GE GUD27GEN Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the GE GUD27GEN
At 687 kWh/yr, the GE GUD27GEN'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.
Where this ranks
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 565 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 GTD84GCN ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Profile PFD87GSV ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Within the GE lineup
Among GE's 38 certified clothes dryers, this is the priciest to run, $83/year over the GFD14ESN, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the GE GUD27GEN that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
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 GUD27GEN or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A clothes dryer like the GE GUD27GEN is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
The data behind this page
Ranked 565 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE GUD27GEN 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 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.