Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A Running Cost (Electric Water…
Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A at 769 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $145 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A against the category
That's 30.4% below the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 6 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 $63/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile PH40S10BPY01 ($145/yr, 773 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A. GE Profile PJ40S10FPY01 ($136/yr, 724 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Eco-Logical lineup
Eco-Logical makes 6 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 2 of 6 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the OMNI-50HP1-1A at $128/yr, and its priciest, the ECO-80HPM1A at $233/yr.
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 Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A that long and it costs about $1,590 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Eco-Logical OMNI-50HP2-1A is already efficient for its category at $145/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new electric water heater costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $145/year just to run, a electric water heater is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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.