Westbend WB080BDWVSS: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Westbend WB080BDWVSS at 239 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $45 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Westbend WB080BDWVSS against the category
That's 3% above the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 375 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 $1/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Westbend WB120BDWVSS ($45/yr, 239 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Westbend WB080BDWVSS. VIKING VDWU524WSSS ($45/yr, 239 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Westbend sells 2 certified dishwashers; this one runs cheapest of them, about the same, within a dollar a year, under the WB120BDWVSS, its priciest.
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 Westbend WB080BDWVSS that long and it costs about $404 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Westbend WB080BDWVSS 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Westbend WB080BDWVSS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dishwasher, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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.