What the Summit LDW24WA costs to run
At 234 kWh/yr, the Summit LDW24WA's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
The $44 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 0.9% above the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 285 of 737 certified dishwashers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 737 currently-certified dishwashers feeds that average, putting this model about $0/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among dishwashers, one step cheaper is Summit LDW24SSA ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Summit Professional DW2435SS ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Among Summit's 33 certified dishwashers, this is the priciest to run, $3/year over the DW18SS4, the brand's cheapest.
Summit LDW24WA over 9 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Summit LDW24WA that long and it costs about $396 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit LDW24WA is already efficient for its category at $44/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
At $44/year just to run, a dishwasher is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.