Whirlpool WED7120H Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Whirlpool WED7120H costs to run
At 608 kWh/yr, the Whirlpool WED7120H's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $114 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.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 387 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $7/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Whirlpool WED7120H: Whirlpool WED6720R ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), then Whirlpool WED72HED+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Comparing Whirlpool's own models
Ranked 30 of Whirlpool's 114 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the WHD3090G ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WGF5727T ($129/yr, its priciest).
Whirlpool WED7120H over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Whirlpool WED7120H costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/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 $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 387 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool WED7120H 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.