How much does a garage refrigerator cost per month in Alaska?

About $22.06 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 29.41¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a garage refrigerator use?

Roughly 900 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Alaska has the 5th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $163 a year.

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Cost to run a garage refrigerator in Alaska (August 2026 rates)

At 29.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alaska's average residential price in August 2026 — running a garage refrigerator costs $265 a year. That is 62% more than the national average of $163. Alaska's residential rate is up 5.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $250 to $265 a year.

Per day: 72.5¢
Per month: $22.06
Per year: $265

Assumption: 900 kWh a year. An older second fridge in an unconditioned garage. Age and ambient heat both push this well above a modern kitchen unit. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Alaska compares

Alaska pays 29.41¢/kWh, the 5th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $101 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same garage refrigerator costs $114 a year in Nevada and $425 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $310 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Rhode Island	28.18¢	$21.14	$254
New York	28.65¢	$21.49	$258
Alaska	29.41¢	$22.06	$265
California	29.75¢	$22.31	$268
Massachusetts	30.48¢	$22.86	$274

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

What else costs about the same in Alaska

Space heater$254 a year in AK Portable air conditioner$248 a year in AK Electric clothes dryer$229 a year in AK

Cutting the number down

This is the classic hidden line item: a 20-year-old beer fridge can cost more per year than every light in the house combined.
Running it only in the months you actually need it, rather than year-round, cuts the cost proportionally.

Questions

How much does a garage refrigerator cost per month in Alaska?: About $22.06 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 29.41¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a garage refrigerator use?: Roughly 900 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Alaska has the 5th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $163 a year.