About the only thing of value that you can still get for a penny is electricity. If the cost per kWh is about 10 cents, then 100 watts would cost about a penny. So what can you get for a penny’s worth of electricity?*

• 11 hours of reading using a 9-watt LED bulb
• 30 minutes on a 200-watt desktop computer
• 2.5 hours of television on a 40-watt, 32” LED TV
• 18 full charges of a smart phone

*Courtesy of membersfirst.coop