How much does a desktop computer cost per month in Connecticut?

About $8.11 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 24.32¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a desktop computer use?

Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Connecticut has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $73.36 a year.

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Cost to run a desktop computer in Connecticut (June 2026 rates)

At 24.32¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in June 2026 — running a desktop computer costs $97.28 a year. That is 33% more than the national average of $73.36. Connecticut's residential rate is down 10.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $109 to $97.28 a year.

Per hour: 4.9¢
Per day of use: 38.9¢
Per month: $8.11
Per year: $97.28

Assumption: 200 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year — 400 kWh a year. An office-class tower plus monitor, doing ordinary work. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Connecticut compares

Connecticut pays 24.32¢/kWh, the 12th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $23.92 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same desktop computer costs $52.44 a year in Nevada and $211 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $158 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Maryland	21.84¢	$7.28	$87.36
Michigan	22.99¢	$7.66	$91.96
Connecticut	24.32¢	$8.11	$97.28
District of Columbia	24.39¢	$8.13	$97.56
Vermont	24.44¢	$8.15	$97.76

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a desktop computer.

What else costs about the same in Connecticut

Refrigerator$97.28 a year in CT Air purifier$107 a year in CT Electric oven$80.94 a year in CT

Cutting the number down

Sleep after 15 minutes idle is the default with the largest payoff and the smallest downside.
Screensavers do not save energy; a display running a 3D animation costs more than a blank screen.

Questions

How much does a desktop computer cost per month in Connecticut?: About $8.11 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 24.32¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a desktop computer use?: Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Connecticut has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $73.36 a year.