Model
Whirlpool YWED99HED*+
Rank #113 means 112 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 85th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 85% of those models.
What does the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ cost to run per year?
The Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ runs for about $99 a year, landing it near the bottom of the cost table at rank #113 of 615 clothes dryer models we track. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 85 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; it is genuinely efficient for its class. At a CEF of 4.5, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Whirlpool WED99HED*+ at $99/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg DLHX4372* at $103/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+'s $99/yr adds up to roughly $1287 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Whirlpool WED99HED*+.
By the numbers
The Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $99/yr, here is what the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ costs about $990. That is roughly $140 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $99/yr, it runs about $14 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $76 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.3 cu ft, the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, and smaller clothes dryer models generally cost less to run for the same job, all else being equal. Beyond size, its CEF of 4.5, above the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ cheap to run?
Yes. Its $99/yr running cost puts it at rank #113 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ cost per month?
About $8.21 a month, which is the $99 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 531 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $99 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Whirlpool YWED99HED*+ for its size?
85th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 113 | Whirlpool WED99HED*+7.3 cu ft | $99 |
| 112 | Whirlpool YWED9290FW*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 111 | Whirlpool YWED9290FC*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 110 | Whirlpool YWED7990FW*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
| 109 | Whirlpool WED9290FW*7.4 cu ft | $99 |
Source
ES_22856_YWED99HED*+_05042016161734_8654607View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Whirlpool and YWED99HED*+ are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.