What the Bosch WQB245AXUC costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bosch WQB245AXUC at 122 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $23 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch WQB245AXUC against the category
That's 78.7% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 1 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every clothes dryer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (639 models), not an outside benchmark, about $85/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Bosch WTW87NH1UC ($24/yr, 125 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch WQB245AXUC.
Comparing Bosch's own models
Bosch sells 4 certified clothes dryers; this one runs cheapest of them, $37/year under the WTG865H4UC, its priciest.
Bosch WQB245AXUC over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $23/year, the Bosch WQB245AXUC adds up to about $275 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Bosch WQB245AXUC is already efficient for its category at $23/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Bosch WQB245AXUC already costs $23/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Bosch WQB245AXUC 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.