How much does a smart speaker cost per month in Rhode Island?

About 62.0¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 28.29¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a smart speaker use?

Roughly 26 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.00 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.

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Cost to run a smart speaker in Rhode Island (July 2026 rates)

At 28.29¢ per kilowatt-hour — Rhode Island's average residential price in July 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $7.43 a year. That is 55% more than the national average of $4.81. Rhode Island's residential rate is up 8.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.88 to $7.43 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 2.0¢
Per month: 62.0¢
Per year: $7.43

Assumption: 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 26 kWh a year. Idle listening. Playing music at volume draws several times more, but only while it plays. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Rhode Island compares

Rhode Island pays 28.29¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.62 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same smart speaker costs $3.34 a year in Louisiana and $12.61 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $9.27 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
District of Columbia	25.21¢	55.2¢	$6.63
New Hampshire	26.60¢	58.3¢	$6.99
Rhode Island	28.29¢	62.0¢	$7.43
Alaska	28.83¢	63.1¢	$7.58
New York	29.90¢	65.5¢	$7.86

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

What else costs about the same in Rhode Island

Toaster$9.91 a year in RI Vacuum cleaner$10.18 a year in RI Clothes iron$4.67 a year in RI

Cutting the number down

The interesting number is the idle draw, because that is the one that runs 8,760 hours a year.

Questions

How much does a smart speaker cost per month in Rhode Island?: About 62.0¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 28.29¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a smart speaker use?: Roughly 26 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.00 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.