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Running cost for the GE Profile PFQ97HS*V***

More expensive than most models in its category to run
$26/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFQ97HS*V*** at 136 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.07per day
$2.13per month
136kWh per year, certified
$256over a 10-yr lifespan

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

GE Profile PFQ97HS*V*** against the category

That's 10.6% above the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 282 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 $2/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

GE Profile PFW870S*V*** ($26/yr, 136 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PFQ97HS*V***. LG WT5680H*A ($25/yr, 135 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing GE Profile's own models

GE Profile sells 16 certified washing machines; this one runs cheapest of them, $4/year under the PTW605B*R***, its priciest.

Cost over its typical lifespan

Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE Profile PFQ97HS*V*** costs roughly $256 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Is it worth replacing?

At $26/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 Profile PFQ97HS*V*** or its replacement.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the GE Profile PFQ97HS*V*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

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 136 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.