Samsung DVE52M77***: running cost
At 607 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVE52M77***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DVE52M77*** against the category
That's 6.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 206 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DVE52M86*** ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DVE52M77***. Samsung DVE45M55*** ($114/yr, 607 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 20 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69**H* at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7**G* at $129/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVE52M77*** costs roughly $1,369 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung DVE52M77*** is already efficient for its category at $114/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Samsung DVE52M77*** already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 206 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVE52M77*** 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 607 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.