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Cost to run a slow cooker in Connecticut (June 2026 rates)
At 24.32¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in June 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $23.35 a year. That is 33% more than the national average of $17.61. Connecticut's residential rate is down 10.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $26.10 to $23.35 a year.
- Per hour
- 4.9¢
- Per day of use
- 38.9¢
- Per month
- $1.95
- Per year
- $23.35
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 24.32¢/kWh, the 12th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.74 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.59 a year in Nevada and $50.61 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $38.03 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 21.84¢ | $1.75 | $20.97 |
| Michigan | 22.99¢ | $1.84 | $22.07 |
| Connecticut | 24.32¢ | $1.95 | $23.35 |
| District of Columbia | 24.39¢ | $1.95 | $23.41 |
| Vermont | 24.44¢ | $1.96 | $23.46 |
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 $1.95 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 24.32¢/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 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.