Electrolux ELFG7637 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
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. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.