What the Electrolux EFME427**** costs to run
The Electrolux EFME427**** 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.
Electrolux EFME427**** against the category
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 223 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every clothes dryer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (639 models), not an outside benchmark, about $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Electrolux EFME527**** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Electrolux EFME427****. Electrolux EFMC627**** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 6 of 40 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ELFE4222*** at $60/yr, and its priciest, the ELVG7400AW at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Electrolux EFME427**** that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Electrolux EFME427**** 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
At $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 608 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 223 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux EFME427**** 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.