This table assumes that a kilowatthour of electricity costs 10 cents, which is an average rate depending on your location.If your house has electric heat, then the middle of winter is a time when you are going to use a lot of power. A heat pump might run 10 to 15 hours a day. At $1.50 an hour, thats $15 to $22 per day. Over the course of a month, thats several hundred dollars worth of electricity. The same applies in the summer if you use the air conditioner a lot.Water heating uses a good bit of power as well. When you take a shower or run a load of clothes in the washer, the electric water heater might run for an hour reheating the water in the tank. Thats 40 cents. A typical household can burn several dollars a day heating water. Because we dont normally think of it this way, it is funny to consider that every shower you take costs 40 cents When you add in the cost of washing and drying the towels every load of clothes that you run might cost $1 to $2 for washing and drying, plus the soap and shampoo, it can cost nearly a buck to take a showerRefrigeration is another big power drain because the refrigerator can easily run for 10 hours a day. Thats about $1 per day to keep the milk cold. If you leave the computer or TV on all day, it can add up to $1 per day as well.

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