Bosch TR7000T - 50US Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the Bosch TR7000T - 50US costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bosch TR7000T - 50US at 855 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $161 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
Against the category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, this model uses 22.6% less, ranking 72 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 $47/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 Bosch TR7000T - 50US: Bosch TR7000T - 50CA ($161/yr, 855 kWh/yr), then Custom Comfort CCOHPWH50A ($161/yr, 855 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of Bosch's 6 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the TR7000T - 50CA ($161/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the TR7000T-65US ($233/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the Bosch TR7000T - 50US that long and it costs about $1,768 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified electric water heaters go, $161/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
If you're keeping it
$161/year to run is the predictable cost of the Bosch TR7000T - 50US; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
At rank 72 of 596 for running cost, see the electric water heater category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 855 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.