GE Profile PK50S10FNY01 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the GE Profile PK50S10FNY01 costs to run
At 773 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PK50S10FNY01's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified electric water heater.
That $145 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 30% less, ranking 8 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 $62/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 PK50S10FNY01: GE Profile PH40S10BPY01 ($145/yr, 773 kWh/yr), then Friedrich PROH40 T0 FD120-M ($147/yr, 780 kWh/yr).
Within the GE Profile lineup
Ranked 4 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).
What this adds up to over time
11 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $145/year, the GE Profile PK50S10FNY01 adds up to about $1,599 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified electric water heaters go, $145/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$145/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE Profile PK50S10FNY01; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 8 of 596, the GE Profile PK50S10FNY01 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.