What the GE GFD85ES*N*** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GFD85ES*N*** at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 257 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 639 currently-certified clothes dryers feeds that average, putting this model about $7/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among clothes dryers, one step cheaper is GE GFD65ES*V*** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE GFV55ES*N*** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the GE lineup
GE makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 13 of 38 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GFD14ES*N*** at $46/yr, and its priciest, the GUD27GE*N*** at $129/yr.
GE GFD85ES*N*** 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 GFD85ES*N*** that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The GE GFD85ES*N*** is already efficient for its category at $114/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$114/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE GFD85ES*N***; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
Ranked 257 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GFD85ES*N*** 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.