What ceiling fans costs to run in Ohio
Ohio homes use 151 kWh a year on ceiling fans. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $10.64 to $14.88 a year across 3 published Ohio plans — a $4.24 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential✓ cheapesttime-of-use · tiered | $10.64 | — | 7.0¢ |
| Residential (KW11)flat rate | $12.72 | +$2.08 | 9.6¢ |
| Residential (KW10)flat rate | $14.88 | +$4.24 | 11.1¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $1.95 (Residential), dearest $2.64, a $0.69 spread
- Average — cheapest $10.64 (Residential), dearest $14.88, a $4.24 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $13.19 (Residential), dearest $18.36, a $5.17 spread
What ceiling fans costs here
Across 3 plans priced in Ohio, ceiling fans adds $10.64 to $14.88 a year — $0.89 to $1.24 a month. The median plan puts ceiling fans at $12.72 a year.
Cheapest for ceiling fans: Residential, City of Cleveland, Ohio (Utility Company). Dearest: Residential (KW10), City of Columbus, Ohio (Utility Company).
Those 151 kWh are billed at 7.0¢–9.8¢, against a 9.6¢ 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 0.2¢ per kWh.
What Ohio homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 151 kWh a year across 264 sampled homes that run one, 33% under the national 227 kWh. The middle half spans 28 kWh to 187 kWh, so ceiling fans varies by 159 kWh between one household and another.
Every ceiling fan in the home across a year. That average covers homes with ceiling fans — 75% of homes here.
That makes ceiling fans about 1% of the electricity an Ohio home uses. The remaining 10,127 kWh is what ceiling fans is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.
By provider
On each Ohio provider's cheapest plan: City of Cleveland, Ohio (Utility Company), $10.64; City of Columbus, Ohio (Utility Company), $12.72.
City of Columbus, Ohio (Utility Company) charges $2.08 a year more than City of Cleveland, Ohio (Utility Company) on Residential for the same 151 kWh.
Light and heavy use of ceiling fans
A household in the lighter quarter runs ceiling fans for 28 kWh a year and pays $1.95 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 187 kWh and pays $13.19 — $11.24 more for ceiling fans on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Ohio, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 3 Ohio tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.
Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 41.4993, -81.6944.