How to Use kilowatt-hour in a Sentence

kilowatt-hour

noun
  • After that, the utility would pay a rate of 4.6 cents per kilowatt-hour.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Urban Hawaii had the highest, at 41.8 cents per kilowatt-hour.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • One kilowatt-hour is the energy used by leaving a 40-watt bulb on for 24 hours.
    — Wayne Chang, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • The report says the average retail price is 11.86 cents per kilowatt-hour.
    — Christen Smith | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The average price of electricity in the US is 23 cents per kilowatt-hour.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 July 2023
  • That translates to around 278 kilowatt-hours, or enough to charge a standard Hyundai Ioniq 6 nearly six times over.
    — New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The average cost of electricity in the US is 16.94 cents per kilowatt-hour.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The kicker: Li-S batteries are expected to cost less than half the price per kilowatt-hour than Li-ion.
    — New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Public fast chargers increased from an average of 45 cents per kilowatt-hour at the end of March to 46 cents per kilowatt-hour at the end of June.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • In exchange, the electricity usage rate would be cut by 5 to 7 cents per kilowatt-hour.
    — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
  • The Volvo nestles a 69 kilowatt-hour battery between front and rear axles, with 64 usable kWh.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And that shows that there's been a 1 percent increase nationwide per kilowatt-hour in EV charging prices.
    — Michael Calore Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • For those reasons, LFP cells are less expensive per kilowatt-hour.
    — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
  • But for Terry, the true impact isn’t measured in kilowatt-hours saved; it’s measured in the minds of young people who have been empowered to create change.
    — Alexandra Harbert, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • For every kilowatt hour of solar energy sent to the grid, the customer received a kilowatt-hour credit.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2025
  • It’s fitted with the same power source as its older cousin in Europe, a 42 kilowatt-hour nickel manganese cobalt battery.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Thirty kilowatt-hours is about enough to power the average US home's daily usage.
    — New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
  • It should be noted that the energy outputs of electric washers and dryers are measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh).
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
  • How much energy a heater uses is measured in kilowatt-hours, which measures the energy draw per hour of your device.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
  • Residential rates are 24 cents per kilowatt-hour, compared with an average of 16 cents in the U.S. mainland.
    — Dánica Coto, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
  • To find out how much any appliance will cost in your home per hour, use this formula courtesy of Homes And Gardens: Cost = (power (in watts) x time (in hours)) / 1000 x cost of one kilowatt-hour.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
  • The new tax will add 3 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity charged to the vehicle, and charging station operators will add the tax to their selling prices.
    — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • While the average price for electricity in the U.S. is about 16.8 cents per kilowatt-hour, Arbor discovered a wide range between states.
    — Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Heat pumps can offer multiple kilowatt-hours of heat per kilowatt-hour of electricity, thanks to physics.
    — Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 2 July 2024
  • Namely, the rear trunk seemed a little less roomy than expected, with a high floor that looked to house additional battery cells for the 91 kilowatt-hour extended range pack.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The rate for each kilowatt-hour of electricity for all residential customers would decrease by about one-third.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2023
  • As of writing, residents of the Big Apple are paying Con Edison about $0.31 per kilowatt-hour of electricity.
    — New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The energy capacity of a battery is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh), which is how much power, in kilowatts, can be delivered over a period of time, in hours.
    — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The report showed average California rates are more than 30 cents/kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is close to double the national average.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Photo : Andrew Pogue The solar array creates almost 4,000 kilowatt-hours of energy every hour.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2025

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