What the Electrolux ELFE733C*** costs to run
At 608 kWh/yr, the Electrolux ELFE733C***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
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 229 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 ELFE7337*** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Electrolux ELFE7437*** ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Electrolux makes 40 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 12 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 ELFE733C*** that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Electrolux ELFE733C*** 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
Whether or not the Electrolux ELFE733C*** 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
Ranked 229 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELFE733C*** 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. The 608 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.