What the Maytag YMED7020R** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Maytag YMED7020R** at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 304 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 $7/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 Maytag YMED6630M** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Maytag YMED7100D*+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Maytag makes 42 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 23 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 YMED7020R** costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Maytag YMED7020R** 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
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.
The data behind this page
Ranked 304 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Maytag YMED7020R** 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.