How much does a game console cost per month in Oklahoma?

About $2.62 a month, assuming 200 W, 3 hours a day, 365 days a year at 14.35¢/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?

Oklahoma has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $40.10 a year.

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Cost to run a game console in Oklahoma (July 2026 rates)

At 14.35¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oklahoma's average residential price in July 2026 — running a game console costs $31.43 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $40.10. Oklahoma's residential rate is up 6.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $29.61 to $31.43 a year.

Per hour: 2.9¢
Per day of use: 8.6¢
Per month: $2.62
Per year: $31.43

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 Oklahoma compares

Oklahoma pays 14.35¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $8.67 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
Kentucky	13.81¢	$2.52	$30.24
Arkansas	14.33¢	$2.62	$31.38
Oklahoma	14.35¢	$2.62	$31.43
Wyoming	14.36¢	$2.62	$31.45
Mississippi	14.54¢	$2.65	$31.84

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a game console.

What else costs about the same in Oklahoma

Coffee maker$23.57 a year in OK 55-inch led tv$23.57 a year in OK Chest freezer$43.05 a year in OK

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 Oklahoma?: About $2.62 a month, assuming 200 W, 3 hours a day, 365 days a year at 14.35¢/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?: Oklahoma has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $40.10 a year.