What the ELEMENT ECD4224EGG costs to run
At 317 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT ECD4224EGG's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 44.6% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 76 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 $48/year under 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 ELFE422C*** ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is ELEMENT ECD4224EGW ($60/yr, 317 kWh/yr).
Within the ELEMENT lineup
ELEMENT sells 3 certified clothes dryers; this one runs cheapest of them, $55/year under the ETD7527EBW, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the ELEMENT ECD4224EGG that long and it costs about $715 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The ELEMENT ECD4224EGG is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The ELEMENT ECD4224EGG already costs $60/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 76 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the ELEMENT ECD4224EGG 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.