A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2 costs to run
At 1,550 kWh/yr, the A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified electric water heater.
That $291 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 electric water heater
The category average is 1,105 kWh/yr; this model runs 40.3% above it, ranking 578 of 596 electric water heaters tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 596 electric water heaters ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $84/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 A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2: VAUGHN THERMAL ME120HPT-CN ($276/yr, 1,467 kWh/yr), then A. O. Smith HPTV-66 2 ($291/yr, 1,550 kWh/yr).
Comparing A. O. Smith's own models
Ranked 56 of A. O. Smith's 61 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the HPS10-50H45DV 2 ($156/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HPV10-80H01DV 2 ($311/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2 costs roughly $3,205 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2 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 $291/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 578 of 596, the A. O. Smith HPTV-50 2 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 1,550 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.