How much does a refrigerator cost per month in Rhode Island?

About $9.39 a month, assuming 400 kWh a year at 28.18¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a refrigerator use?

Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $72.64 a year.

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Cost to run a refrigerator in Rhode Island (August 2026 rates)

At 28.18¢ per kilowatt-hour — Rhode Island's average residential price in August 2026 — running a refrigerator costs $113 a year. That is 55% more than the national average of $72.64. Rhode Island's residential rate is up 6.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $106 to $113 a year.

Per day: 30.9¢
Per month: $9.39
Per year: $113

Assumption: 400 kWh a year. A current ENERGY STAR top-freezer lands near 400 kWh a year. A 2000s-era side-by-side can be double, and a garage fridge in a hot climate higher still. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Rhode Island compares

Rhode Island pays 28.18¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $40.08 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same refrigerator costs $50.88 a year in Nevada and $189 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $138 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
District of Columbia	25.98¢	$8.66	$104
New Hampshire	27.64¢	$9.21	$111
Rhode Island	28.18¢	$9.39	$113
New York	28.65¢	$9.55	$115
Alaska	29.41¢	$9.80	$118

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

What else costs about the same in Rhode Island

Desktop computer$113 a year in RI Air purifier$123 a year in RI Electric oven$93.78 a year in RI

Cutting the number down

The second fridge in the garage is often the most expensive appliance in a house, because it is usually the oldest one and it works against garage heat.
Coils packed with dust make the compressor run longer for the same cooling. Vacuuming them takes minutes.
A door gasket that no longer grips a dollar bill is leaking cold around the clock.

Questions

How much does a refrigerator cost per month in Rhode Island?: About $9.39 a month, assuming 400 kWh a year at 28.18¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a refrigerator use?: Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $72.64 a year.