GE Profile PDT77***N***: running cost
The GE Profile PDT77***N*** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 240 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
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 571 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 PDT77***N***: GE Profile PDT755**V*** ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PDT78***N*** ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 20 of GE Profile's 22 certified dishwashers, this sits between the PDD415**Y*** ($29/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PDT795**V*** ($45/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 9-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE Profile PDT77***N*** costs roughly $406 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
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
The GE Profile PDT77***N*** already costs $45/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 240 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.