How much does a 55-inch LED TV cost per month in Montana?

About $2.05 a month, assuming 90 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 14.99¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a 55-inch LED TV use?

Roughly 164 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.09 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Montana has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $30.07 a year.

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Cost to run a 55-inch LED TV in Montana (July 2026 rates)

At 14.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Montana's average residential price in July 2026 — running a 55-inch LED TV costs $24.62 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $30.07. Montana's residential rate is up 5.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $23.44 to $24.62 a year.

Per hour: 1.3¢
Per day of use: 6.7¢
Per month: $2.05
Per year: $24.62

Assumption: 90 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year — 164 kWh a year. A 55-inch LED set at default brightness. OLED and 65-inch-plus models run higher, and HDR content pushes peak draw up sharply. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Montana compares

Montana pays 14.99¢/kWh, the 14th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.45 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same 55-inch LED TV costs $20.89 a year in Louisiana and $78.84 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $57.95 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Mississippi	14.54¢	$1.99	$23.88
Washington	14.71¢	$2.01	$24.16
Montana	14.99¢	$2.05	$24.62
Florida	15.03¢	$2.06	$24.69
North Carolina	15.16¢	$2.08	$24.90

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a 55-inch LED TV.

What else costs about the same in Montana

Coffee maker$24.62 a year in MT Washing machine$19.49 a year in MT Air fryer$18.89 a year in MT

Cutting the number down

Store-demo picture modes are tuned for a showroom floor and can double the draw versus a normal viewing mode.
Automatic brightness limiting keeps a dark room from being lit at showroom levels, which is both cheaper and easier on the eyes.
A soundbar, console and streaming box left on add a standby load that never appears in the TV's own spec.

Questions

How much does a 55-inch LED TV cost per month in Montana?: About $2.05 a month, assuming 90 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 14.99¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a 55-inch LED TV use?: Roughly 164 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.09 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Montana has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $30.07 a year.