What the GE GFD85GS*N*** costs to run
At 687 kWh/yr, the GE GFD85GS*N***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GFD85GS*N*** against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 559 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 GTD65GB*K*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GFD85GS*N***. GE GFD65GS*V*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GE's own models
GE makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 32 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.
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the GE GFD85GS*N*** adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the GE GFD85GS*N*** or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The GE GFD85GS*N*** already costs $129/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 559 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GFD85GS*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.