What the Ruud PROUH65 T2 CD400-SO costs to run
The Ruud PROUH65 T2 CD400-SO is certified by ENERGY STAR at 1,184 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among electric water heaters currently certified.
The $223 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 7.1% above the electric water heater category average of 1,105 kWh/yr, and ranks 309 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 $15/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 Ruud PROUH65 T2 CD400-30 ($223/yr, 1,184 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Smart Solar SSG2-ES 80 ($224/yr, 1,192 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ruud makes 51 ENERGY STAR certified electric water heaters; this one ranks 35 of 51 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PROUH40 T2 CD400-15 at $121/yr, and its priciest, the PROUH80 T0 RU120-MSO at $264/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 11-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Ruud PROUH65 T2 CD400-SO costs roughly $2,449 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Ruud PROUH65 T2 CD400-SO is already efficient for its category at $223/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new electric water heater costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Ruud PROUH65 T2 CD400-SO ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a electric water heater, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
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 1,184 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.