What the BLACK+DECKER BCD6W costs to run
At 155 kWh/yr, the BLACK+DECKER BCD6W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
The $29 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
BLACK+DECKER BCD6W against the category
That's 33.2% below the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 11 of 737 certified dishwashers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dishwasher ENERGY STAR currently certifies (737 models), not an outside benchmark, about $14/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Cafe CDD220**W*** ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BLACK+DECKER BCD6W. BLACK+DECKER BCD6SD ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
BLACK+DECKER makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers; this one ranks 2 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BCD6SD at $29/yr, and its priciest, the BPD8W at $45/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the BLACK+DECKER BCD6W that long and it costs about $262 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The BLACK+DECKER BCD6W is already efficient for its category at $29/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dishwasher costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$29/year to run is the predictable cost of the BLACK+DECKER BCD6W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
At rank 11 of 737 for running cost, see the dishwasher category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 155 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.