How much does a chest freezer cost per month in North Carolina?

About $3.69 a month, assuming 300 kWh a year at 14.74¢/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?

North Carolina has the 11th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $55.02 a year.

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Cost to run a chest freezer in North Carolina (June 2026 rates)

At 14.74¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Carolina's average residential price in June 2026 — running a chest freezer costs $44.22 a year. That is 20% less than the national average of $55.02. North Carolina's residential rate is up 10.2% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $40.14 to $44.22 a year.

Per day: 12.1¢
Per month: $3.69
Per year: $44.22

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 North Carolina compares

North Carolina pays 14.74¢/kWh, the 11th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $10.80 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same chest freezer costs $39.33 a year in Nevada and $158 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $119 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Oklahoma	14.33¢	$3.58	$42.99
Idaho	14.37¢	$3.59	$43.11
North Carolina	14.74¢	$3.69	$44.22
Mississippi	14.88¢	$3.72	$44.64
Washington	14.91¢	$3.73	$44.73

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

What else costs about the same in North Carolina

Dishwasher$45.99 a year in NC Electric oven$49.05 a year in NC Game console$32.28 a year in NC

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 North Carolina?: About $3.69 a month, assuming 300 kWh a year at 14.74¢/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?: North Carolina has the 11th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $55.02 a year.