Running cost for the Summit Professional DW2435SS
At 234 kWh/yr, the Summit Professional DW2435SS'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 286 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 LDW24WA ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is UNIQUE UNQ-DW24CT PR ($44/yr, 234 kWh/yr).
Within the Summit Professional lineup
The Summit Professional DW2435SS is the only dishwasher from Summit Professional that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full dishwasher category.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Summit Professional DW2435SS that long and it costs about $396 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Summit Professional DW2435SS 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$44/year to run is the predictable cost of the Summit Professional DW2435SS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. At rank 286 of 737 for running cost, see the dishwasher category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.