Forbes: How Much Electricity Do Your Gadgets Really Use? July 26, 2014 Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps How Much Electricity Do Your Gadgets Really Use? Comment Now Follow Comments Are they electricity vampires or sippers? Here’s what’s worth worrying about and what’s not. http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/09/07/how-much-energy-does-your-iphone-and-other-devices-use-and-what-to-do-about-it/ How Much Energy Does Your iPhone (And Other Devices) Really Use? 1 of 16 AFP/Getty Images iPad: $1.50 per year If you fully drain and charge your iPad every other day it will use about 12 kWh of electricity per year. Source: Electric Power Research Institute Comments