What the GE GTW490ACJ5WS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GTW490ACJ5WS at 133 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $25 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.
How the GE GTW490ACJ5WS compares to other washing machines
The category average is 123 kWh/yr; this model runs 8.1% above it, ranking 278 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. 398 certified washing machines, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the GE GTW490ACJ5WS on that list: GE GTW490ACJ4WS ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while GE GTW490ACJ6WS ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 5 of GE's 41 certified washing machines, this sits between the GFW148S*M*** ($18/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GTW540A*P*** ($33/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE GTW490ACJ5WS costs roughly $250 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
At $25/year, this is on the expensive side for a washing machine; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $7/year, worth knowing before buying either the GE GTW490ACJ5WS or its replacement.
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If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE GTW490ACJ5WS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
The full Washing Machine category page shows all 398 washing machines ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 133 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.