What the Whirlpool YWED9500EW* costs to run
The Whirlpool YWED9500EW* 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 450 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 YWED9500EC* ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Whirlpool YWED95HED*+ ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Whirlpool makes 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 93 of 114 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WHD3090G** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the WGF5727T** at $129/yr.
Whirlpool YWED9500EW* over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Whirlpool YWED9500EW* costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Whirlpool YWED9500EW* 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Whirlpool YWED9500EW* ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 450 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWED9500EW* 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.