Bosch WTG865H4UC: running cost
The Bosch WTG865H4UC is certified by ENERGY STAR at 317 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $60 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
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 44.6% less, ranking 69 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 $48/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 Bosch WTG865H4UC: Bosch WTG86403UC ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr), then Danby DDY040D1DSDB ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr).
Within the Bosch lineup
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Bosch makes, the WTG865H4UC costs the most to run, $37/year more than Bosch's cheapest, the WQB245AXUC.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Bosch WTG865H4UC that long and it costs about $715 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $60/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
A clothes dryer like the Bosch WTG865H4UC is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 317 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 69 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Bosch WTG865H4UC 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.