This calculator can help you approximate the amount of electricity you use on a monthly basis. The calculation is based on an electricity cost of

¢ per kWh, which includes energy, delivery and regulatory charges. The costs on your bill will not exactly match these results as the calculator omits GST charges and monthly service charges, since these charges are not based on usage. Use this calculator as a guide to find ways to use less electricity.

How to use the Electricity Calculator

1.  Select an Appliance that you would like to add to the Electricity Calculator Results by clicking on the drop-down arrow, and choosing an appliance from the list of appliances.
   

   1. Note: You will notice that when changing the selected appliance, the Appliance Tip and Appliance Details fields for Quantity, Hours/day, Minutes/day, and Days/month will change and will reflect the default information based on the typical average household use. You can leave these as is, or you can change them depending on how much you use that particular appliance.

   2. Note:You will also see a field for Power Used (kW). The values in this field represent the energy typically used by this appliance in one hour. This field cannot be modifed.
      

2. Click the Add to Calculator button to have the appliance cost added to your Electricity Calculator Results. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to add more appliances. The results will show your cost for each appliance, as well as, the Total Monthly kWh and Total Monthly Cost of all the appliances in the results.

3. If you would like to Print Results, click the link located at the top of the Electricity Calculator.
   

   1. Note: The print feature opens up a new window and automatically loads the browsers print options. If your browser has a feature to block pop-ups, you must override this feature and allow this pop-up.

4. Editing Options:

    

   Delete - The Delete button removes the selected entry (appliance) from the calculator results list. To delete an appliance from your results, highlight the entry and click the Delete button.

    

   Modify - The Modify button allows you to change the appliance details for the selected entry (appliance). To modify an appliance in your results, highlight the entry and click the Modify button. The Select an Appliance and Appliance Details fields will reflect the entry being modified. Make any changes you would like to the Appliance Details fields and click the the Update button to complete modifying the appliance entry.

   Note: The Modify button changes to an Update button when in Modify mode.

    

   Reset - The Reset button clears all entries from the Electricity Calculator Results list.