ELEMENT ENB6632PE**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the ELEMENT ENB6632PE** at 240 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $45 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 dishwasher
The category average is 232 kWh/yr; this model runs 3.4% above it, ranking 467 of 737 dishwashers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 737 dishwashers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $2/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 ELEMENT ENB6632PE**: ELEMENT ENB5322HE** ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then Elisii DDWBI8033-24 ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Within the ELEMENT lineup
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers ELEMENT makes, the ENB6632PE** costs the most to run, $1/year more than ELEMENT's cheapest, the ENB6631PE**.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 9-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ELEMENT ENB6632PE** costs roughly $406 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $45/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
$45/year to run is the predictable cost of the ELEMENT ENB6632PE**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 240 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Dishwasher category page shows all 737 dishwashers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.