APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS
At 466 kWh/yr, the APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS against the category
That's 20.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,341 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 $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ARTT ATBM19 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS. Alpha PAR RD RDBM191 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the APPLIANCE BASICS lineup
Among APPLIANCE BASICS's 4 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $45/year over the CR44CABSDSS, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $88/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the APPLIANCE BASICS HD676REWNSS is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 466 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.