How much does an electric oven cost per month in Tennessee?

About $3.80 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 13.71¢/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?

Tennessee has the 5th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $60.94 a year.

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Cost to run an electric oven in Tennessee (July 2026 rates)

At 13.71¢ per kilowatt-hour — Tennessee's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric oven costs $45.63 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $60.94. Tennessee's residential rate is up 3.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $43.96 to $45.63 a year.

Per cycle: 21.9¢
Per day: 12.5¢
Per month: $3.80
Per year: $45.63

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 Tennessee compares

Tennessee pays 13.71¢/kWh, the 5th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $15.31 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
Utah	13.12¢	$3.64	$43.66
North Dakota	13.41¢	$3.72	$44.63
Tennessee	13.71¢	$3.80	$45.63
Idaho	13.73¢	$3.81	$45.69
Nebraska	13.78¢	$3.82	$45.86

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

What else costs about the same in Tennessee

Dishwasher$42.78 a year in TN Chest freezer$41.13 a year in TN Refrigerator$54.84 a year in TN

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 Tennessee?: About $3.80 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 13.71¢/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?: Tennessee has the 5th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $60.94 a year.