Running cost for the Maytag MGD8230H**
At 687 kWh/yr, the Maytag MGD8230H**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 581 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Maytag MGD8230H**: Maytag MGD7230H** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Maytag MGD8630H** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 38 of Maytag's 42 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the MED5500FW* ($114/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MGDB955FW* ($129/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Maytag MGD8230H** adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Maytag MGD8230H**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 687 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 581 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag MGD8230H** 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.