Running cost for the Electrolux EFME627****
ENERGY STAR certifies the Electrolux EFME627**** at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
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 225 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 Electrolux EFME527**** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Electrolux ELFE4333AW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the Electrolux lineup
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 8 of 40 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ELFE4222*** at $60/yr, and its priciest, the ELVG7400AW at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Electrolux EFME627**** that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Electrolux EFME627**** 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
The Electrolux EFME627**** already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 608 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 225 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux EFME627**** 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.