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

About $22.21 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 29.61¢/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?

Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $165 a year.

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Cost to run a garage refrigerator in Massachusetts (June 2026 rates)

At 29.61¢ per kilowatt-hour — Massachusetts's average residential price in June 2026 — running a garage refrigerator costs $266 a year. That is 61% more than the national average of $165. Massachusetts's residential rate is down 2.4% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $273 to $266 a year.

Per day: 73.0¢
Per month: $22.21
Per year: $266

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 Massachusetts compares

Massachusetts pays 29.61¢/kWh, the 3rd 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 $118 a year in Nevada and $474 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $356 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New York	29.49¢	$22.12	$265
Maine	29.59¢	$22.19	$266
Massachusetts	29.61¢	$22.21	$266
California	34.74¢	$26.06	$313
Hawaii	52.72¢	$39.54	$474

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

What else costs about the same in Massachusetts

Space heater$256 a year in MA Portable air conditioner$250 a year in MA Electric clothes dryer$231 a year in MA

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 Massachusetts?: About $22.21 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 29.61¢/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?: Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $165 a year.