Running cost for the LG DLG7151**
The LG DLG7151** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 685 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG DLG7151** against the category
That's 19.8% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 476 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 DLG7201*E ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG DLG7151**. LG DLG7151* ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing LG's own models
LG makes 144 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 102 of 144 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DLHC1455* at $25/yr, and its priciest, the WSGX201H*A at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the LG DLG7151** costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The LG DLG7151** 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.
Protecting what you have
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG DLG7151**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 476 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLG7151** 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 685 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.