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 GFD35GS*Y*** ($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 GFD14ES*N*** ($46/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GUD27GE*N*** ($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 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.