Porter & Charles VE-DWVFI Running Cost (Dishwasher)
Porter & Charles VE-DWVFI: running cost
The Porter & Charles VE-DWVFI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 239 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% above it, ranking 357 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 $1/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 Porter & Charles VE-DWVFI: Porter & Charles DWVFI 82 ($45/yr, 239 kWh/yr), then Porter & Charles VE-DWVSS ($45/yr, 239 kWh/yr).
Comparing Porter & Charles's own models
Ranked 3 of Porter & Charles's 4 certified dishwashers, this sits between the DWVFI 18 ($45/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VE-DWVSS ($45/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
9 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $45/year, the Porter & Charles VE-DWVFI adds up to about $404 in electricity over that span.
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
At $45/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 239 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.