A. O. Smith FPTU-66 1 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the A. O. Smith FPTU-66 1 costs to run
At 1,391 kWh/yr, the A. O. Smith FPTU-66 1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified electric water heater.
The $262 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 25.9% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 544 of 596 certified electric water heaters for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 596 currently-certified electric water heaters feeds that average, putting this model about $54/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among electric water heaters, one step cheaper is U.S. Craftmaster HPHE2K80HD045VUN 1 ($261/yr, 1,387 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is American HPHE6266H045DV 1 ($262/yr, 1,391 kWh/yr).
Comparing A. O. Smith's own models
A. O. Smith makes 61 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 54 of 61 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HPS10-50H45DV 2 at $156/yr, and its priciest, the HPV10-80H01DV 2 at $311/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the A. O. Smith FPTU-66 1 costs roughly $2,877 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The A. O. Smith FPTU-66 1 runs above its category average. If the electric water heater 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 $262/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $262/year just to run, a electric water heater is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
The full Electric Water Heater category page shows all 596 electric water heaters ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 1,391 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.