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Cost to run a game console in Nevada (July 2026 rates)
At 12.77¢ per kilowatt-hour — Nevada's average residential price in July 2026 — running a game console costs $27.97 a year. That is 30% less than the national average of $40.10. Nevada's residential rate is up 3.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $27.13 to $27.97 a year.
- Per hour
- 2.6¢
- Per day of use
- 7.7¢
- Per month
- $2.33
- Per year
- $27.97
Assumption: 200 W, 3 hours a day, 365 days a year — 219 kWh a year. A current-generation console under load. Menus and streaming apps draw far less than a demanding game. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Nevada compares
Nevada pays 12.77¢/kWh, the 2nd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $12.13 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same game console costs $27.86 a year in Louisiana and $105 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $77.26 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 12.72¢ | $2.32 | $27.86 |
| Nevada | 12.77¢ | $2.33 | $27.97 |
| Utah | 13.12¢ | $2.39 | $28.73 |
| North Dakota | 13.41¢ | $2.45 | $29.37 |
| Tennessee | 13.71¢ | $2.50 | $30.02 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a game console.
What else costs about the same in Nevada
Cutting the number down
- The instant-on standby mode can draw 10 to 15 W around the clock, which over a year rivals the actual playing.
- Streaming video through a console uses several times the power of a dedicated streaming stick.
Questions
- How much does a game console cost per month in Nevada?
- About $2.33 a month, assuming 200 W, 3 hours a day, 365 days a year at 12.77¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a game console use?
- Roughly 219 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Nevada has the 2nd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $40.10 a year.