What the Samsung DV25B68**H* costs to run
The Samsung DV25B68**H* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 154 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $29 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
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 73.1% less, ranking 25 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 $79/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 Samsung DV25B68**H*: Blomberg DHP24412W ($28/yr, 149 kWh/yr), then Samsung DV25FG62*0** ($29/yr, 154 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Ranked 5 of Samsung's 102 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DV25B69**H* ($24/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WH53DBH7**G* ($129/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Samsung DV25B68**H* that long and it costs about $347 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $29/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
At $29/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 154 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 25 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DV25B68**H* 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.