Running cost for the Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2**
The Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 1,279 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
That $240 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
The category average is 1,105 kWh/yr; this model runs 15.7% above it, ranking 437 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 $33/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 Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2**: Lochinvar HPPA080KD 2** ($240/yr, 1,279 kWh/yr), then RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTA 2** ($240/yr, 1,279 kWh/yr).
Comparing Lochinvar's own models
Ranked 15 of Lochinvar's 26 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the HPSA050KD 2** ($156/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HPV080KD 2** ($311/yr, its priciest).
Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2** 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 Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2** that long and it costs about $2,645 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $240/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2** already costs $240/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
Ranked 437 of 596, the Lochinvar HPSA080KD 2** 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 1,279 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.