Alsetria HPWH - 65G Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Alsetria HPWH - 65G: running cost
The Alsetria HPWH - 65G is certified by ENERGY STAR at 1,240 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
The $233 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Alsetria HPWH - 65G against the category
That's 12.2% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 379 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 $25/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Alsetria HPWH-80G ($233/yr, 1,240 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Alsetria HPWH - 65G. ACIQ ACIQ-80G-HP-WH ($233/yr, 1,240 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Alsetria's own models
Alsetria makes 3 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 2 of 3 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HPWH-50G at $161/yr, and its priciest, the HPWH-80G at $233/yr.
Alsetria HPWH - 65G 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 Alsetria HPWH - 65G that long and it costs about $2,564 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $233/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Alsetria HPWH - 65G ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.