Running cost for the Samsung WA52DG55**A*
The Samsung WA52DG55**A* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 120 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among washing machines currently certified.
That $23 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
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 2.4% less, ranking 247 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 $1/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 Samsung WA52DG55**A*: Samsung WA52A55**A* ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr), then Samsung WA53CG7155A* ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 47 of Samsung's 66 certified washing machines, this sits between the WF45T60**A* ($17/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WA54R76**A* ($31/yr, its priciest).
Samsung WA52DG55**A* 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 Samsung WA52DG55**A* that long and it costs about $226 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $23/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung WA52DG55**A* 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.
Where this number comes from
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 120 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.