GE GUD27EEN Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
GE GUD27EEN: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GUD27EEN 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.
GE GUD27EEN against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 266 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 GUD37EEN ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GUD27EEN. GE GTD75ECML ($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 22 of 38 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GFD14ESN at $46/yr, and its priciest, the GUD27GEN at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the GE GUD27EEN that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GUD27EEN 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 GUD27EEN ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 608 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 266 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GUD27EEN 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.