What the SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P costs to run
The SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P is certified by ENERGY STAR at 238 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 2.6% above it, ranking 317 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 SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P: SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24*** ($45/yr, 238 kWh/yr), then SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW241** ($45/yr, 238 kWh/yr).
Comparing SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS's own models
Ranked 2 of SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS's 3 certified dishwashers, this sits between the SKSDW24*** ($45/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the SKSDW241** ($45/yr, its priciest).
SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P over 9 years
9 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $45/year, the SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P adds up to about $403 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
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
Whether or not the SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 317 of 737, the SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE, SKS SKSDW24**P 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.