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.

U.S. average 18.31¢/kWh (July 2026)Highest Hawaii 48.00¢Lowest Louisiana 12.72¢Updated Oct 22, 2026

Heating

Space heater cost in each state

Ranked table

1,500 W heater, 8 hours a day, 30 days, at each state's average residential price (July 2026). The same table fits on one printable page: free PDF.

Alabama$59.04
Alaska$104
Arizona$55.37
Arkansas$51.59
California$121
Colorado$61.20
Connecticut$86.98
Delaware$66.53
District of Columbia$90.76
Florida$54.11
Georgia$58.57
Hawaii$173
Idaho$49.43
Illinois$69.19
Indiana$60.23
Iowa$57.56
Kansas$54.97
Kentucky$49.72
Louisiana$45.79
Maine$117
Maryland$77.08
Massachusetts$110
Michigan$82.98
Minnesota$62.82
Mississippi$52.34
Missouri$57.92
Montana$53.96
Nebraska$49.61
Nevada$45.97
New Hampshire$95.76
New Jersey$90.68
New Mexico$57.92
New York$108
North Carolina$54.58
North Dakota$48.28
Ohio$70.02
Oklahoma$51.66
Oregon$57.49
Pennsylvania$78.19
Rhode Island$102
South Carolina$55.69
South Dakota$55.33
Tennessee$49.36
Texas$57.17
Utah$47.23
Vermont$85.50
Virginia$63.18
Washington$52.96
West Virginia$56.81
Wisconsin$68.62
Wyoming$51.70

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Data and tools

Electricity prices by state

Every state's average home electricity price, the change from a year earlier, and a CSV you can reuse with credit.

Calculator for your site

A small space heater calculator for newsrooms, blogs and energy-help pages. One line of HTML, no ads, no cookies.

Open dataset

The same state table on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0, refreshed after each EIA release.