GE Profile PTW705BT Running Cost (Washing Machine)
What the GE Profile PTW705BT costs to run
At 145 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PTW705BT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified washing machine.
The $27 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE Profile PTW705BT against the category
That's 17.9% above the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 307 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 $4/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile PTW800BW ($27/yr, 145 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PTW705BT. GE Profile PTW700BT ($27/yr, 145 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
GE Profile makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 5 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PFQ97HSV at $26/yr, and its priciest, the PTW605BR at $30/yr.
GE Profile PTW705BT over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $27/year, the GE Profile PTW705BT adds up to about $273 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The GE Profile PTW705BT 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 $27/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
Protecting what you have
The GE Profile PTW705BT already costs $27/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 145 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 307 of 398, the GE Profile PTW705BT 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.