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Cost to run an electric oven in Oregon (July 2026 rates)
At 15.97¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oregon's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric oven costs $53.15 a year. That is 13% less than the national average of $60.94. Oregon's residential rate is up 2.3% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $51.95 to $53.15 a year.
- Per cycle
- 25.6¢
- Per day
- 14.6¢
- Per month
- $4.43
- Per year
- $53.15
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 Oregon compares
Oregon pays 15.97¢/kWh, the 23rd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $7.79 less 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 15.78¢ | $4.38 | $52.52 |
| Texas | 15.88¢ | $4.40 | $52.85 |
| Oregon | 15.97¢ | $4.43 | $53.15 |
| Iowa | 15.99¢ | $4.43 | $53.21 |
| Missouri | 16.09¢ | $4.46 | $53.55 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric oven.
What else costs about the same in Oregon
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 Oregon?
- About $4.43 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 15.97¢/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?
- Oregon has the 23rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $60.94 a year.