How much does an electric kettle cost per month in West Virginia?

About $1.49 a month, assuming 1,500 W, 12 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 16.31¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric kettle use?

Roughly 110 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.50 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

West Virginia has the 25th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.89 a year.

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Cost to run an electric kettle in West Virginia (August 2026 rates)

At 16.31¢ per kilowatt-hour — West Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric kettle costs $17.86 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $19.89. West Virginia's residential rate is up 4.4% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.10 to $17.86 a year.

Per hour: 24.5¢
Per day of use: 4.9¢
Per month: $1.49
Per year: $17.86

Assumption: 1,500 W, 12 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 110 kWh a year. About 12 minutes of boiling a day, roughly four or five kettles. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How West Virginia compares

West Virginia pays 16.31¢/kWh, the 25th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.03 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric kettle costs $13.93 a year in Nevada and $51.66 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $37.73 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Oregon	15.92¢	$1.45	$17.43
Missouri	16.02¢	$1.46	$17.54
West Virginia	16.31¢	$1.49	$17.86
Alabama	16.33¢	$1.49	$17.88
New Mexico	16.51¢	$1.51	$18.08

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric kettle.

What else costs about the same in West Virginia

Microwave$17.86 a year in WV Incandescent bulb$17.86 a year in WV Box fan$18.35 a year in WV

Cutting the number down

Boiling only the water you need is the whole game. Filling a full kettle for one cup roughly triples the cost of that cup.
An electric kettle beats a stovetop electric burner because almost none of the heat escapes around the vessel.

Questions

How much does an electric kettle cost per month in West Virginia?: About $1.49 a month, assuming 1,500 W, 12 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 16.31¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric kettle use?: Roughly 110 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.50 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: West Virginia has the 25th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.89 a year.