.46$102
40New Jersey23.53¢/kWh$9.02$108
41Vermont24.56¢/kWh$9.42$113
42District of Columbia25.41¢/kWh$9.75$117
43New Hampshire27.24¢/kWh$10.45$125
44Alaska27.35¢/kWh$10.49$126
45Rhode Island28.30¢/kWh$10.85$130
46Maine28.42¢/kWh$10.90$131
47Massachusetts29.45¢/kWh$11.29$135
48New York29.45¢/kWh$11.29$135
49Connecticut32.24¢/kWh$12.36$148
50California35.25¢/kWh$13.52$162
51Hawaii46.62¢/kWh$17.88$214

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