Amana NGD5800H**: running cost
At 687 kWh/yr, the Amana NGD5800H**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $129 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 clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 537 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/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 Amana NGD5800H**: Samsung DVG60M99*** ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr), then Electrolux EFMG427**** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Comparing Amana's own models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Amana makes, the NGD5800H** costs the most to run, $15/year more than Amana's cheapest, the NED5800H**.
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Amana NGD5800H** adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Amana NGD5800H** already costs $129/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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 687 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 537 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Amana NGD5800H** is also worth reading with a caveat specific to this category: the methodology page explains why ENERGY STAR's own combined-energy figure for dryers can overstate the electric bill impact of a gas model.