Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471 Running Cost (Dishwasher)
Running cost for the Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471
At 240 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
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 519 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 Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471: Frigidaire Gallery GDSH4735 ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire Gallery GDSP4715 ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 of Frigidaire Gallery's 8 certified dishwashers, this sits between the GDHH4527 ($45/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GDSP4715 ($45/yr, its priciest).
Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471 over 9 years
9 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $45/year, the Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471 adds up to about $406 in electricity over that span.
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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Frigidaire Gallery GDSP471 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.