GE GTD69EBT Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
GE GTD69EBT: running cost
The GE GTD69EBT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GTD69EBT against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 263 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE GTD69EBPYWR ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GTD69EBT. GE GTD68EBMRWS ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GE's own models
GE makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 19 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 $114/year, the GE GTD69EBT adds up to about $1,372 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The GE GTD69EBT 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE GTD69EBT 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 263 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GTD69EBT 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.