GE GTW685BL Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Running cost for the GE GTW685BL
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GTW685BL at 150 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $28 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GTW685BL against the category
That's 22% above the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 315 of 398 certified washing machines for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every washing machine ENERGY STAR currently certifies (398 models), not an outside benchmark, about $5/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile PFQ83HSHW ($28/yr, 150 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GTW685BL. GE GFW510SV ($28/yr, 150 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
GE makes 41 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 17 of 41 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GFW148SM at $18/yr, and its priciest, the GTW540AP at $33/yr.
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $28/year, the GE GTW685BL adds up to about $282 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $28/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The GE GTW685BL already costs $28/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 315 of 398, the GE GTW685BL sits in the middle of the washing machine category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 150 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.