What TVs and streaming devices costs to run, by state
Televisions plus the set-top boxes, streaming sticks, game consoles and sound bars attached to them, in use and on standby.
Figures cover homes with a television. Each is the difference TVs and streaming devices 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 York | 546 kWh | $21.29 | $236.87 |
| Washington | 560 kWh | $29.28 | $85.32 |
| New Jersey | 638 kWh | $43.95 | $174.76 |
| Colorado | 597 kWh | $44.20 | $97.52 |
| Minnesota | 534 kWh | $46.35 | $86.40 |
| Virginia | 625 kWh | $46.90 | $154.10 |
| Ohio | 668 kWh | $47.03 | $65.88 |
| Texas | 716 kWh | $48.68 | $128.88 |
| Massachusetts | 538 kWh | $51.60 | $182.16 |
| North Carolina | 635 kWh | $55.42 | $92.53 |
| Arizona | 646 kWh | $59.39 | $106.91 |
| Georgia | 772 kWh | $64.49 | $125.04 |
| Illinois | 609 kWh | $64.84 | $64.84 |
| Oregon | 576 kWh | $64.96 | $110.04 |
| Pennsylvania | 685 kWh | $68.40 | $153.60 |
| Florida | 629 kWh | $82.68 | $100.73 |
| Michigan | 593 kWh | $83.40 | $146.04 |
| California | 592 kWh | $91.32 | $306.72 |