What the Arctic Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-80 costs to run
At 1,199.7 kWh/yr, the Arctic Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-80's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified electric water heater.
The $226 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Arctic Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-80 against the category
That's 8.6% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 311 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 $18/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
PHNIX KA06-80 ($226/yr, 1,199.7 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Arctic Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-80. Smart Solar SSG2-ES 80 ($224/yr, 1,192 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Arctic lineup
Among Arctic's 2 certified electric water heaters, this is the priciest to run, $68/year over the Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-50, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the Arctic Arctic-HP-Hot Water-KA06-80 that long and it costs about $2,481 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $226/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $226/year just to run, a electric water heater is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 1,199.7 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.