Step 1 - Calculate Your Power Cost

This site will show you easy ways to reduce your energy consumption for a greener lifestyle. I'll show you how much televisions, lights, refridgerators, computers, TiVos, and more cost to operate... but since it doesn't do any good to explain how much it costs me, we'll need to determine your energy costs and use those in our calculations.

In the right column of every page on this site, you'll see the kWh Calculator. Calculating your electricity costs will show you how much (in dollars and cents) it costs to run various products reviewed on this site - based on your real costs - by the hour, day, week, and year!

So, gather one or more of your recent power bills. It's best to combine all the amounts from two or more bills to smooth out the cost a bit.

If you don't want to do this or don't have your bill handy:

Follow the steps below to do the calculations:

1. Look for power usage on your bill. It should be marked "kWh." Average usage is 350-750 kWh per month. Enter this number into the "# of kWh" field in the Calculator.
2. Add up all the costs of the power. Energy, Transmission, Distribution costs, taxes and surcharges all count. Even though some costs are fixed and some vary with your usage, this will still get you a somewhat accurate number for our calculations. Enter the sum in the "All costs" field.
3. Click the "Calculate" button. Your cost per kWh will immediately show. This will be saved for future sessions as long as cookies are enabled in your browser. If you're on a product review page, just reload the page, and any place we've calculated costs will show them based on your entries.