Model
Lg DLE3090*
Rank #150 means 149 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 62nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 62% of those models.
What does the Lg DLE3090* cost to run per year?
At about $113 a year, the Lg DLE3090* undercuts most clothes dryer models we track on running cost, rank #150 of 615. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 62% of clothes dryer models we track, a reasonably strong result for the class. Its CEF of 3.94 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg DLEX7300*E at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg DLEX7250* at $113/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Lg DLE3090*'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Lg DLE3095*, Lg DLE3400*, Lg DLE3420*, Lg DLE3450*, Lg DLE3460*, Lg DLE3470*, Lg DLE3500*, Lg DLE3580*, Lg DLE3600*, Lg SWWE50*3, Lg SWWE50*4, Lg DLE3400*L, Lg DLE3420*L, Lg DLEX3700*, Lg DLEX3850*, Lg DLEX3900*, Lg DLEX4000*, Lg DLEX4080*, Lg DLEX4200*, Lg DLEX4370*, Lg DLEX4500*, Lg DLEX5005*, Lg DLEX5500*, Lg DLEX5800*, Lg DLEX6500*, Lg DLEX6700*, Lg WKE100H*A, Lg WKEX200H*A, Lg WKEX300H*A, Lg WSEX200H*A, Samsung DV45K71**E*, Samsung DV45K76**E*, Samsung DV48J770*E*, Samsung DV48J777*E*, Samsung DV50K86**E*, Samsung DV52J806*E*, Samsung DV52J870*E*, Samsung DVE52M77***, Samsung DVE52M86***, Samsung DVE54M87***.
By the numbers
The Lg DLE3090* normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $113/yr, here is what the Lg DLE3090* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Lg DLE3090* costs about $1130. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Lg DLE3090* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $113/yr, it sits right on the class median of $113, and it is about $90 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.4 cu ft, the Lg DLE3090* is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture. Its CEF of 3.94, above the class median of 3.93, reflects combined energy factor: a higher figure means it wrings more useful work out of every kilowatt-hour, so it is the efficiency lever to weigh against raw size.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Lg DLE3090* cheap to run?
Yes. Its $113/yr running cost puts it at rank #150 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Lg DLE3090* cost per month?
About $9.39 a month, which is the $113 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 607 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $113 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Lg DLE3090* for its size?
62nd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 149 | Lg DLEX7300*E7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 148 | Lg DLE7300*E7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 147 | Lg DLE3095*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 146 | Lg DLE3500*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 145 | Lg DLEX3700*7.4 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1118034_DLE3090*_10242018033716_70203236View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Lg and DLE3090* are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.