Electrolux ELTG7600 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Electrolux ELTG7600: running cost
The Electrolux ELTG7600 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 687 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
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 548 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 ELTG7600: Electrolux ELTG7300 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Electrolux ELVG7400AW ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 39 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).
Electrolux ELTG7600 over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Electrolux ELTG7600 adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Electrolux ELTG7600 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Electrolux ELTG7600 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 548 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Electrolux ELTG7600 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. The 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.