What a refrigerator costs to run, by state
Every refrigerator in the home, including a second one in a garage or basement.
Figures cover homes with a refrigerator. Each is the difference a refrigerator makes to a year’s bill on the cheapest and dearest published plan in that state, not a rate multiplied by a wattage.
Pilot data. 450 tariffs from 45 utilities, retrieved September 2, 2026. This is a sample, not national coverage — a utility missing here is one that has not been indexed yet.
| State | Used per year | Cheapest plan | Dearest plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Yorknot indexed | 685 kWh | $26.74 | $297.11 |
| Washington | 773 kWh | $40.44 | $117.72 |
| New Jerseynot indexed | 821 kWh | $56.62 | $225.04 |
| Ohionot indexed | 821 kWh | $57.86 | $81.00 |
| Texasnot indexed | 901 kWh | $61.26 | $162.12 |
| Colorado | 857 kWh | $63.46 | $139.96 |
| Virginianot indexed | 881 kWh | $66.14 | $217.18 |
| Massachusetts | 701 kWh | $67.20 | $237.24 |
| Minnesotanot indexed | 798 kWh | $69.25 | $129.20 |
| North Carolinanot indexed | 847 kWh | $73.92 | $123.43 |
| Georgia | 929 kWh | $77.55 | $150.44 |
| Pennsylvania | 815 kWh | $81.48 | $182.88 |
| Arizonanot indexed | 925 kWh | $85.17 | $153.11 |
| Illinoisnot indexed | 810 kWh | $86.16 | $86.16 |
| Oregon | 816 kWh | $92.03 | $155.88 |
| Michigan | 798 kWh | $112.32 | $196.44 |
| Floridanot indexed | 923 kWh | $121.20 | $147.75 |
| California | 831 kWh | $128.16 | $430.48 |