Running cost for the Electrolux ELFG7637***
At 687 kWh/yr, the Electrolux ELFG7637***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $129 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 545 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Electrolux ELFG7637***: Electrolux ELFG7626*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Electrolux ELFG7738*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Within the Electrolux lineup
Ranked 36 of Electrolux's 40 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the ELFE4222*** ($60/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ELVG7400AW ($129/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Electrolux ELFG7637*** adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Electrolux ELFG7637*** runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Electrolux ELFG7637*** already costs $129/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 687 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 545 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELFG7637*** 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.