Home › Coffee maker › Texas
Cost to run a coffee maker in Texas (July 2026 rates)
At 15.88¢ per kilowatt-hour — Texas's average residential price in July 2026 — running a coffee maker costs $26.08 a year. That is 13% less than the national average of $30.07. Texas's residential rate is up 3.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $25.23 to $26.08 a year.
- Per hour
- 14.3¢
- Per day of use
- 7.1¢
- Per month
- $2.17
- Per year
- $26.08
Assumption: 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 164 kWh a year. Ten minutes of brewing plus 20 minutes on the warming plate. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Texas compares
Texas pays 15.88¢/kWh, the 22nd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.99 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same coffee maker costs $20.89 a year in Louisiana and $78.84 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $57.95 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 15.47¢ | $2.12 | $25.41 |
| West Virginia | 15.78¢ | $2.16 | $25.92 |
| Texas | 15.88¢ | $2.17 | $26.08 |
| Oregon | 15.97¢ | $2.19 | $26.23 |
| Iowa | 15.99¢ | $2.19 | $26.26 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a coffee maker.
What else costs about the same in Texas
Cutting the number down
- The warming plate, not the brew, is where the hours go. Decanting into a thermal carafe removes it entirely.
- Single-serve pod machines heat less water per cup but idle at temperature; the two effects roughly cancel.
Questions
- How much does a coffee maker cost per month in Texas?
- About $2.17 a month, assuming 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 15.88¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a coffee maker use?
- Roughly 164 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.90 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Texas has the 22nd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $30.07 a year.