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Most Expensive States to Run a Garage Door Opener

#1: Hawaii at $3/year. That is 3.8× what the cheapest state pays.

RankStateRate (¢/kWh)Annual cost
1Hawaii46.62$3/year
2California35.25$2/year
3Connecticut32.24$2/year
4New York29.45$2/year
5Massachusetts29.45$2/year
6Maine28.42$2/year
7Rhode Island28.30$2/year
8Alaska27.35$2/year
9New Hampshire27.24$2/year
10District of Columbia25.41$2/year
11Vermont24.56$2/year
12New Jersey23.53$2/year
13Maryland22.07$1/year
14Pennsylvania21.47$1/year
15Michigan21.39$1/year
16Illinois20.47$1/year
17Ohio19.49$1/year
18Wisconsin19.21$1/year
19Delaware18.79$1/year
20Indiana17.90$1/year
21Virginia17.38$1/year
22Alabama17.41$1/year
23Texas16.99$1/year
24South Carolina17.06$1/year
25Mississippi16.76$1/year
26Colorado16.54$1/year
27Minnesota16.39$1/year
28North Carolina16.25$1/year
29West Virginia16.06$1/year
30Oregon15.78$1/year
31Kansas15.78$1/year
32Arizona15.48$1/year
33Georgia15.37$1/year
34Florida15.38$1/year
35New Mexico15.15$1/year
36Kentucky15.02$1/year
37Tennessee14.94$1/year
38Wyoming14.68$1/year
39South Dakota14.52$1/year
40Washington14.36$1/year
41Louisiana14.44$1/year
42Nevada14.29$1/year
43Arkansas14.16$1/year
44Montana13.90$1/year
45Missouri14.01$1/year
46Iowa13.86$1/year
47Utah13.29$1/year
48Oklahoma13.31$1/year
49Nebraska13.28$1/year
50Idaho12.70$1/year
51North Dakota12.35$1/year

How we calculated this

For each state we compute the annual running cost of a garage door opener using its nameplate 350 W, 0.05 hours/day, 365 days/year. States are ranked by total annual cost.

State electricity prices come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A (April 2026). See our methodology for the full formula.

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