Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
What the Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 costs to run
The Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 971 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a electric water heater
Against the category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, this model uses 12.1% less, ranking 264 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 $25/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 Rheem XE65T10HM00U0: Rheem PROPH65 T0 RH120-MSO ($183/yr, 971 kWh/yr), then Rheem XE65T10HMS00U0 ($183/yr, 971 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 44 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).
Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 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 Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 that long and it costs about $2,008 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified electric water heaters go, $183/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 already costs $183/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 264 of 596, the Rheem XE65T10HM00U0 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.