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Cost to run a slow cooker in Connecticut (July 2026 rates)
At 24.16¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in July 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $23.19 a year. That is 32% more than the national average of $17.58. Connecticut's residential rate is down 12.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $26.50 to $23.19 a year.
- Per hour
- 4.8¢
- Per day of use
- 38.7¢
- Per month
- $1.93
- Per year
- $23.19
Assumption: 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year — 96 kWh a year. A 6-quart cooker on low. Eight hours at 200 W is less energy than one hour of oven time. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Connecticut compares
Connecticut pays 24.16¢/kWh, the 11th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.62 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.21 a year in Louisiana and $46.08 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $33.87 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 23.05¢ | $1.84 | $22.13 |
| Vermont | 23.75¢ | $1.90 | $22.80 |
| Connecticut | 24.16¢ | $1.93 | $23.19 |
| New Jersey | 25.19¢ | $2.02 | $24.18 |
| District of Columbia | 25.21¢ | $2.02 | $24.20 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a slow cooker.
What else costs about the same in Connecticut
Cutting the number down
- Long and low is genuinely cheap: the whole point is a small element holding a well-insulated pot, not a big element fighting a big cavity.
- Lifting the lid to peek costs 15 to 20 minutes of added cooking time each go.
Questions
- How much does a slow cooker cost per month in Connecticut?
- About $1.93 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 24.16¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a slow cooker use?
- Roughly 96 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.58 a year.