What TVs and streaming devices costs to run in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania homes use 685 kWh a year on TVs and streaming devices. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $68.40 to $153.60 a year across 11 published Pennsylvania plans — a $85.20 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 | $47.41 | −$20.99 | 8.4¢ |
| Residential Service Heatingtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $65.88 | −$2.52 | 11.2¢ |
| Residential Service✓ cheapestflat rate | $68.40 | — | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Heating Service (RH)time-of-use · needs electric heating | $69.00 | +$0.60 | 11.4¢ |
| Residential Service (R)flat rate | $79.80 | +$11.40 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential Service Add-On Heat Pumptime-of-use · needs a heat pump | $133.92 | +$65.52 | 21.1¢ |
| Residential Heating Service (RH)time-of-use · needs electric heating | $139.16 | +$70.76 | 21.6¢ |
| Residential Service Heatingtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $143.16 | +$74.76 | 22.4¢ |
| Residential Service (R) - TOUtime-of-use | $147.64 | +$79.24 | 22.9¢ |
| Residential Service (R)flat rate | $149.88 | +$81.48 | 23.2¢ |
| Residential Serviceflat rate | $153.60 | +$85.20 | 23.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $31.56 (Residential Service), dearest $70.92, a $39.36 spread
- Average — cheapest $68.40 (Residential Service), dearest $153.60, a $85.20 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $89.04 (Residential Service), dearest $199.92, a $110.88 spread
What TVs and streaming devices costs here
Across 11 plans priced in Pennsylvania, TVs and streaming devices adds $68.40 to $153.60 a year — $5.70 to $12.80 a month. The median plan puts TVs and streaming devices at $147.64 a year.
Cheapest for TVs and streaming devices: Residential Service, Duquesne Light Co. Dearest: Residential Service, Duquesne Light Co.
Those 685 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 685 kWh a year across 599 sampled homes that run one, near the national 632 kWh. The middle half spans 316 kWh to 891 kWh, so TVs and streaming devices varies by 575 kWh between one household and another.
Televisions plus the set-top boxes, streaming sticks, game consoles and sound bars attached to them, in use and on standby. That average covers homes with a television — 97% of homes here.
That makes TVs and streaming devices about 7% of the electricity a Pennsylvania home uses. The remaining 9,563 kWh is what TVs and streaming devices 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, $68.40; PECO Energy Co, $79.80.
PECO Energy Co charges $11.40 a year more than Duquesne Light Co on Residential Service for the same 685 kWh.
Light and heavy use of TVs and streaming devices
A household in the lighter quarter runs TVs and streaming devices for 316 kWh a year and pays $31.56 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 891 kWh and pays $89.04 — $57.48 more for TVs and streaming devices 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.