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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Kentucky (July 2026 rates)
At 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kentucky's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $5.74 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $7.62. Kentucky's residential rate is up 5.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.46 to $5.74 a year.
- Per cycle
- 11.0¢
- Per day
- 1.6¢
- Per month
- 47.9¢
- Per year
- $5.74
Assumption: 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week — 42 kWh a year. One mow of a typical suburban lawn, battery or corded. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Kentucky compares
Kentucky pays 13.81¢/kWh, the 8th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.87 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year in Louisiana and $19.97 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.68 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 13.73¢ | 47.6¢ | $5.71 |
| Nebraska | 13.78¢ | 47.8¢ | $5.73 |
| Kentucky | 13.81¢ | 47.9¢ | $5.74 |
| Arkansas | 14.33¢ | 49.7¢ | $5.96 |
| Oklahoma | 14.35¢ | 49.7¢ | $5.97 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric lawn mower.
What else costs about the same in Kentucky
Cutting the number down
- A season of mowing costs less than a single tank of gasoline, which is the real argument for the switch.
- A sharp blade cuts the load on the motor and the runtime for the same lawn.
Questions
- How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Kentucky?
- About 47.9¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 13.81¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?
- Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Kentucky has the 8th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.62 a year.