To translate the usages given in this chart into energy dollars, simply multiply the appliance's kilowatt-hour (kWh) usage by your average price per kWh (see the NOTE below for more about this) and the amount or number of times you use the appliances over a specific period.

NOTE: Based on current electric rates, the State Utility Tax, and fuel adjustment charges, as of November 2017, the average annual cost per kWh of electricity being paid by CWLP's regular (not all-electric) residential electric customers was 11.30¢.* For all-electric residential customers, the average annual cost was 10.68¢* per kWh. (Cost-per-kWh estimates used in this chart were last updated in November 2017.) Get more information about residential electric rates or business electric rates.

* This amount can fluctuate from month to month based on changes in the monthly fuel adjustment charge.

For instance, using the average cost-per-kWh provided in the NOTE above and the energy consumption information provided in the Appliance Energy Use Chart, we can calculate that it will cost a regular (Rate 30) CWLP residential electric customer about $3.04 a month to watch a 21-inch color television for an average of three hours a day (approximately 90 hours each month).

0.3 kwh/hr x $0.1130 per kWh x 90 hrs/mo. = $3.05 per mo.

In addition to helping you determine the approximate cost of operating your various appliances over time, the Appliance Energy Use Chart can help you realize how changes in your energy use habits—such as using appropriately sized stove burners, substituting a microwave oven for a conventional oven, or turning off lights, TVs and other appliances when they aren't needed—can help you control your monthly energy costs.