Running cost for the Samsung DVG53BB89***
At 687 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVG53BB89***'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 20.1% above it, ranking 608 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 $22/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 DVG53BB89***: Samsung DVG53BB87*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Samsung DVG54CG755** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 91 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).
Samsung DVG53BB89*** over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVG53BB89*** costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung DVG53BB89*** 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
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 608 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG53BB89*** 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.