Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M Running Cost (Electric Water…
What the Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M at 971 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $183 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.
How the Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M compares to other electric water heaters
Against the category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, this model uses 12.1% less, ranking 262 of 596 electric water heaters tracked here for running cost. 596 certified electric water heaters, one average, about $25/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M on that list: Friedrich PROH65 T0 FD120-MSO ($183/yr, 971 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-MSO ($183/yr, 971 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 42 of Rheem's 77 certified electric water heaters, this sits between the PROPH40 T0 RH120-M ($147/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the XE80T10HMS00U0 ($264/yr, its priciest).
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 Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M that long and it costs about $2,008 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified electric water heaters go, $183/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 262 of 596, the Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-M 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 971 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.