GE Profile PTW700BT Running Cost (Washing Machine)
What the GE Profile PTW700BT costs to run
At 145 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PTW700BT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified washing machine.
That $27 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 17.9% above it, ranking 306 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 $4/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 PTW700BT: Maytag MHW6630H ($27/yr, 143 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PTW705BT ($27/yr, 145 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 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).
GE Profile PTW700BT over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the GE Profile PTW700BT that long and it costs about $273 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $27/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE Profile PTW700BT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 306 of 398, the GE Profile PTW700BT 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 145 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.