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

About $8.05 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 24.16¢/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 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $73.24 a year.

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

At 24.16¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in July 2026 — running a desktop computer costs $96.64 a year. That is 32% more than the national average of $73.24. Connecticut's residential rate is down 12.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $110 to $96.64 a year.

Per hour: 4.8¢
Per day of use: 38.7¢
Per month: $8.05
Per year: $96.64

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 24.16¢/kWh, the 11th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $23.40 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same desktop computer costs $50.88 a year in Louisiana and $192 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $141 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Michigan	23.05¢	$7.68	$92.20
Vermont	23.75¢	$7.92	$95.00
Connecticut	24.16¢	$8.05	$96.64
New Jersey	25.19¢	$8.40	$101
District of Columbia	25.21¢	$8.40	$101

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$96.64 a year in CT Air purifier$106 a year in CT Electric oven$80.40 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 $8.05 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 24.16¢/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 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $73.24 a year.