GE Profile PTD60EBR Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the GE Profile PTD60EBR costs to run
The GE Profile PTD60EBR is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE Profile PTD60EBR against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 272 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every clothes dryer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (639 models), not an outside benchmark, about $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile PTD70EBT ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PTD60EBR. GE Profile PFD95ESW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GE Profile's own models
GE Profile makes 14 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 4 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
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE Profile PTD60EBR costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PTD60EBR 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
Whether or not the GE Profile PTD60EBR ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 272 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PTD60EBR 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.