How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Connecticut?

About 85.0¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 24.51¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?

Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.

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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Connecticut (August 2026 rates)

At 24.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $10.20 a year. That is 35% more than the national average of $7.55. Connecticut's residential rate is down 18.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $12.55 to $10.20 a year.

Per cycle: 19.6¢
Per day: 2.8¢
Per month: 85.0¢
Per year: $10.20

Assumption: 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week — 42 kWh a year. One mow of a typical suburban lawn, battery or corded. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Connecticut compares

Connecticut pays 24.51¢/kWh, the 11th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.64 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year in Nevada and $19.63 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.34 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Michigan	22.99¢	79.7¢	$9.56
Vermont	23.84¢	82.6¢	$9.92
Connecticut	24.51¢	85.0¢	$10.20
New Jersey	24.61¢	85.3¢	$10.24
District of Columbia	25.98¢	90.1¢	$10.81

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

What else costs about the same in Connecticut

Rice cooker$10.29 a year in CT Electric pressure cooker$10.29 a year in CT Security camera$10.74 a year in CT

Cutting the number down

A season of mowing costs less than a single tank of gasoline, which is the real argument for the switch.
A sharp blade cuts the load on the motor and the runtime for the same lawn.

Questions

How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Connecticut?: About 85.0¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 24.51¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?: Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.