What the Kenmore KMR11MS2EA16C costs to run
At 249 kWh/yr, the Kenmore KMR11MS2EA16C's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $47 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Kenmore KMR11MS2EA16C against the category
That's 37.9% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 99 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $29/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Criterion CUF36C1W ($47/yr, 252 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Kenmore KMR11MS2EA16C. Danby Premiere DUFM085A3* ($46/yr, 247 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Kenmore lineup
Kenmore sells 9 certified freezers; this one runs cheapest of them, $46/year under the KKUF21-W, its priciest.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Weighing a replacement
The Kenmore KMR11MS2EA16C is already efficient for its category at $47/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Kenmore KMR11MS2EA16C already costs $47/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 249 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.