What the SPT SD-9263W costs to run
At 240 kWh/yr, the SPT SD-9263W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
The $45 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
SPT SD-9263W against the category
That's 3.4% above the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 702 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 $2/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Sunvivi ZDW001BK-11-SV ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the SPT SD-9263W. SPT SD-9263SS ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the SPT lineup
Among SPT's 10 certified dishwashers, this is the priciest to run, $16/year over the SD-2224**, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
9 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $45/year, the SPT SD-9263W adds up to about $406 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The SPT SD-9263W is already efficient for its category at $45/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dishwasher costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the SPT SD-9263W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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. The 240 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.