GE GFD45GSM Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the GE GFD45GSM
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GFD45GSM at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GFD45GSM against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 554 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE GFD55GSN ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GFD45GSM. GE GFD40GSM ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
GE makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 27 of 38 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GFD14ESN at $46/yr, and its priciest, the GUD27GEN at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the GE GFD45GSM adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GFD45GSM 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE GFD45GSM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 554 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GFD45GSM 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. Whether a repair or a full replacement dryer makes more sense once the electric bill is this well known is covered in the guide to when replacing one pays off. The 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.