GE Profile PFD95GST Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
GE Profile PFD95GST: running cost
The GE Profile PFD95GST 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.
That $129 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 567 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the GE Profile PFD95GST: GE Profile PFD87GSV ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PFD95GSW ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Comparing GE Profile's own models
Ranked 9 of GE Profile's 14 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the PFD87ESV ($114/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PTD90GBT ($129/yr, its priciest).
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 Profile PFD95GST that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE Profile PFD95GST; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 687 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 567 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PFD95GST 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. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.