Most Expensive States to Run a Pellet Stove
#1: Hawaii at $168/year. That is 3.8× what the cheapest state pays. For each state we compute the annual running cost of a pellet stove using its nameplate 300 W, 10 hours/day, 120 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.Rank State Rate (¢/kWh) Annual cost 1 Hawaii 46.62 $168/year 2 California 35.25 $127/year 3 Connecticut 32.24 $116/year 4 New York 29.45 $106/year 5 Massachusetts 29.45 $106/year 6 Maine 28.42 $102/year 7 Rhode Island 28.30 $102/year 8 Alaska 27.35 $98/year 9 New Hampshire 27.24 $98/year 10 District of Columbia 25.41 $91/year 11 Vermont 24.56 $88/year 12 New Jersey 23.53 $85/year 13 Maryland 22.07 $79/year 14 Pennsylvania 21.47 $77/year 15 Michigan 21.39 $77/year 16 Illinois 20.47 $74/year 17 Ohio 19.49 $70/year 18 Wisconsin 19.21 $69/year 19 Delaware 18.79 $68/year 20 Indiana 17.90 $64/year 21 Alabama 17.41 $63/year 22 Virginia 17.38 $63/year 23 South Carolina 17.06 $61/year 24 Texas 16.99 $61/year 25 Mississippi 16.76 $60/year 26 Colorado 16.54 $60/year 27 Minnesota 16.39 $59/year 28 North Carolina 16.25 $58/year 29 West Virginia 16.06 $58/year 30 Oregon 15.78 $57/year 31 Kansas 15.78 $57/year 32 Arizona 15.48 $56/year 33 Florida 15.38 $55/year 34 Georgia 15.37 $55/year 35 New Mexico 15.15 $55/year 36 Kentucky 15.02 $54/year 37 Tennessee 14.94 $54/year 38 Wyoming 14.68 $53/year 39 South Dakota 14.52 $52/year 40 Louisiana 14.44 $52/year 41 Washington 14.36 $52/year 42 Nevada 14.29 $51/year 43 Arkansas 14.16 $51/year 44 Missouri 14.01 $50/year 45 Montana 13.90 $50/year 46 Iowa 13.86 $50/year 47 Oklahoma 13.31 $48/year 48 Utah 13.29 $48/year 49 Nebraska 13.28 $48/year 50 Idaho 12.70 $46/year 51 North Dakota 12.35 $44/year How we calculated this