Kenmore 716520 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Kenmore 716520
ENERGY STAR certifies the Kenmore 716520 at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $129 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.
How the Kenmore 716520 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 574 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Kenmore 716520 on that list: Kenmore 405.9227## ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Maytag MGD5630H ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 13 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Kenmore makes, the 716520 costs the most to run, $70/year more than Kenmore's cheapest, the 8120#.
Kenmore 716520 over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Kenmore 716520 that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the Kenmore 716520 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Kenmore 716520 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 687 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 574 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Kenmore 716520 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 rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.