Running cost for the Asko T3HW.U
At 142 kWh/yr, the Asko T3HW.U's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $27 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.
How the Asko T3HW.U compares to other clothes dryers
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 75.2% less, ranking 19 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $81/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Asko T3HW.U on that list: Miele TXR960WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Samsung DV22N680*H* ($27/yr, 145 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Asko lineup
Of the 7 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Asko makes, the T3HW.U is the cheapest to run, $27/year less than Asko's priciest, the T208H.W.U.
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $27/year, the Asko T3HW.U adds up to about $320 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $27/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Asko T3HW.U already costs $27/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 19 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Asko T3HW.U 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.