Appliance Energy Use Chart

The Appliance Energy Use Chart below is designed to give you an idea of how much electricity is consumed by many of the most common household appliances. Except where noted, the figures used in the chart have been based on the typical efficiency levels of appliances found in Springfield homes audited by the CWLP Energy Experts and on the price per kilowatt-hour paid by the "average" CWLP residential customer. Appliances with efficiency levels much lower or higher than the norm might consume significantly more or less energy than indicated on this table.

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To translate the usages given in this chart into energy dollars, simply multiply the appliance's kilowatt-hour (kWh) usage by your average price per kWh (see the NOTE below for more about this) and the amount or number of times you use the appliances over a specific period.

NOTE: Based on current electric rates, the State Utility Tax, and fuel adjustment charges, as of November 2017, the average annual cost per kWh of electricity being paid by CWLP's regular (not all-electric) residential electric customers was 11.30¢.* For all-electric residential customers, the average annual cost was 10.68¢* per kWh. (Cost-per-kWh estimates used in this chart were last updated in November 2017.) Get more information about residential electric rates or business electric rates.

* This amount can fluctuate from month to month based on changes in the monthly fuel adjustment charge.

For instance, using the average cost-per-kWh provided in the NOTE above and the energy consumption information provided in the Appliance Energy Use Chart, we can calculate that it will cost a regular (Rate 30) CWLP residential electric customer about $3.04 a month to watch a 21-inch color television for an average of three hours a day (approximately 90 hours each month).

0.3 kwh/hr x $0.1130 per kWh x 90 hrs/mo. = $3.05 per mo.

In addition to helping you determine the approximate cost of operating your various appliances over time, the Appliance Energy Use Chart can help you realize how changes in your energy use habits—such as using appropriately sized stove burners, substituting a microwave oven for a conventional oven, or turning off lights, TVs and other appliances when they aren't needed—can help you control your monthly energy costs.

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Appliance	kWh Usage	Operating Cost (@11.30$ / kWh)
KITCHEN
Toaster	0.04 kWh / serving	less than 1¢ / serving
Microwave oven	0.75 kWh / hr	8¢ / hr
Electric frying pan	1.2 kWh / hr	14¢ / hr
Coffee maker	0.2 kWh / pot	2¢ / pot
Range burner (large)	2.4 kWh / hr	27¢ / hr
Range burner (small)	1.2 kWh / hr	14¢ / hr
Oven (baking or roasting)	3.2 kWh / hr	36¢ / hr
Oven (broiling)	3.6 kWh / hr	41¢ / hr
Oven (self-cleaning cycle)	10 kWh / clean	$1.13 / clean
Refrigerator (pre-2002, manual defrost)	63 kWh / month	$7.12 / month
Refrigerator (pre-2002, frost-free)	168 kWh / month	$18.98 / month
Refrigerator (2002 or newer	82 kWh / month	$9.27 / month
Deep freezer (frost free)	153 kWh / month	$17.29 / month
Deep freezer (manual defrost)	135 kWh / month	$15.26 / month
Dishwasher	1 kWh / load	11¢ / load
LIVING ROOM/OFFICE/FAMILY ROOM
Television (21-inch color)	0.3 kWh / hr	3¢ / hr
Stereo	0.15 kWh / hr	2¢ / hr
Computer with monitor (average)	0.09 kWh / hr	1¢ / hr
Computer with monitor (sleep mode)	0.02 kWh / hr	less than 1¢ / hr
Fan	0.2 kWh / hr	2¢ / hr
Room space heater (1500 watt)	1.5 kWh / hr	17¢ / hr
BEDROOM
Waterbed heater	120 kWh / month	$13.56 / month
Electric blanket	1 kWh / night	11¢ / night
BASEMENT/UTILITY ROOM
Washing machine (excluding water)	0.25 kWh / load	3¢ / load
Clothes dryer (electric)	2.7 kWh / load	31¢ / load
Water heater (for average family of 4)	400 kWh / month	$45.20 / month
Dehumidifier	0.76 kWh / hr	9¢ / hr
Air conditioner (central, 10 SEER)	1.2 kWh / hr / ton	14¢ / hr / ton
Air conditioner (central, 14 SEER)	0.85 kWh / hr / ton	10¢ / hr / ton
MISCELLANEOUS
Light bulb (100-watt incandescent)	0.1 kWh / hr	5¢ / 4 hrs
Light Bulb (15-watt LED, 100-watt equiv.)	0.015 kWh / hr	1¢ / 5 hrs