What the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-66-DHPTA 2** costs to run
The RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-66-DHPTA 2** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 1,292 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
The $243 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 16.9% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 451 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 $35/year over 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 Lochinvar HPPA065KD 2** ($243/yr, 1,292 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is State CSHP-66 2** ($243/yr, 1,292 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
RELIANCE WATER HEATERS makes 28 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 15 of 28 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 10-50-DHPTS 2** at $156/yr, and its priciest, the 10-80-DHPTV 2** at $311/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical electric water heater's service life at 11 years; run the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-66-DHPTA 2** that long and it costs about $2,672 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-66-DHPTA 2** runs above its category average. If the electric water heater you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $243/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-66-DHPTA 2** already costs $243/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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.