Electricity Usage Calculator for Residential Customers

Lighting | Kitchen Appliances | Laundry Appliances | Miscellaneous Appliances | Personal Care

Average cost KW/h for CWL

Lighting

To find out how much your lighting costs, enter the number of bulbs you use, then choose a bulb type. (A common incandescent bulb is 60 (we have stated 60 as typical), 75 or 100 watts, and a standard fluorescent bulb is 40 (we have stated 40 as typical) or 60 watts. An outdoor spotlight or floodlight may use 150 (we have stated 150 as typical) to 500 watts. Light bulb wattage is usually printed right on the bulb. We have provided six sets of data entry fields and a wide array of lamps types for the likely event you must use different types of light bulbs. You may have to run the calculator several times for a total.

# Bulbs	Wattage	Hours Used
# Bulbs	Wattage	Hours Used
# Bulbs	Wattage	Hours Used
# Bulbs	Wattage	Hours Used
# Bulbs	Wattage	Hours Used
# Bulbs	Wattage	Hours Used

All of this electrical power would cost on your electric bill.

Kitchen Appliances

In order to determine how much your kitchen appliances cost for general usage, select the appliances you want to calculate for by checking the Include box, or if applicable, the drop down box value, then select the amount of time the appliance will be on. (In the case of the dishwasher and coffee pot, you will enter the number of uses instead of minutes.) In this set of calculations, an electric water heater is assumed. These results are calculates using national averages for a typical device. Some devices will obviously vary.

Freezer		Time
Refrigerator Combo		Time
Range, large eye, medium temp	Include	Time
350 Degree Oven	Include	Time
Frypan, 1200 watts	Include	Time
Insta-Hot Water 750 watts, 1/2 Gallon	Include	Time
Microwave Oven		Time
Dishwashing		# Loads
Coffee maker	Include	# Pots

All of this electrical power would cost on your electric bill.

Laundry Appliances

To estimate the cost of your laundry appliances use, select the appliances you want to include in the calculation, then select the number of loads or the amount of time for which you will be using the selected appliance. As with the dishwasher above, we are assuming the use of an electric water heater; the dryer is also assumed electric.

Clothes Washer		# Loads
Clothes Dryer, 3/4 Full, Med. Temp.	Include	# Loads
Clothes Dryer, Full, High Temp.	Include	# Loads
Iron, Medium Temp.	Include	Time

All of this electrical power would cost on your electric bill.

Personal Care

In this section, you can find out how much it really costs with an electric water heater to take a nice, relaxing, hot shower after a long day at work. You can also find out how much it costs to fix your hair (assuming you have hair...some of us are lucky enough not to have to worry...) in the mornings.

Shower Time		Number Showers
Size Bath		Number Baths
Razor		Number Of Days
Curling Iron		Number Of Days
Hair Dryer		Number of Days

All of this electrical power would cost on your electric bill.

*This calculator requires the use of Javascript enabled and capable browsers. This is designed to give an idea of the costs of various daily things we do in our homes that are electrical in nature. This calculator is generic in that it is based on CWL's average for KWH (currently $0.0564 per KWH), and your entered values to determine YOUR cost for electrical power. How much does it cost to wash a load of clothes or sleep under the electric blanket? What does it cost to leave a light on all night? We have collected national average values of energy use to find out how much you are paying to operate the different devices in your home.