APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS: running cost
At 226 kWh/yr, the APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $42 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 41.5% less, ranking 803 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $30/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS on that list: U-Line 1215RB ($42/yr, 225 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators APPLIANCE BASICS makes, the CR44CABSDSS is the cheapest to run, $45/year less than APPLIANCE BASICS's priciest, the HD676REWNSS.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $42/year, the APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS adds up to about $552 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $42/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.