Running cost for the Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9
At 134 kWh/yr, the Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
That $25 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
Against the category average of 232 kWh/yr, this model uses 42.2% less, ranking 4 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 $18/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 Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9: Fisher & Paykel DD24STX6PX1 ($21/yr, 114 kWh/yr), then Fisher & Paykel DD24SCTX9 ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr).
Within the Fisher & Paykel lineup
Ranked 3 of Fisher & Paykel's 15 certified dishwashers, this sits between the DD24STX6I1 ($21/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DW24U2I3 ($42/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9 that long and it costs about $227 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $25/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
At $25/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
The Fisher & Paykel DD24SAX9 is among the cheapest 737 dishwashers tracked here to run, see the full Dishwasher category page for the rest of the range. The 134 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.