Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30 Running Cost (Electric Water Heater)
Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30 at 1,213 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $228 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 9.8% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 335 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 $20/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 Richmond 10CE80-HP5S30 ($228/yr, 1,213 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Richmond 10CE80-HP5US30 ($228/yr, 1,213 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Richmond makes 28 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 23 of 28 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 10CE40-HP5U15 at $121/yr, and its priciest, the 10E80-HP120MS at $264/yr.
Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30 over 11 years
11 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $228/year, the Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30 adds up to about $2,508 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30 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 $228/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Richmond 10CE80-HP5U30 already costs $228/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
At rank 335 of 596 for running cost, see the electric water heater category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 1,213 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.