What an electric clothes dryer costs to run in Florida
Florida homes use 622 kWh a year on an electric clothes dryer. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $81.60 to $99.47 a year across 5 published Florida plans — a $17.87 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSD Residential Smartsavings Experimentaltiered · demand charge · experimental | $31.37 | −$50.23 | 5.5¢ |
| GS-1 (General Service Non Demand and Non Metered)flat rate · a general-service class | $78.60 | −$3.00 | 13.3¢ |
| RS Residential Electric✓ cheapesttiered | $81.60 | — | 13.3¢ |
| RS-1 Residential Servicetiered | $88.56 | +$6.96 | 13.4¢ |
| RTR-1 Residential Service TOUtime-of-use · tiered | $99.47 | +$17.87 | 16.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $41.28 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $50.31, a $9.03 spread
- Average — cheapest $81.60 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $99.47, a $17.87 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $101.76 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $124.06, a $22.30 spread
What an electric clothes dryer costs here
Across 5 plans priced in Florida, an electric clothes dryer adds $81.60 to $99.47 a year — $6.80 to $8.29 a month. The median plan puts an electric clothes dryer at $88.56 a year.
Cheapest for an electric clothes dryer: RS Residential Electric, Jacksonville Electric Authority. Dearest: RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, Florida Power & Light Co..
Those 622 kWh are billed at 13.1¢–16.0¢, against a 13.4¢ whole-bill average on the median plan: they land in the last tier the household reaches, so the average rate understates them by up to 2.6¢ per kWh.
What Florida homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 622 kWh a year across 572 sampled homes that run one, near the national 680 kWh. The middle half spans 314 kWh to 775 kWh, so an electric clothes dryer varies by 461 kWh between one household and another.
The heating element and drum motor across a year of loads. That average covers homes with an electric clothes dryer — 85% of homes here, against 67% nationally.
That makes an electric clothes dryer about 4% of the electricity a Florida home uses. The remaining 13,368 kWh is what an electric clothes dryer is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.
By provider
On each Florida provider's cheapest plan: Jacksonville Electric Authority, $81.60; Florida Power & Light Co., $88.56.
Florida Power & Light Co. charges $6.96 a year more than Jacksonville Electric Authority on RS Residential Electric for the same 622 kWh.
Light and heavy use of an electric clothes dryer
A household in the lighter quarter runs an electric clothes dryer for 314 kWh a year and pays $41.28 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 775 kWh and pays $101.76 — $60.48 more for an electric clothes dryer on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Florida, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 5 Florida tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.
Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 30.3322, -81.6557.