LG DLG7061E Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
LG DLG7061E: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG DLG7061E at 685 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLG7061E against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 473 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every clothes dryer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (639 models), not an outside benchmark, about $21/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG DLG7101 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLG7061E. LG DLG7051 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 99 of 144 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DLHC1455 at $25/yr, and its priciest, the WSGX201HA at $129/yr.
LG DLG7061E over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the LG DLG7061E that long and it costs about $1,545 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The LG DLG7061E 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
A clothes dryer like the LG DLG7061E is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 685 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 473 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLG7061E 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. Whether a repair or a full replacement dryer makes more sense once the electric bill is this well known is covered in the guide to when replacing one pays off.