Whirlpool WED7990FW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Whirlpool WED7990FW
At 531 kWh/yr, the Whirlpool WED7990FW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $100 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
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 7.2% less, ranking 110 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 $8/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 WED7990FW: Whirlpool YWHD560CH ($86/yr, 460 kWh/yr), then Whirlpool WED9290FC ($100/yr, 531 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 12 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 WED7990FW over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Whirlpool WED7990FW costs roughly $1,198 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $100/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Whirlpool WED7990FW already costs $100/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 110 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool WED7990FW 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 531 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.