Samsung WA55A77**A*: running cost
The Samsung WA55A77**A* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 120 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among washing machines currently certified.
The $23 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung WA55A77**A* against the category
That's 2.4% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 256 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
Samsung WA55CG71**A* ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung WA55A77**A*. Samsung WA55A73**A* ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 66 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 56 of 66 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WF45T60**A* at $17/yr, and its priciest, the WA54R76**A* at $31/yr.
Samsung WA55A77**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 WA55A77**A* that long and it costs about $226 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung WA55A77**A* 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
Protecting what you have
$23/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung WA55A77**A*; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 256 of 398, the Samsung WA55A77**A* 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.