Whirlpool YWED90HEFW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the Whirlpool YWED90HEFW costs to run
The Whirlpool YWED90HEFW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
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.
How the Whirlpool YWED90HEFW compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 444 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Whirlpool YWED90HEFW on that list: Whirlpool YWED90HEFC ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Whirlpool YWED92HEFBD ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Whirlpool's own models
Ranked 87 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 YWED90HEFW over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Whirlpool YWED90HEFW that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
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
$114/year to run is the predictable cost of the Whirlpool YWED90HEFW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 444 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWED90HEFW 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.