What a separate freezer costs to run in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania homes use 561 kWh a year on a separate freezer. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $56.04 to $125.88 a year across 11 published Pennsylvania plans — a $69.84 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Service Add-On Heat Pumptime-of-use · needs a heat pump | $38.83 | −$17.21 | 8.4¢ |
| Residential Service Heatingtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $53.94 | −$2.10 | 11.2¢ |
| Residential Service✓ cheapestflat rate | $56.04 | — | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Heating Service (RH)time-of-use · needs electric heating | $56.52 | +$0.48 | 11.4¢ |
| Residential Service (R)flat rate | $65.40 | +$9.36 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential Service Add-On Heat Pumptime-of-use · needs a heat pump | $109.68 | +$53.64 | 21.1¢ |
| Residential Heating Service (RH)time-of-use · needs electric heating | $113.96 | +$57.92 | 21.6¢ |
| Residential Service Heatingtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $117.24 | +$61.20 | 22.4¢ |
| Residential Service (R) - TOUtime-of-use | $120.95 | +$64.91 | 22.9¢ |
| Residential Service (R)flat rate | $122.76 | +$66.72 | 23.2¢ |
| Residential Serviceflat rate | $125.88 | +$69.84 | 23.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $33.12 (Residential Service), dearest $74.40, a $41.28 spread
- Average — cheapest $56.04 (Residential Service), dearest $125.88, a $69.84 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $65.28 (Residential Service), dearest $146.64, a $81.36 spread
What a separate freezer costs here
Across 11 plans priced in Pennsylvania, a separate freezer adds $56.04 to $125.88 a year — $4.67 to $10.49 a month. The median plan puts a separate freezer at $120.95 a year.
Cheapest for a separate freezer: Residential Service, Duquesne Light Co. Dearest: Residential Service, Duquesne Light Co.
Those 561 kWh are billed at 10.0¢–22.4¢, against a 22.9¢ whole-bill average on the median plan, so on these plans the two rates are close.
What Pennsylvania homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 561 kWh a year across 240 sampled homes that run one, near the national 570 kWh. The middle half spans 332 kWh to 654 kWh, so a separate freezer varies by 322 kWh between one household and another.
A standalone chest or upright freezer, not the freezer compartment of a fridge. That average covers homes with a separate freezer — 38% of homes here.
That makes a separate freezer about 5% of the electricity a Pennsylvania home uses. The remaining 9,687 kWh is what a separate freezer 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 Pennsylvania provider's cheapest plan: Duquesne Light Co, $56.04; PECO Energy Co, $65.40.
PECO Energy Co charges $9.36 a year more than Duquesne Light Co on Residential Service for the same 561 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a separate freezer
A household in the lighter quarter runs a separate freezer for 332 kWh a year and pays $33.12 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 654 kWh and pays $65.28 — $32.16 more for a separate freezer on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Pennsylvania, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 11 Pennsylvania 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 40.4406, -79.9959.