Miele TXR960WP Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Miele TXR960WP: running cost
The Miele TXR960WP is certified by ENERGY STAR at 133 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $25 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.
How the Miele TXR960WP compares to other clothes dryers
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 76.7% less, ranking 18 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $83/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Miele TXR960WP on that list: Miele TXR860WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Asko T3HW.U ($27/yr, 142 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 12 of Miele's 13 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the TWB120 WP ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PDR908 HP ($46/yr, its priciest).
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 TXR960WP that long and it costs about $300 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $25/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $25/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Ranked 18 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Miele TXR960WP 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 rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number. The 133 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.