How much does a chest freezer cost per month in District of Columbia?

About $6.50 a month, assuming 300 kWh a year at 25.98¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a chest freezer use?

Roughly 300 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

District of Columbia has the 9th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $54.48 a year.

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Cost to run a chest freezer in District of Columbia (August 2026 rates)

At 25.98¢ per kilowatt-hour — District of Columbia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a chest freezer costs $77.94 a year. That is 43% more than the national average of $54.48. District of Columbia's residential rate is up 12.1% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $69.54 to $77.94 a year.

Per day: 21.4¢
Per month: $6.50
Per year: $77.94

Assumption: 300 kWh a year. A 7 cubic-foot manual-defrost chest freezer. Upright frost-free models run considerably higher. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How District of Columbia compares

District of Columbia pays 25.98¢/kWh, the 9th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $23.46 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same chest freezer costs $38.16 a year in Nevada and $142 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $103 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Connecticut	24.51¢	$6.13	$73.53
New Jersey	24.61¢	$6.15	$73.83
District of Columbia	25.98¢	$6.50	$77.94
New Hampshire	27.64¢	$6.91	$82.92
Rhode Island	28.18¢	$7.04	$84.54

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

What else costs about the same in District of Columbia

Dishwasher$81.06 a year in DC Electric oven$86.46 a year in DC Game console$56.90 a year in DC

Cutting the number down

A full freezer holds its temperature through each door opening better than an empty one. Jugs of water are free thermal mass.
Manual-defrost models use less energy than frost-free ones, at the cost of an annual chore.
Keeping it somewhere cool matters: an unconditioned garage in summer raises the running cost all season.

Questions

How much does a chest freezer cost per month in District of Columbia?: About $6.50 a month, assuming 300 kWh a year at 25.98¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a chest freezer use?: Roughly 300 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: District of Columbia has the 9th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $54.48 a year.