Calculate the cost of your appliances
Calculate the cost of making your morning coffee on Chelan PUD's Website.
A new feature on Chelan County PUD’s Website allows customers to calculate the energy cost of everything from coffeemakers to hot tub heaters.
You can choose from a list of pre-defined appliances and wattages, or you can type specific information in. To be completely accurate, you’ll need to know the wattage of each applliance and how many minutes or hours it’s used each day. The calculator tells you how many kilowatt hours are consumed and the total cost.
Heating, cooling and hot water use the most energy in your home, so those are two good places to start when you’re looking to save energy. Lower your heating thermostat at night (or in the summer, set your AC thermostat a little higher). Every degree can take 2 percent off your power bill. Set your water heater at 120 degrees F.
The appliance calculator is available here.
The average cost of running your coffeemaker, by the way, is 14 cents a month. The average cost of operating your hot tub heater is $14 a month.
