GE GFD40GSM Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the GE GFD40GSM costs to run
At 687 kWh/yr, the GE GFD40GSM'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.
How the GE GFD40GSM compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 553 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the GE GFD40GSM on that list: GE GFD35GSY ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while GE GFD45GSM ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing GE's own models
Ranked 26 of GE's 38 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the GFD14ESN ($46/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GUD27GEN ($129/yr, its priciest).
GE GFD40GSM over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the GE GFD40GSM that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The GE GFD40GSM runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE GFD40GSM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 553 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GFD40GSM 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. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number. The 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.