What the ABL AREF18B costs to run
At 360 kWh/yr, the ABL AREF18B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $68 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ABL AREF18B against the category
That's 6.7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,482 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $5/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ABL AREF18S ($68/yr, 360 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ABL AREF18B. ABL AREF18** ($68/yr, 360 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
ABL makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 2 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the AREF18** at $68/yr, and its priciest, the AREF18W at $68/yr.
ABL AREF18B over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ABL AREF18B costs roughly $880 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The ABL AREF18B is already efficient for its category at $68/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the ABL AREF18B ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 360 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.