How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Louisiana?

About 44.1¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 12.72¢/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?

Louisiana has the cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.62 a year.

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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Louisiana (July 2026 rates)

At 12.72¢ per kilowatt-hour — Louisiana's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year. That is 31% less than the national average of $7.62. Louisiana's residential rate is down 3.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.46 to $5.29 a year.

Per cycle: 10.2¢
Per day: 1.4¢
Per month: 44.1¢
Per year: $5.29

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 Louisiana compares

Louisiana pays 12.72¢/kWh, the cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.33 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
Louisiana	12.72¢	44.1¢	$5.29
Nevada	12.77¢	44.3¢	$5.31
Utah	13.12¢	45.5¢	$5.46
North Dakota	13.41¢	46.5¢	$5.58
Tennessee	13.71¢	47.5¢	$5.70

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric lawn mower.

What else costs about the same in Louisiana

Rice cooker$5.34 a year in LA Electric pressure cooker$5.34 a year in LA Security camera$5.57 a year in LA

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 Louisiana?: About 44.1¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 12.72¢/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?: Louisiana has the cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.62 a year.