Running cost for the LG DLGX6501*
At 685 kWh/yr, the LG DLGX6501*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
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 19.8% above it, ranking 499 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 $21/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 LG DLGX6501*: LG DLGX5801* ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr), then LG DLGX6701* ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr).
Within the LG lineup
Ranked 125 of LG's 144 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DLHC1455* ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WSGX201H*A ($129/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the LG DLGX6501* adds up to about $1,545 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The LG DLGX6501* 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.
If you're keeping it
At $129/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 499 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG DLGX6501* 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.