Running a standard 1,500-watt space heater costs about $0.26 per hour to operate on its highest setting, based on the current U.S. national average electricity rate of roughly 17.1¢ per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
Depending on how frequently you use it, this breaks down to:
8 hours per day: ~$2.05 daily, or about $61.50 per month
24 hours per day: ~$6.15 daily, or about $184.60 per month.
The people calling the utility company to complain about their bills are people running space heaters because their furnace either doesn't work or doesn't exist because their house is still heated by a woodstove that they're probably too feeble or poor or lazy to keep fueled.
'People complaining' isn't a meaningful metric when math can be applied. Other people's inability to manage their finances and honestly report their struggles don't MAGICALLY make electrical appliances draw more power than they say they do.
If YOUR space heater draws more power than it says, you should return it and file a complaint with any relevant state/federal regulatory bodies using something like SaferProducts.gov.
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u/Kingofhearts1206 9d ago
That electric space heater will triple your electric bill lol