A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 1 Running Cost (Electric Water…
A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 1: running cost
At 1,387 kWh/yr, the A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 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 $261 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 1 against the category
That's 25.5% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 529 of 596 certified electric water heaters for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every electric water heater ENERGY STAR currently certifies (596 models), not an outside benchmark, about $53/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
A. O. Smith HP1080H45DVCTA-1 ($261/yr, 1,387 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 1. JETGLAS RE2H80T- ($260/yr, 1,382 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the A. O. Smith lineup
A. O. Smith makes 61 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 49 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.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 1 costs roughly $2,868 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 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 $261/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 HP1080H45DV 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.
Sourcing
Ranked 529 of 596, the A. O. Smith HP1080H45DV 1 sits in the middle of the electric water heater category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 1,387 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.