GE GTD84GCN Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the GE GTD84GCN costs to run
The GE GTD84GCN is certified by ENERGY STAR at 687 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 564 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 $22/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 GTD75GCML ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE GUD27GEN ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Within the GE lineup
GE makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 37 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
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE GTD84GCN costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
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 GTD84GCN or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE GTD84GCN ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 564 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GTD84GCN 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.