GE Profile PTD80GBT Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the GE Profile PTD80GBT costs to run
At 687 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PTD80GBT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
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 571 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 PTD70GBT ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Profile PTD90GBT ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Within the GE Profile lineup
GE Profile makes 14 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 13 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 PTD80GBT costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PTD80GBT 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE Profile PTD80GBT; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
Ranked 571 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the GE Profile PTD80GBT 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 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.