What the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTS 2** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTS 2** at 1,279 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $240 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTS 2** against the category
That's 15.7% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 439 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 $33/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
State CSHP-80 2** ($240/yr, 1,279 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTS 2**. RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTA 2** ($240/yr, 1,279 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS lineup
RELIANCE WATER HEATERS makes 28 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 14 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
11 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $240/year, the RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTS 2** adds up to about $2,645 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $240/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The RELIANCE WATER HEATERS 10-80-DHPTS 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.
Sourcing
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. 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.