GE Profile PBT865SP Running Cost (Dishwasher)
What the GE Profile PBT865SP costs to run
The GE Profile PBT865SP is certified by ENERGY STAR at 234 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
The $44 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE Profile PBT865SP against the category
That's 0.9% above the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 230 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 $0/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Honeywell HDS18 ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PBT865SP. GE Profile PBP665SP ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
GE Profile makes 22 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers; this one ranks 5 of 22 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PDD415Y at $29/yr, and its priciest, the PDT795V at $45/yr.
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 GE Profile PBT865SP that long and it costs about $396 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PBT865SP is already efficient for its category at $44/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
Whether or not the GE Profile PBT865SP ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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.