GE Profile PDT14L Running Cost (Dishwasher)
GE Profile PDT14L: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PDT14L 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 563 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 GE Profile PDT14L: GE Profile PDP795V ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PDT70W ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 12 of GE Profile's 22 certified dishwashers, this sits between the PDD415Y ($29/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PDT795V ($45/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 GE Profile PDT14L that long and it costs about $406 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
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 GE Profile PDT14L; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. Ranked 563 of 737, the GE Profile PDT14L 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.