What the GE Adora GTW495***** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Adora GTW495***** at 160 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $30 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 washing machine
The category average is 123 kWh/yr; this model runs 30.1% above it, ranking 341 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $7/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 GE Adora GTW495*****: GE GTW485BMM*** ($30/yr, 160 kWh/yr), then Crosley CFWMH45125AW ($30/yr, 162 kWh/yr).
Within the GE Adora lineup
The GE Adora GTW495***** is the only washing machine from GE Adora that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full washing machine category.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the GE Adora GTW495***** that long and it costs about $301 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE Adora GTW495***** runs above its category average. If the washing machine you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $30/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE Adora GTW495***** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 160 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 341 of 398 for running cost, see the washing machine category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.