JIOABL AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL: running cost
The JIOABL AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL is certified by ENERGY STAR at 105 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $20 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a dehumidifier
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 72.2% less, ranking 7 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 546 dehumidifiers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $51/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the JIOABL AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL: IULULU AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL ($20/yr, 105 kWh/yr), then KMFurnila AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL ($20/yr, 105 kWh/yr).
Within the JIOABL lineup
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers JIOABL makes, the AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL is the cheapest to run, $29/year less than JIOABL's priciest, the AS-CSJ72XK-5WT-OL.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for dehumidifiers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $20/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The JIOABL AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL already costs $20/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 7 of 546, the JIOABL AS-CSJ72XK-2WT-OL sits in the middle of the dehumidifier category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 105 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.