What the GE Profile PDD415**Y*** costs to run
The GE Profile PDD415**Y*** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 155 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
The $29 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE Profile PDD415**Y*** against the category
That's 33.2% below the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 20 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
GE Profile PZF560H*W*** ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PDD415**Y***. Fotile SD2F-P5L ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
GE Profile sells 22 certified dishwashers; this one runs cheapest of them, $16/year under the PDT795**V***, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
9 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $29/year, the GE Profile PDD415**Y*** adds up to about $262 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PDD415**Y*** 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The GE Profile PDD415**Y*** already costs $29/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 20 of 737, the GE Profile PDD415**Y*** sits in the middle of the dishwasher category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.