GE Profile PFQ83HSHW***: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFQ83HSHW*** at 150 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $28 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 22% above it, ranking 316 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 $5/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 Profile PFQ83HSHW***: GE GTW685B*L*** ($28/yr, 150 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PFQ83HSLW*** ($28/yr, 150 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of GE Profile's 16 certified washing machines, this sits between the PFQ97HS*V*** ($26/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PTW605B*R*** ($30/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE Profile PFQ83HSHW*** costs roughly $282 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PFQ83HSHW*** 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 $28/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The GE Profile PFQ83HSHW*** 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.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 316 of 398, the GE Profile PFQ83HSHW*** 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.