LG SIGNATURE DLGX9701 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the LG SIGNATURE DLGX9701
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG SIGNATURE DLGX9701 at 685 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
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 519 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 SIGNATURE DLGX9701: LG WSGX201HA ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr), then LG SIGNATURE DLGX9901 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr).
Within the LG SIGNATURE lineup
Ranked 4 of LG SIGNATURE's 5 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the WM9998HA ($59/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DLGX9901 ($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 SIGNATURE DLGX9701 costs roughly $1,545 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
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
Ranked 519 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the LG SIGNATURE DLGX9701 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 685 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.