What the Noma 043-8849-2 costs to run
The Noma 043-8849-2 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 526 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
The $99 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Noma 043-8849-2 against the category
That's 39.2% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 500 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dehumidifier ENERGY STAR currently certifies (546 models), not an outside benchmark, about $28/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Noma iQ 043-8820-8 ($99/yr, 526 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Noma 043-8849-2. Noma 043-0755-2 ($99/yr, 526 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Noma's own models
Among Noma's 3 certified dehumidifiers, this is the priciest to run, $31/year over the 043-8818-6, the brand's cheapest.
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.
Weighing a replacement
At $99/year, this is on the expensive side for a dehumidifier; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $20/year, worth knowing before buying either the Noma 043-8849-2 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $99/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
The full Dehumidifier category page shows all 546 dehumidifiers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 526 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.