Running cost for the Premium Levella PHD457HB
ENERGY STAR certifies the Premium Levella PHD457HB at 435 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 24% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 103 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 $26/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 Premium Levella PHD456HS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is TRUARCTIC TDFH4524HSB ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Within the Premium Levella lineup
Among Premium Levella's 3 certified clothes dryers, this is the priciest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, over the PHD450HW, the brand's cheapest.
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 Premium Levella PHD457HB that long and it costs about $981 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Premium Levella PHD457HB is already efficient for its category at $82/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A clothes dryer like the Premium Levella PHD457HB is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
The data behind this page
Ranked 103 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Premium Levella PHD457HB 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 435 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.