GE Profile PFD87ESV Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the GE Profile PFD87ESV
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFD87ESV 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.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 269 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 $7/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 GUD57EET ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Profile PFD95EST ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the GE Profile lineup
GE Profile sells 14 certified clothes dryers; this one runs cheapest of them, $15/year under the PTD90GBT, its priciest.
GE Profile PFD87ESV over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the GE Profile PFD87ESV that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The GE Profile PFD87ESV 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The GE Profile PFD87ESV already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 269 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PFD87ESV 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.