Running cost for the AVALLON ADDR242SS
ENERGY STAR certifies the AVALLON ADDR242SS at 276 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $52 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
AVALLON ADDR242SS against the category
That's 28.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,547 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 $21/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
BLAZE BLZ-SSRF-5.5 ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the AVALLON ADDR242SS. AVALLON ADDR242PR ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the AVALLON lineup
Among AVALLON's 33 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $34/year over the AWC15PG1A2A, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the AVALLON ADDR242SS that long and it costs about $675 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The AVALLON ADDR242SS is already efficient for its category at $52/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The AVALLON ADDR242SS already costs $52/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,547 of 4,704, the AVALLON ADDR242SS sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.