What the Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT at 835 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $157 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 24.4% below the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 27 of 596 certified electric water heaters for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 596 currently-certified electric water heaters feeds that average, putting this model about $51/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among electric water heaters, one step cheaper is State HPSX-50-DHPT 2** ($156/yr, 831 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is JETGLAS RE2HP50*-1NCTT ($157/yr, 835 kWh/yr).
Within the Bradford White lineup
Bradford White sells 6 certified electric water heaters; this one runs cheapest of them, $103/year under the RE2H80T*-*****, its priciest.
Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT 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 Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT that long and it costs about $1,727 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT is already efficient for its category at $157/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new electric water heater costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Ranked 27 of 596, the Bradford White RE2HP50**-1NCTT 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 835 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.