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Cost to run a coffee maker in Tennessee (August 2026 rates)
At 13.42¢ per kilowatt-hour — Tennessee's average residential price in August 2026 — running a coffee maker costs $22.04 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $29.83. Tennessee's residential rate is up 2.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $21.50 to $22.04 a year.
- Per hour
- 12.1¢
- Per day of use
- 6.0¢
- Per month
- $1.84
- Per year
- $22.04
Assumption: 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 164 kWh a year. Ten minutes of brewing plus 20 minutes on the warming plate. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Tennessee compares
Tennessee pays 13.42¢/kWh, the 6th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $7.79 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same coffee maker costs $20.89 a year in Nevada and $77.49 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $56.60 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 13.31¢ | $1.82 | $21.86 |
| Idaho | 13.37¢ | $1.83 | $21.96 |
| Tennessee | 13.42¢ | $1.84 | $22.04 |
| Nebraska | 13.54¢ | $1.85 | $22.24 |
| Kentucky | 13.80¢ | $1.89 | $22.67 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a coffee maker.
What else costs about the same in Tennessee
Cutting the number down
- The warming plate, not the brew, is where the hours go. Decanting into a thermal carafe removes it entirely.
- Single-serve pod machines heat less water per cup but idle at temperature; the two effects roughly cancel.
Questions
- How much does a coffee maker cost per month in Tennessee?
- About $1.84 a month, assuming 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.42¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a coffee maker use?
- Roughly 164 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.90 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Tennessee has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $29.83 a year.