What air conditioning costs to run in Georgia

What air conditioning costs here

Across 4 plans priced in Georgia, air conditioning adds $252.18 to $485.68 a year — $21.02 to $40.47 a month. The median plan puts air conditioning at $429.72 a year.

Cheapest for air conditioning: SCHEDULE TOU-RD-11 RESIDENTIAL DEMAND SERVICE, Georgia Power Co. Dearest: SCHEDULE R-30 RESIDENTIAL SERVICE, Georgia Power Co.

Those 3,019 kWh are billed at 8.4¢–16.1¢, against a 14.9¢ whole-bill average on the median plan: they land in the last tier the household reaches, so the average rate understates them by up to 1.2¢ per kWh.

What Georgia homes use

EIA's 2020 residential survey found 3,019 kWh a year across 399 sampled homes that run one, 1.30× the national 2,318 kWh. The middle half spans 1,491 kWh to 4,066 kWh, so air conditioning varies by 2,575 kWh between one household and another.

All electricity used for cooling — central systems, heat pumps in cooling mode, and window or wall units — plus the air handler that runs with them. That average covers homes with air conditioning — 95% of homes here.

That makes air conditioning about 23% of the electricity a Georgia home uses. The remaining 10,251 kWh is what air conditioning is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.

Light and heavy use of air conditioning

A household in the lighter quarter runs air conditioning for 1,491 kWh a year and pays $124.61 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 4,066 kWh and pays $339.55 — $214.94 more for air conditioning on the same tariff.

Limits

A 2020 survey average for Georgia, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 4 Georgia tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.