What the Whirlpool YWED85HEFBL* costs to run
The Whirlpool YWED85HEFBL* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 438 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 $7/year over 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 Whirlpool YWED8540FW* ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Whirlpool YWED85HEFC* ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the Whirlpool lineup
Whirlpool makes 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 81 of 114 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WHD3090G** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the WGF5727T** at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Whirlpool YWED85HEFBL* costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Whirlpool YWED85HEFBL* is already efficient for its category at $114/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Whirlpool YWED85HEFBL* already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 438 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWED85HEFBL* 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 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.