Miele TWI680WP Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Miele TWI680WP: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Miele TWI680WP at 133 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $25 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Miele TWI680WP against the category
That's 76.7% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 12 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 $83/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Miele TXB360WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Miele TWI680WP. Miele TWI180 WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Miele lineup
Miele makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 6 of 13 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the TWB120 WP at $25/yr, and its priciest, the PDR908 HP at $46/yr.
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $25/year, the Miele TWI680WP adds up to about $300 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Miele TWI680WP is already efficient for its category at $25/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $25/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 12 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Miele TWI680WP 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.