Maytag MGD5630H**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Maytag MGD5630H** at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Maytag MGD5630H** against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 575 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Maytag MGD5630M** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Maytag MGD5630H**. Kenmore 7165*20* ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Maytag lineup
Maytag makes 42 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 32 of 42 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MED5500FW* at $114/yr, and its priciest, the MGDB955FW* at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Maytag MGD5630H** costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Maytag MGD5630H** 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 575 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag MGD5630H** 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.