Summit LBDHP244: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit LBDHP244 at 283 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit LBDHP244 against the category
That's 50.5% below the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 59 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 $54/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit LDHP24 ($53/yr, 283 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit LBDHP244. Gorenje DNPAHPU ($53/yr, 283 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Summit lineup
Summit sells 6 certified clothes dryers; this one runs cheapest of them, $6/year under the SLDC2404, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $53/year, the Summit LBDHP244 adds up to about $638 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit LBDHP244 is already efficient for its category at $53/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 Summit LBDHP244 already costs $53/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 59 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Summit LBDHP244 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.