GE Profile PTD60EB*R***: running cost
At 608 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PTD60EB*R***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $114 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 6.3% above it, ranking 272 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 $7/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 PTD60EB*R***: GE Profile PFD95ES*W*** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PTD70EB*T*** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the GE Profile lineup
Ranked 4 of GE Profile's 14 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the PFD87ES*V*** ($114/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PTD90GB*T*** ($129/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $114/year, the GE Profile PTD60EB*R*** adds up to about $1,372 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE Profile PTD60EB*R*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 272 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PTD60EB*R*** 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.