What a separate freezer costs to run in Virginia
Virginia homes use 565 kWh a year on a separate freezer. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $42.42 to $139.11 a year across 12 published Virginia plans — a $96.69 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P✓ cheapesttime-of-use · demand charge | $42.42 | — | 9.0¢ |
| Dual Fuel Service Residential Schedule 1DFtime-of-use | $43.14 | +$0.72 | 8.1¢ |
| Basic Residential Rate Schedule 1time-of-use | $59.12 | +$16.70 | 12.0¢ |
| Energy TOU Residential Service Schedule 1Ttime-of-use | $63.31 | +$20.89 | 12.7¢ |
| 1W Residential Service (Time Controlled Storage Water Heating)flat rate · needs electric heating | $66.48 | +$24.06 | 12.2¢ |
| 1S Residential Service (Demand Time-of-Use)time-of-use · demand charge | $73.01 | +$30.59 | 14.1¢ |
| Residential Energy TOU Schedule 1Ttime-of-use | $84.66 | +$42.24 | 16.2¢ |
| Residential Schedule 1time-of-use · tiered | $86.80 | +$44.38 | 16.7¢ |
| 1EV Residential Service with Electric Vehicle Charging (Experimental)time-of-use · experimental | $86.82 | +$44.40 | 16.1¢ |
| Residential Schedule 1G (Experimental Service)time-of-use · experimental | $88.38 | +$45.96 | 16.4¢ |
| EV Residential Electric Vehicle Charging (Experimental)time-of-use · experimental | $104.88 | +$62.46 | 18.9¢ |
| Residential Off-Peak Plantime-of-use | $139.11 | +$96.69 | 25.3¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $26.93 (TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P), dearest $88.20, a $61.27 spread
- Average — cheapest $42.42 (TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P), dearest $139.11, a $96.69 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $52.07 (TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P), dearest $170.78, a $118.71 spread
What a separate freezer costs here
Across 12 plans priced in Virginia, a separate freezer adds $42.42 to $139.11 a year — $3.53 to $11.59 a month. The median plan puts a separate freezer at $68.16 a year.
Cheapest for a separate freezer: TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P, Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina). Dearest: Residential Off-Peak Plan, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Those 565 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 565 kWh a year across 152 sampled homes that run one, near the national 570 kWh. The middle half spans 358 kWh to 693 kWh, so a separate freezer varies by 335 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 — 33% of homes here.
That makes a separate freezer about 4% of the electricity a Virginia home uses. The remaining 12,373 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 Virginia provider's cheapest plan: Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina), $42.42; Virginia Electric & Power Co, $73.01.
Virginia Electric & Power Co charges $30.59 a year more than Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina) on TOU Residential Service Schedule 1P for the same 565 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a separate freezer
A household in the lighter quarter runs a separate freezer for 358 kWh a year and pays $26.93 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 693 kWh and pays $52.07 — $25.14 more for a separate freezer 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.