GE Profile PFD95GSW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
GE Profile PFD95GSW: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFD95GSW at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
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 568 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 Profile PFD95GST ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Profile PTD60GBR ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Comparing GE Profile's own models
GE Profile makes 14 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 10 of 14 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PFD87ESV at $114/yr, and its priciest, the PTD90GBT 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 Profile PFD95GSW that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PFD95GSW runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE Profile PFD95GSW 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 568 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PFD95GSW 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.