LG DLE7150 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
What the LG DLE7150 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG DLE7150 at 607 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $114 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.
How the LG DLE7150 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.1% above it, ranking 149 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the LG DLE7150 on that list: LG DLE7150 ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG DLE7200E ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the LG lineup
Ranked 38 of LG's 144 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DLHC1455 ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WSGX201HA ($129/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLE7150 costs roughly $1,369 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the LG DLE7150 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 149 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLE7150 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 607 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.