Whirlpool YWHD3090G Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Whirlpool YWHD3090G
ENERGY STAR certifies the Whirlpool YWHD3090G at 229 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 60% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 38 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 $64/year under 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 WHD5090G ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Whirlpool YWHD5090G ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Whirlpool makes 114 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 3 of 114 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WHD3090G at $43/yr, and its priciest, the WGF5727T at $129/yr.
Whirlpool YWHD3090G 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 YWHD3090G that long and it costs about $517 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Whirlpool YWHD3090G is already efficient for its category at $43/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Whirlpool YWHD3090G 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 38 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Whirlpool YWHD3090G 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. Whether a repair or a full replacement dryer makes more sense once the electric bill is this well known is covered in the guide to when replacing one pays off.