GE GUD27GEN Running Cost (Washing Machine)

Name: GE GUD27GEN
Brand: GE

GE GUD27GEN: running cost

More expensive than most models in its category to run

$26/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GUD27GEN at 140 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.07per day

$2.19per month

140kWh per year, certified

$263over a 10-yr lifespan

Swap in your own state’s rate

The $26 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

GE GUD27GEN against the category

That's 13.8% above the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 291 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 $3/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

GE GUD37EEN ($26/yr, 140 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GUD27GEN. GE GUD27EEN ($26/yr, 140 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the GE lineup

GE makes 41 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 11 of 41 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GFW148SM at $18/yr, and its priciest, the GTW540AP at $33/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the GE GUD27GEN that long and it costs about $263 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

Running above the category average, $26/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the GE GUD27GEN ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 140 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 291 of 398, the GE GUD27GEN 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.