Samsung DVG54R76***: running cost
At 687 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVG54R76***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 611 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 639 currently-certified clothes dryers feeds that average, putting this model about $22/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among clothes dryers, one step cheaper is Samsung DVG54R72*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Samsung DVG55A73*** ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 94 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.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVG54R76*** costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung DVG54R76*** 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Samsung DVG54R76*** already costs $129/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 611 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG54R76*** 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.