GE Profile PH80S10BNY01: running cost
The GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 1,102 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
That $207 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 0.3% less, ranking 294 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 $1/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 GE Profile PH80S10BNY01: GE Profile PH50S10BNY01 ($207/yr, 1,102 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PK80S10FNY01 ($207/yr, 1,102 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 9 of GE Profile's 18 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the PF40S10FPY01 ($136/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PJ65S10FPY01 ($274/yr, its priciest).
GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 over 11 years
11 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $207/year, the GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 adds up to about $2,279 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified electric water heaters go, $207/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
The GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 already costs $207/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 294 of 596, the GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 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.