What a dehumidifier costs to run in Virginia
Virginia homes use 960 kWh a year on a dehumidifier. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $71.98 to $236.53 a year across 12 published Virginia plans — a $164.55 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
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Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P✓ cheapesttime-of-use · demand charge | $71.98 | — | 9.0¢ |
| Dual Fuel Service Residential Schedule 1DFtime-of-use | $73.46 | +$1.48 | 8.1¢ |
| Basic Residential Rate Schedule 1time-of-use | $100.52 | +$28.54 | 12.0¢ |
| Energy TOU Residential Service Schedule 1Ttime-of-use | $107.66 | +$35.68 | 12.7¢ |
| 1W Residential Service (Time Controlled Storage Water Heating)flat rate · needs electric heating | $113.04 | +$41.06 | 12.2¢ |
| 1S Residential Service (Demand Time-of-Use)time-of-use · demand charge | $124.19 | +$52.21 | 14.1¢ |
| Residential Energy TOU Schedule 1Ttime-of-use | $143.96 | +$71.98 | 16.2¢ |
| Residential Schedule 1time-of-use · tiered | $147.52 | +$75.54 | 16.7¢ |
| 1EV Residential Service with Electric Vehicle Charging (Experimental)time-of-use · experimental | $147.66 | +$75.68 | 16.1¢ |
| Residential Schedule 1G (Experimental Service)time-of-use · experimental | $150.26 | +$78.28 | 16.4¢ |
| EV Residential Electric Vehicle Charging (Experimental)time-of-use · experimental | $178.32 | +$106.34 | 18.9¢ |
| Residential Off-Peak Plantime-of-use | $236.53 | +$164.55 | 25.3¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $27.59 (TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P), dearest $90.86, a $63.27 spread
- Average — cheapest $71.98 (TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P), dearest $236.53, a $164.55 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $101.22 (TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P), dearest $332.46, a $231.24 spread
What a dehumidifier costs here
Across 12 plans priced in Virginia, a dehumidifier adds $71.98 to $236.53 a year — $6.00 to $19.71 a month. The median plan puts a dehumidifier at $115.92 a year.
Cheapest for a dehumidifier: TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P, Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina). Dearest: Residential Off-Peak Plan, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Those 960 kWh are billed at 7.5¢–24.6¢, against a 13.4¢ 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 11.2¢ per kWh.
What Virginia homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 960 kWh a year across 91 sampled homes that run one, near the national 999 kWh. The middle half spans 369 kWh to 1,349 kWh, so a dehumidifier varies by 981 kWh between one household and another.
Portable and whole-home dehumidifiers. That average covers homes with a dehumidifier — 19% of homes here.
That makes a dehumidifier about 7% of the electricity a Virginia home uses. The remaining 11,977 kWh is what a dehumidifier 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 Virginia provider's cheapest plan: Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina), $71.98; Virginia Electric & Power Co, $124.19.
Virginia Electric & Power Co charges $52.21 a year more than Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina) on TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P for the same 960 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a dehumidifier
A household in the lighter quarter runs a dehumidifier for 369 kWh a year and pays $27.59 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 1,349 kWh and pays $101.22 — $73.63 more for a dehumidifier on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Virginia, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 12 Virginia 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 37.5407, -77.4360.