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Cost to run an electric blanket in Oklahoma (July 2026 rates)
At 14.35¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oklahoma's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric blanket costs $5.51 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $7.03. Oklahoma's residential rate is up 6.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.19 to $5.51 a year.
- Per hour
- 0.6¢
- Per day of use
- 4.6¢
- Per month
- 45.9¢
- Per year
- $5.51
Assumption: 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year — 38 kWh a year. Queen-size, medium setting, thermostatic. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Oklahoma compares
Oklahoma pays 14.35¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.52 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric blanket costs $4.88 a year in Louisiana and $18.43 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $13.55 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 13.81¢ | 44.2¢ | $5.30 |
| Arkansas | 14.33¢ | 45.9¢ | $5.50 |
| Oklahoma | 14.35¢ | 45.9¢ | $5.51 |
| Wyoming | 14.36¢ | 46.0¢ | $5.51 |
| Mississippi | 14.54¢ | 46.5¢ | $5.58 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric blanket.
What else costs about the same in Oklahoma
Cutting the number down
- Heating the bed instead of the bedroom is one of the best ratios of comfort to kilowatt-hours in the house.
- Preheating for 15 minutes and switching off at bedtime captures most of the benefit for a fraction of the runtime.
Questions
- How much does an electric blanket cost per month in Oklahoma?
- About 45.9¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 14.35¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?
- Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Oklahoma has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.03 a year.