A. O. Smith FPTU-80 1 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the A. O. Smith FPTU-80 1 costs to run
At 1,396 kWh/yr, the A. O. Smith FPTU-80 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 26.3% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 549 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 $55/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 HPHE2F66HD045VU 1 ($262/yr, 1,391 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is American HPHE6280H045DV 1 ($262/yr, 1,396 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
A. O. Smith makes 61 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 55 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.
A. O. Smith FPTU-80 1 over 11 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the A. O. Smith FPTU-80 1 that long and it costs about $2,887 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The A. O. Smith FPTU-80 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
Protecting what you have
A electric water heater like the A. O. Smith FPTU-80 1 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
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 1,396 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.