About CostToRunIt
Understand what an appliance adds to your electricity use, using assumptions you can change.
CostToRunIt provides appliance electricity-cost calculators for the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. We also publish residential rate comparisons for the 50 US states and Washington, DC. Enter your own power, energy use and electricity price for an estimate that reflects your inputs.
Location affects the price of each kWh. Our latest US state averages range from 12.72¢ in Nevada to 47.18¢ in Hawaii. Your utility plan and how you use the appliance can matter as much as that comparison.
What you can check
US price benchmarks come from the EIA. UK pages identify the period and scope of Ofgem references; Australian calculators ask for your applicable tariff. Appliance power, hours and duty-cycle examples are estimates, so the calculators expose those assumptions. We show energy in kWh as well as cost and explain how to use measured consumption or product energy data.
We have not independently metered the appliances in this database. These tools estimate electricity use; they do not diagnose equipment, reproduce every utility tariff or predict the weather. Read the methodology and sources for the calculation and its limits.
Contact
Questions and corrections can be sent to contact@costtorunit.com. A model number, manufacturer specification or measured kWh total helps us assess a reported discrepancy. Please avoid sending personal account details from your electricity bill.