GE Profile PFQ83HSHW Running Cost (Washing Machine)
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 GTW685BL ($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 PFQ97HSV ($26/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PTW605BR ($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.