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STATE GCBL-40 4**

0.57 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
G

Grade G: where this UEF sits among the 288 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set

A gas tank, medium draw pattern (a typical three- or four-person household, about 55 gallons on a busy morning).

If you are checking the STATE GCBL-40 4**, here is what its federal ratings show. This gas tank uses 194 therms of natural gas a year at the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That is 9 therms above the 185 therms median of the 288 gas tank models at that draw pattern.


Energy use per year

194 therms a year

Computed by this site from the registry's UEF and the federal test's daily hot-water draw for this draw pattern. What it costs depends on the natural gas rate where you live.

That is above the median of 185 therms for the 288 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 278 of 288, lowest energy first.

This model: 194 therms

Solid line: this model (194 therms). Dashed line: the class median.

Min 148 therms Median 185 therms Max 194 therms

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

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What it costs to run where you live

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What the registry files

UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
0.57 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tank at the medium draw pattern.
Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
Medium DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
First Hour Rating how many gallons of hot water the unit can deliver in one hour, starting from a full tank
68 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
38 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

What it costs to install

Not published: Installed cost range

This model's UEF lies outside the range NLR REMDB's cost model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it.

The annual energy figure on this page does not depend on this range and is unaffected.


Safety record

No CPSC recall names this model.

Checked against the CPSC recall database. CPSC does not publish a model-level match for this product category, so this list is curated by hand from the manufacturer's recall filings.

CPSC · 2026-09-24

What these figures mean

This site calculates the 194 therms figure; the registry does not publish it. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. For this model the UEF is 0.57, taken from the DOE Compliance Certification Database and retrieved on 2026-09-19. There are 288 models registered as a gas tank at the medium draw pattern. Ranked from lowest energy use, this model is 278th. That puts it in the highest quarter of its class for energy use. The page on how the annual cost is calculated sets out the steps behind the calculation.

The medium draw pattern describes a typical household's daily hot-water use, including a busy morning. This unit has a rated volume of 38 gallons. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 68 gallons. The 194 therms figure applies to a household whose use matches that test pattern. A household using much more or less hot water than the test assumes will use a different amount. That amount is not available here. The rank above shows that most models in this class use less gas at the medium draw pattern. To compare other units, the selector by fuel, space and size filters on those three factors.

The running cost is not written here because it depends on your state's average residential gas price. The cost calculator on your own ZIP applies that price to the 194 therms figure at the medium draw pattern. That same rate also sets the yearly cost of the 9 therms gap above the class median. An installed price range for this model is not published. The cost database's model was fitted on a range of ratings, and this model's ratings lie outside it. The page does not stretch that range to cover them. If you are checking a replacement, you can find a same-class replacement by model number.

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

How this compares

The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.


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