GE Profile PTD80EBT Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the GE Profile PTD80EBT costs to run
The GE Profile PTD80EBT 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 PTD80EBT against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 274 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 PTD90EBT ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PTD80EBT. GE Profile PTD70EBT ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the GE Profile lineup
GE Profile makes 14 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 6 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 PTD80EBT that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PTD80EBT 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
At $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 274 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PTD80EBT 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.