Miele TXR860WP: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Miele TXR860WP 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.
Where this ranks
That's 76.7% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 17 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 $83/year under 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 Miele TXI680WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Miele TXR960WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Miele makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 11 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.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Miele TXR860WP that long and it costs about $300 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Miele TXR860WP 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Miele TXR860WP already costs $25/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 133 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 17 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Miele TXR860WP 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.