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Cost to run an electric oven in Connecticut (July 2026 rates)
At 24.16¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric oven costs $80.40 a year. That is 32% more than the national average of $60.94. Connecticut's residential rate is down 12.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $91.85 to $80.40 a year.
- Per cycle
- 38.7¢
- Per day
- 22.0¢
- Per month
- $6.70
- Per year
- $80.40
Assumption: 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week — 333 kWh a year. About an hour of baking at 350 F, including preheat. The element cycles rather than drawing its full 2,400 W continuously. 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 $19.47 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric oven costs $42.33 a year in Louisiana and $160 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $117 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 23.05¢ | $6.39 | $76.71 |
| Vermont | 23.75¢ | $6.59 | $79.04 |
| Connecticut | 24.16¢ | $6.70 | $80.40 |
| New Jersey | 25.19¢ | $6.99 | $83.83 |
| District of Columbia | 25.21¢ | $6.99 | $83.90 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric oven.
What else costs about the same in Connecticut
Cutting the number down
- For anything under an hour, a countertop oven or air fryer heats a far smaller cavity and usually wins outright.
- Most recipes do not need a full preheat; reaching temperature with the food inside costs less than an empty preheat.
- Self-clean runs the element flat out for hours and is the most expensive cycle the appliance offers.
Questions
- How much does an electric oven cost per month in Connecticut?
- About $6.70 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 24.16¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?
- Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- 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 $60.94 a year.