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Cost to run a refrigerator in Oklahoma (July 2026 rates)
At 14.35¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oklahoma's average residential price in July 2026 — running a refrigerator costs $57.40 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $73.24. Oklahoma's residential rate is up 6.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $54.08 to $57.40 a year.
- Per day
- 15.7¢
- Per month
- $4.78
- Per year
- $57.40
Assumption: 400 kWh a year. A current ENERGY STAR top-freezer lands near 400 kWh a year. A 2000s-era side-by-side can be double, and a garage fridge in a hot climate higher still. 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 $15.84 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same refrigerator costs $50.88 a year in Louisiana and $192 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $141 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 13.81¢ | $4.60 | $55.24 |
| Arkansas | 14.33¢ | $4.78 | $57.32 |
| Oklahoma | 14.35¢ | $4.78 | $57.40 |
| Wyoming | 14.36¢ | $4.79 | $57.44 |
| Mississippi | 14.54¢ | $4.85 | $58.16 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a refrigerator.
What else costs about the same in Oklahoma
Cutting the number down
- The second fridge in the garage is often the most expensive appliance in a house, because it is usually the oldest one and it works against garage heat.
- Coils packed with dust make the compressor run longer for the same cooling. Vacuuming them takes minutes.
- A door gasket that no longer grips a dollar bill is leaking cold around the clock.
Questions
- How much does a refrigerator cost per month in Oklahoma?
- About $4.78 a month, assuming 400 kWh a year at 14.35¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a refrigerator use?
- Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- 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 $73.24 a year.