What a washing machine costs to run in Georgia

What a washing machine costs here

Across 4 plans priced in Georgia, a washing machine adds $6.24 to $12.04 a year — $0.52 to $1.00 a month. The median plan puts a washing machine at $10.59 a year.

Cheapest for a washing machine: SCHEDULE TOU-RD-11 RESIDENTIAL DEMAND SERVICE, Georgia Power Co. Dearest: SCHEDULE R-30 RESIDENTIAL SERVICE, Georgia Power Co.

Those 74 kWh are billed at 8.4¢–16.2¢, against a 14.9¢ 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 1.3¢ per kWh.

What Georgia homes use

EIA's 2020 residential survey found 74 kWh a year across 385 sampled homes that run one, near the national 69 kWh. The middle half spans 43 kWh to 84 kWh, so a washing machine varies by 41 kWh between one household and another.

The washer's own motor and controls. Heating the water is billed to the water heater, not here. That average covers homes with a washing machine — 91% of homes here.

That makes a washing machine about 1% of the electricity a Georgia home uses. The remaining 13,196 kWh is what a washing machine is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.

Light and heavy use of a washing machine

A household in the lighter quarter runs a washing machine for 43 kWh a year and pays $3.60 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 84 kWh and pays $7.05 — $3.45 more for a washing machine on the same tariff.

Limits

A 2020 survey average for Georgia, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 4 Georgia tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.