Whirlpool WHD3090G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Whirlpool WHD3090G costs to run
The Whirlpool WHD3090G is certified by ENERGY STAR at 229 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $43 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 Whirlpool WHD3090G compares to other clothes dryers
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 60% less, ranking 36 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $64/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Whirlpool WHD3090G on that list: Smeg DH24UWH ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool WHD5090G ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Whirlpool makes, the WHD3090G is the cheapest to run, $86/year less than Whirlpool's priciest, the WGF5727T.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Whirlpool WHD3090G that long and it costs about $517 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $43/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
At $43/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 36 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool WHD3090G 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.