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Appliances by the Numbers turns two public federal datasets into yearly running costs for common household appliances: the U.S. EPA's ENERGY STAR certified product lists and the U.S. EIA's electricity prices. We do not test, review or use the products listed, and no manufacturer has paid to be listed.
How the text is written
The text on this site is written by an AI assistant from public data and checked by a person. The numbers are calculated by a script directly from the sources, and the method is published on How we calculate.
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