LG WM1455HA Running Cost (Washing Machine)
What the LG WM1455HA costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG WM1455HA at 120 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $23 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG WM1455HA against the category
That's 2.4% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 229 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 $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG WM8100HA ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG WM1455HA. LG WM1399HA ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 57 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WM3420C at $15/yr, and its priciest, the WT7485C at $41/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the LG WM1455HA that long and it costs about $226 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The LG WM1455HA is already efficient for its category at $23/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The LG WM1455HA already costs $23/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 229 of 398, the LG WM1455HA 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.