Refrigerator running cost in Illinois vs New York vs Pennsylvania: what 10 years of a 583 kWh-a-year refrigerator costs
Illinois has the lowest projected 10-year running cost for a 583 kWh-a-year refrigerator: $2,285 ($197 below the next-cheapest state). Illinois: $2,285; New York: $3,128; Pennsylvania: $2,483. These are projected totals in US dollars for electricity, upkeep and expected repairs at each state's latest residential electricity price, not a utility bill.
The same assumptions in every column
In this comparison of Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania (projected totals in US dollars), every column uses a 583 kWh-a-year refrigerator, a new appliance, 10 years and a purchase price of zero. Only the state changes, and with it the residential electricity price. Each column is its own call to the same API with the same inputs. The calculation table reports the exact dollar figures the API returned, with the low and high end of the range for each state.
What the projection leaves out
For Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania, the projected totals in US dollars leave out the purchase price, your utility's rate plan and your own usage. The range is the 5th to 95th percentile of thousands of simulated ownership paths that vary energy price, yearly use, maintenance and repair events. It does not cover error in the authored assumptions. Purchase price is set to zero, so each total is the cost of running the appliance: electricity, upkeep and expected repairs. Authored, not fetched: appliance lifetime and failure timing (Weibull scale and shape), brand reliability, repair and maintenance costs, resale value, the 4% discount rate, 1% a year efficiency loss and water price growth. Annual energy use is your input; ENERGY STAR class means are at /v1/data/appliance-specs.
Try your own numbers
Open the Celvanto calculator. The totals in US dollars for Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania come from this page's comparison. The calculator link carries this page for attribution; the form does not apply the comparison automatically. Enter your own appliance, its age and price, and your state there to see its lifecycle cost with a confidence range.
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Calculation provenance
Electricity price: the latest EIA residential price for Illinois, 0.1922 dollars per kWh (2026-07). Growth: the BLS CPI-U electricity index (series CUUR0000SEHF01), 4.40 percent a year. Sample size UNAVAILABLE: the electricity price is a state average and the price index a national series, so neither has a sample size to report. Inspect the API. Response hashes and retrieval times are retained separately in the calculation record.
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Calculation data
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| type | refrigerator |
| annual Energy Consumption | 583 |
| years | 10 |
| Measure | Illinois | New York | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projected 10-year running cost of a 583 kWh-a-year refrigerator (USD) | 2,285.30 | 3,128.39 | 2,482.65 |
| Cost at the 5th percentile of simulated ownership paths (USD) | 1,864.00 | 2,597.00 | 2,032.00 |
| Cost at the 95th percentile of simulated ownership paths (USD) | 2,854.00 | 3,769.00 | 3,076.00 |
| Residential electricity price in Illinois (USD per kWh) | 0.1922 | 0.299 | 0.2172 |
| Distance from winning value (USD) | 0.00 | 843.09 | 197.35 |
| Decision | Winning value | Alternative value | Alternative value |
Winner: Illinois. Objective: minimize. Margin to next option: 197.35 USD. Assumption: Lowest projected running cost of the stated appliance over the stated years only. Where you live is not a choice this compares: it shows how much of the cost is the local electricity price. Your own appliance, usage and utility rate plan will move the numbers.
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Source and assumptions
- Electricity price: the latest EIA residential price for Illinois, 0.1922 dollars per kWh (2026-07). Growth: the BLS CPI-U electricity index (series CUUR0000SEHF01), 4.40 percent a year.
- The range is the 5th to 95th percentile of thousands of simulated ownership paths that vary energy price, yearly use, maintenance and repair events. It does not cover error in the authored assumptions.
- Purchase price is set to zero, so each total is the cost of running the appliance: electricity, upkeep and expected repairs.
- Authored, not fetched: appliance lifetime and failure timing (Weibull scale and shape), brand reliability, repair and maintenance costs, resale value, the 4% discount rate, 1% a year efficiency loss and water price growth. Annual energy use is your input; ENERGY STAR class means are at /v1/data/appliance-specs.
Illinois. Data layer: Celvanto electricity_prices (EIA) and appliance_cpi (BLS). Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A; BLS CPI-U CUUR0000SEHF01. Vintage: Prices 2026-07, fetched 2026-10-18; price index fetched 2026-10-11. Sample size: UNAVAILABLE.
Fetched: 2026-10-18T19:25:17.780Z
Source updated: EIA 5.6.A 2026-07 (fetched 2026-10-18); BLS CUUR0000SEHF01 to 2026-08 (fetched 2026-10-11)
Cache: Unreported
Response SHA-256
da1bf9ecb16bb2420a09c82602e2f90173c28881f1bdd7a32cd22e95cd40cefaNew York. Data layer: Celvanto electricity_prices (EIA) and appliance_cpi (BLS). Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A; BLS CPI-U CUUR0000SEHF01. Vintage: Prices 2026-07, fetched 2026-10-18; price index fetched 2026-10-11. Sample size: UNAVAILABLE.
Fetched: 2026-10-18T19:25:18.150Z
Source updated: EIA 5.6.A 2026-07 (fetched 2026-10-18); BLS CUUR0000SEHF01 to 2026-08 (fetched 2026-10-11)
Cache: Unreported
Response SHA-256
5e9d9f978045a32e526e668a20aacf6e68fb599a148b1033d170a4d44a6f3bd8Pennsylvania. Data layer: Celvanto electricity_prices (EIA) and appliance_cpi (BLS). Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A; BLS CPI-U CUUR0000SEHF01. Vintage: Prices 2026-07, fetched 2026-10-18; price index fetched 2026-10-11. Sample size: UNAVAILABLE.
Fetched: 2026-10-18T19:25:18.341Z
Source updated: EIA 5.6.A 2026-07 (fetched 2026-10-18); BLS CUUR0000SEHF01 to 2026-08 (fetched 2026-10-11)
Cache: Unreported
Response SHA-256
e3f9996703c248e555a56f5b705d254e2389cd25171d124c359f6db40b6bfa5bQuestions about this comparison
Where does it cost the least to run a refrigerator: Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania?
Illinois has the lowest projected 10-year running cost for a 583 kWh-a-year refrigerator: $2,285 ($197 below the next-cheapest state). Illinois: $2,285; New York: $3,128; Pennsylvania: $2,483. These are projected totals in US dollars for electricity, upkeep and expected repairs at each state's latest residential electricity price, not a utility bill.
What is held constant in this comparison?
In this comparison of Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania (projected totals in US dollars), every column uses a 583 kWh-a-year refrigerator, a new appliance, 10 years and a purchase price of zero. Only the state changes, and with it the residential electricity price. Each column is its own call to the same API with the same inputs.
What do these projections leave out?
For Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania, the projected totals in US dollars leave out the purchase price, your utility's rate plan and your own usage. The range is the 5th to 95th percentile of thousands of simulated ownership paths that vary energy price, yearly use, maintenance and repair events. It does not cover error in the authored assumptions. Purchase price is set to zero, so each total is the cost of running the appliance: electricity, upkeep and expected repairs. Authored, not fetched: appliance lifetime and failure timing (Weibull scale and shape), brand reliability, repair and maintenance costs, resale value, the 4% discount rate, 1% a year efficiency loss and water price growth. Annual energy use is your input; ENERGY STAR class means are at /v1/data/appliance-specs.
How can I try my own numbers?
The totals in US dollars for Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania come from this page's comparison. The calculator link carries this page for attribution; the form does not apply the comparison automatically. Enter your own appliance, its age and price, and your state there to see its lifecycle cost with a confidence range.