Running cost for the AVALLON AWC15PG1A2A
The AVALLON AWC15PG1A2A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 95 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $18 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 75.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 7 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $55/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is SMEG Spa CVIU121 ($17/yr, 88 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is AVALLON AWC15PS1A2A ($18/yr, 95 kWh/yr).
Within the AVALLON lineup
AVALLON sells 33 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $34/year under the ADDR242SS, its priciest.
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 AVALLON AWC15PG1A2A that long and it costs about $232 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The AVALLON AWC15PG1A2A is already efficient for its category at $18/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
At $18/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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. The 95 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.